I spent almost a half an hour trying to shove a piece of OSB onto two weak lightweight sawhorses before I got totally disgusted and just leaned it against the bottom logs and sawed out the hole for my light switch. I think I said a Bad Word. But when I finally raised it to…
Category: Dogs
Brown, Black, White
Brown Horse in black and white… Full day… still have a kitchen to clean up… so I’m going to neglect you! Thanks for all the well wishes for Dally. She’s moving better and faster. She still is sore and has a little wobble to her hips, but much better! Thanks for your concern!
It’s HOT Out There
We rode out 2 miles in the cool of the morning, and Dally drank from a few puddles. The cows came well, and back at home, we crossed the creek. Another bit and we crossed the creek again. Up the hill and down the highway… slowly, letting the herd graze and eat their fill. We…
Yesterday
The girls rode today, so I was Head Babysitter. So… Here is *yesterday* in photos… Morning light… Resting already… Get her, Lucas! Lucas and Boomer getting them out of the creek… Change of dogs… Dally on duty… Old roses by the homestead… Thirsty horses… Tall grass…
Questions and Answers – July 2013 Edition
Karyn: Question for you: The profile picture of you and Elsa…she is terribly muddy. Do you have a story to go with that? Still miss her…. Oh, Karyn, I miss her too! <sniff> I put that up after she died, kind of my little tribute to her… The photo is from 2008. I’d had her…
All Day
Yesterday, the boys and I, and various neighbors, gathered our steers and their cows and calves out of the Badlands Pasture. You’ll remember a few weeks ago, we rode and gathered most of ours and the neighbors’ from the same pasture and brought them home. One neighbor, however, left his cattle out there. With everyone’s…
Wordless Wednesday – “Miss Dally”
Miss Dally. Star of the Day.
Questions and Answers – June 2013 Edition
I’m suffering from hay fever… Moving slow and pitifully… so if I don’t answer your question well enough, ask again, maybe next time I’ll feel up to it more! Let’s get going! First of all, one of my frequent readers has started her own blog! She’s just getting it up and going, but go give…
Rinse and Repeat
We all feel like this tonight… Tired. Sore. Played out. Done. Many a mile was traveled today. We sorted out pairs for different pastures and put bulls in with them… Tomorrow? Rinse and repeat. **** Time for a Question and Answer Session! Leave your questions in the comment section, and I’ll get to it in…
Won’t Care
It turned out to be more like 9 hours on horseback today! It was a bigger loop, more miles covered gathering, and a longer trail back in. But, the weather was gorgeous! After a cloudy start (and Johnny telling me I didn’t need my slicker along, but I took it anyway, and he was right,…