Today was a day of extremes… First thing in the morning I was on horseback riding to the top of our Mesa pasture… The eastern sky was socked in… A depressing cloudbank of snow and wind… The western sky held the promise of sunshine and warmth… The mountains across the Basin were glaringly white in…
Author: Carol
It is Thursday… Puppy Day!
My website is slowly changing… but it is still easier to post here… I shared their first photos here and I guess that will continue… for now… The pups are one week old today and that means… new photos! Puppy #1 has become Rimrock Sadie Lady. This dark sable is a petite female. (Names will…
Wordless Wednesday – “Lettin’ the Kids Do the Work”
“Lettin’ the kids do the work of bringing in the bulls”
Little Remnants
When the mountain buffalo roamed the Big Horns… so, too, did their predators… That day as I took photos about weaning and a reeking dog… I walked around looking at the ground for evidence of these predators… Here was evidence! A flake of chert… trash leftover from making an arrowhead or point… debitage! In fact……
Before Summer Gets Away…
Before summer gets away and the mountains are covered in their white blanket until spring… I need to finish some photos I took for you earlier in September… I’ve mentioned before the buffalo trails that exist in this country… If you don’t remember… Cow trails look like this… narrow… winding… Buffalo trails are wide enough……
Special Sweetness
My website needs a major overhaul… I contemplated using Squarespace… but they couldn’t transfer my blog and site over… so… I’ll stay with GoDaddy… but I need a full day <at least> to get it in… rip it apart… and put it back together! So… until I do that… PUPPY UPDATES CAN BE FOUND HERE!…
Good Girls
I know many of you are awaiting puppy pics… but yesterday and today were spent preparing for and preg testing the last of ours and a neighbor’s cows… We were hoping for a MUCH better weather day than last year! We knew Daniel was coming home this weekend… then Brandon said he was coming as…
Bravery
Bravery comes in many forms. Bravery comes when the opponent is your own body… Bravery comes when the cost, whether win or lose, is the lifestyle you’ve chosen… Bravery comes when you make the right choice for someone you love despite your heart breaking at the choice… Bravery comes with difficulty and tears… Could I,…
The Secret is Out x 9
Surprise! Yes… I’ve kept a secret the past month or so… But now it is time to share the news… Elsa and Lucas are proud parents of nine new puppies! Yeah, I know, Elsa just HAD puppies in the spring… this was NOT planned by me, I admit. I admit one door is not always…
Wordless Wednesday – “Movin’ Slow and Steady”
Movin’ the freshly weaned calves slow and steady…
For It Was a Place of Joy…
Before this weekend’s activities… I was going to share barn pictures. Let’s get to it! This barn used to belong to D. and M. when I came here almost 30 years ago. I helped brand their calves… I ate in their yard… They were not a story to me… They were real. D.’s father had…
Wild Wild West
Meet the remaining dogs from this weekend’s stockdog clinic… Quick… Tucker… Heidi… Ice… Tru… T… For the women attending this clinic… First… thanks for bringing such a great trainer to Wyoming… Second… thanks for welcoming me into your midst… I believe we all had a great time… We saw and learned new things… The setting…