We decided to wean our last little group today… but Panama has sliced himself open with a wire cut… and I’m trying to get something finished here by Friday… so I stayed behind for most of the day! I did have to ride up once just for kicks and giggles… and to grab you a…
Category: Animals
Good Thing
Vernon and Daniel pulled the irrigation dams partially out of the creek yesterday. It wasn’t exactly swimming weather, but it needed to be done, so they crawled out on the big dam log and started pulling sticks, letting the water flow unimpeded downstream. A tractor is a big part of this job because it pulls…
Look at the Sky
Ta-Da! Yay for me! I actually DID put together a Minute Movie called Bringing the Cows Down. To be honest… it’s a Two Minute Movie. But everything was soooooo quiet and peaceful… I just needed to share! If you look at nothing else… look at the sky. Oh, my! Without further adieu… Minute Movie: Bringing…
No Popcorn
Lest you doubted my story of rain yesterday… which continued throughout the night and morning and has recently restarted… We’re almost to 2″ of rain… which, by Wyoming terms, is 1/7 of our yearly moisture! When the clouds lifted this afternoon… Yup. No surprise there. Boy, I’m glad we’re not riding today! My opinion on…
Good Timing
While I was working at the library yesterday, the guys gathered our mountain pasture and kicked them into a smaller “holding” pasture. That meant leaving first thing for the mountain to trail them down. Dally was Dog of the Day… Lucas is prohibited from that drive, and Elsa would have been Extremely Sore… so Dally…
Calf Waiting
Really? After two days of vaccinating calves and wandering around… I took THREE photos and one video? Good night! I must be losing it. Too late to get the video going, though I agree, a Minute Movie is well past due… so… One little calf waiting for her shots… is all I have to share….
Questions and Answers – September 2011 Edition
emily moore wrote: so here is my question… how did the town of Ten Sleep get it name? OOOOOOOOOOOOOH! I don’t think I have been asked that question on here before… and it’s usually one of the first when you meet someone face to face! Cool. Two versions: This one is posted on big signs on…
Minute Movie: “Alley Boss”
Lucas works as the Alley Boss as we load out our cattle. I like that he is quiet… I like that he does this well, at least in MY book… He’s looking guilty because sometimes he’s not allowed to do this! But if it were up to me… he’d work the sides ALL the time….
Wordless Wednesday – “Sunset and Shadow”
Sunset and shadow… and Rio. **** September 7, 2010 Questions and Answers – September Edition September 7, 2009 My Taste In Dogs September 7, 2008 No entry.
Shipping Day Scenery
We headed back up the mountain to ship those cows marked as “open”, or not pregnant… as well as those cows we “mouthed out”, checking for teeth loss due to old age. The ol’ girls have done us pretty good. We had to sell our last two red baldy cows because their teeth were just…
YawnYawn
Oh. Yay. Preg test day. Usually not one of my favorite days… lots of cooking and preparing and working and cleaning up. However. After returning home last night around suppertime… we found Brandon and Megan hard at work making pizzas which we soon devoured and then we collapsed into our soft recliners. After some visiting……
Believe Me
Another long day of riding… We re-rode The Partnership, searching for cattle we’d missed. We found a pair and a lone calf. We trailed them through the neighbor’s pasture and ended up in the same spot as yesterday. We actually got to eat lunch around lunchtime! That’s progress! Then it was time to gather THAT…