After making this video, I know one thing for sure… it’s time to break out the new camera! The dust in my old one made some photos pretty ugly! We gathered one of our pastures with a little bitty trail/cattle drive just over the hill into what we call our Horse Pasture. This small area,…
Author: Carol
A Day
A day of riding and gathering cattle and sorting and vaccinating calves and enjoying the cooler weather on the mountaintop. I’ll try to make a movie soon.
Crane
Today was nothing more than housework… but tomorrow will be cowwork. Enjoy this beautiful sandhill crane that watched me drive by…
#TBT: All the Fun I Can Stand, v.2.0
This was first posted August 20, 2012. I saw on Twitter the other day, someone was going to pass out at an ag conference the bumper sticker/vinyl cling that claimed: I’M HOT. I’M DIRTY. I FARM. It made me giggle. Well, today I came up with my own version. I’M HOT. I’M SWEATY. I’M STICKY. …
Wordless Wednesday: Hay!
Need a challenge? Try this jigsaw puzzle of one of our hay bales! Go HERE.
Last Day of Freedom
School starts tomorrow and I’m back to the library from 8-5 twice a week. We took the kids to the creek to enjoy the last day of summer break. While we weren’t working… the guys were. Vernon crosses the creek with the tractor and baler while Brandon soon follows in a different tractor to haul…
Back To It
Back to it. The hay has been cut and left to dry. At some point, we will come along and rake it. Raking serves two purposes. 1. To flip the hay over, putting the dry side down, and giving the wet side a chance to dry. 2. To put two windrows together, to save the…
Bored
Time for a bit of roof repair… And a little fun on the side!
Skid Steer Star
While we waited for the storms to clear out so we could once again make hay… other random jobs were completed. Repairs were made to two different gates and the corral. Since I was late to the party, there is no “before” photo, but trust me, the huge gatepost that used to be here was…
Bonus Tie Dye
I’m off to sleep on the trampoline with Lorelei to look at the Perseids. I’m not going to take the time to post our fencing photos, so here’s a bonus tie dye puzzle for those of you who liked the last one! Go HERE!
#TBT: Surround Yourself, v.2.0
This Throwback Thursday was first posted August 14, 2012. Yesterday, a woman and her husband stopped in… Someone who had worked on this place back when it belonged to the former owner… Back when our children were little babies, and being born… Back when I was SO SO SO happy to have people MY AGE…
Wordless Wednesday: Tie Dye Fun
I just couldn’t resist this pattern! For a jigsaw puzzle of this tie dyed bandana, go HERE.