I always have soooooo many photos… and I forget to post some of them. From weaning day… Anyone seen Brandon? He squeezes Calypso between the corral and salt shed.
Category: Animals
My Job
My job at preg testing is a simple one. Help keep the alleyway full of cows and make sure they go in the chute in a timely manner. I don’t swish the cows together tightly nor do I have to force them in the chute. In fact, most of the time, I’m not right there,…
No Complaints
Summer has flown by and fall work commences. There’s a crispness to the night air and leaves are turning. Time for one of my favorite rides… Morning found us gathering our mountain pasture. The cows are plenty happy… there’s still green grass and good spring water and it hasn’t snowed yet, so they took more…
Wednesday Work
Oh, goodness! I don’t know why, but things just keep getting scheduled on Wednesdays and Thursdays, and, once again, I missed working on the mountain because I had to work at the library. Megan was generous enough to share some photos with me though, so you don’t have to miss out. They gathered the heifers…
Second Round Video
(Sorry this is late. Gave up on waiting for it to upload!) Once again, we move a herd into the corral to vaccinate the calves. Short video clips take you through the entire day. We gather early in the morning and take them over to the corral. Calves are sorted from their mothers who noisily…
Repeat Day
Another day. Another repeat of two weeks ago. I missed the day of trailing some cattle but there they were, munching happily. I made short videos throughout the day thinking I can quickly smash them together into a video, but when I arrived home, I went to work on making some sweet pickle relish. Tomorrow…
A Bit of Mountain Work Video
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,…
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…
Horse Trainers
Lately, I’ve been investigating a few tips to help me with my horse. While Milo is basically a good horse… he does have some quirks that I’d like to iron out. I’ve been very lucky with Panama and before him, Willow. They each had a light touch, turning with the minimum of rein pressure. Milo…
I Like ‘Em
I never shared some of these, and I like them… so…
Picking on Megan
The other evening, we had spent the day at the kids’ horse show… but had to come home and work. Gathering cattle with end of the day heat and the swarms of bugs wasn’t enjoyable, but it would be a short trip. As we made the final section to the fields and corral, the light…