Happy New Year to 2024 and happy birthday to Vernon! Cheers to one more trip around the sun with you, my dear!
Author: Carol
Last Sunset
Last sunset of 2023. 12-31-23. 123123.
Mission Accomplished
We vaccinated and poured our yearling heifers today. Brandon vaccinated. Quinlan ran the chute gate. Daniel poured. Vernon got them up the alley. I brought them out of the pen, down the wide alley. That makes it sound so easy. It wasn’t. I’m rather tired and sore! I try and work cattle nice and quiet,…
The Last Sugar Cookie
The crumbs scattered across the snowman plate. I held the last sugar cookie, dry, crispy, with its colored sugar topping sloughing off. Now, only a good enough candidate for dunking in my bitter coffee to make it edible. The rest of the cookies were long gone, Santa with his somewhat white beard, blue reindeer, green…
#TBT: Not So Hard, v.2.0
This was first published December 30, 2012. My three requests for help having been unfulfilled due to time constraints and/or lack of proper equipment, I decided today I’d just see if I could do this myself. What activity was I trying to accomplish? Well, my dogs have houses. Pitiful plastic things since the chickens have…
Wordless Wednesday: Trail By
For a jigsaw puzzle of Bravo watching the cows trail by, go HERE.
Warmth Found Us
We waited a bit for some warmth… then left in the side by side. While it has a cab and a heater, lots of air penetrates and makes for a cold ride. We were gathering heifers from the Ritchie Pasture, and initially, I just took pics through the dirty windshield. The mud splatters were not…
Merry Christmas
Merry Christmas, everyone!
Christmas Eve
Wishing you a magical Christmas!
Good Setup
Yes, there’s snow on the ground, and I spent the day cooking. Yesterday, though, I took pics of a new piece of equipment… This is our new maternity pen for cows. Betchya never heard of these! When cows need help calving for whatever reason… large calf, breech presentation, or whatever, we can use this setup…
Doable
Once again, they’ve issued a winter weather advisory on this gorgeous day. We have had a stretch of forty plus degree days with bright sunshine and no snow on the ground. It’s been marvelous, actually. But, they’re predicting a white Christmas. That’s ok, it’s time… Vernon was nice enough to chainsaw my pile of corral…
#TBT: BVD, v.2.0
This was first published December 22, 2012. Bangs Vaccination Day. The day when your friendly veterinarian visits with vaccine, a vet shield tattoo, green ink, a toothbrush, and numbered metal tags. It was also the day of the local food co-op, so a mad 40 mile round trip dash started the morning. Followed by unloading…