The other day I began the story of our Puppy Walk with a great shot of their faces as 10 pups scampered cross country. *But* to be honest, I saw more butts than faces! They enjoyed themselves immensely! I took them on a walk to burn more puppy energy. Their early morning fight had cost…
Author: Carol
This Time of Year
It is that time of year when everything virtually explodes and you find yourself running in circles, picking up pieces of life, mending this, moving that, cleaning here, doing that. And cooking. The last few days seem like chaos. It all began with a murderous puppy fight that began at 4 am. I actually thought…
Wordless Wednesday – “Patriotic Evening Primrose”
Evening Primrose in patriotic mode (red, white, blue)
Summer Dresses
Taken May 3, 2009. Taken May 19, 2009. While the cottonwoods are the last to don their summer dresses, the willows and boxelders have shown up early for the dance. The Big Horn Mountains have released their temperamental moisture levels in a kind and beneficial manner. Spring has arrived.
Fashion Maven
Yup. That’s me. A fashion maven. My area of “expertise”… no, not expertise, uh… my area of interest lies in cowboy equipment. Like chinks. Dang. I used to be that skinny. Anyway. Chinks. From the Spanish word, chinkaderos. Short chaps. That’s /shaps/ not /chaps/. Short chaps with a voiced /ch/ are height impaired British guys….
Branded in Sepia
I can’t help myself… whenever it is branding time, I have to switch my camera over to sepia mode. J. and J. share a story as Victoria swings a loop. I could do it as an effect on my Iphoto program… but for me, I like the real thing. I enjoy opening these up and…
Branded
Finally, it is here and gone again. Friends have arrived to help and enjoy the “fun” of branding day. Old cedar fenceposts reappear sawed to length and split for the fires. Boy, if you could only smell it… go stick your head in your grandmother’s keepsake trunk, and that’s the smell of these cedar sticks…
Preparation
Preparations for branding tomorrow have hit their full stride. The shop is cleaned and ready for weary, hungry workers. The firewood is chopped ready for the branding fire. The pop is chilled and water jugs filled for thirsty cowboys. All vaccinations, paint sticks, sorting sticks, brands, needles, syringes, LA200, sulfa pills, lost eartag replacements, camera…
Oh, So Close to a Perfect Picture!
I was this close… [ ] note the size… *this* close to taking the perfect picture yesterday. Well, maybe not technically or artistically for some people… I’m no Ansel Adams! But when it comes to *MY* category of “working cow dog photos”, this was was almost there! Taking photos of working dogs is HARD!…
Wordless Wednesday – “Heaven’s Above!”
Heaven’s Above!
All Day Long
If I thought the garden would get planted, the lawn mowed, the house cleaned, the dishes done, the laundry folded, the food cooked, this blog written… I would do this ALL DAY LONG. Follow these precious pups around and photograph them. I mean… a *bad* photographer with a *rotten* *cheap* camera could take good photos…