Last night Vernon asked me to help feed this morning. We needed to get done in good time in order to go help our neighbors vaccinate their cows. He rises early. I followed. At 5:30 this morning. Made our coffee. Zoned out on the couch. Had breakfast. At 7 (the usual time) he said he’d…
Category: Dogs
Yearning for Green
Today was one of those winter days when you yearn for green. It was warm… relatively! The sky was blue. The snow was melting – albeit slowly. It was the kind of day that makes you want to grab your seed catalog and make a plan for spring! I spent a few hours up at…
English Shepherd Rescue
I am helping the National English Shepherd Rescue group put out the word about these dogs. I think this flyer says it all.
Photo Editing
As I struggled with the topic for today… I found myself falling back on older photos that I didn’t get to share with you for one reason or another. Instead of giving them to you straight from my pocket, I actually edited these. Straightened some, adjusted some color. I really really want a new Photoshop…
Clues
I wake up in the morning and try to snuggle down in my warm waterbed… (yes, I still have a waterbed… it is WARM!) I rearrange my sheet, quilt, down comforter, and buffalo robe for just a few more minutes of warmth. See a pattern here? Vernon is already up… and had his one cup…
Snowy Photos
The girls and I took a walk today. I bundled up. The thermometer said 5. I don’t know if I believed that! I picked on Dally making her my model for the photo shoot… Elsa is too much of a shadow dog on walks. It may just be because I’m breaking trail through the snow,…
Mailbox
Today saw the return of winter with freezing temperatures and snow. The wind chill added to the briskness. The other day was a different story. Gorgeous sunshine and warm temperatures begged me to go for a walk to the mailbox. My months of inactivity showed themselves as it took me longer than normal to make…
Sparkles
I took Elsa to my vet today to get her OFA done… Finally, I accomplished that goal! I was late starting out because Elsa is standing as of this morning… and I hoped she and Lucas would uh… consummate their relationship. But I had an appointment to keep and couldn’t afford to give them the…
Dally Learns (Video)
Well, last night when Vimeo told me it would be 65 minutes before my video could be ready to watch… I gave up. So to learn about this video, go to yesterday’s blog… or just to watch it – go here. Corral Work from Carol Greet on Vimeo.
Dally Learns (Hopefully!)
I made this video the last week… The boys were still here and two friends, L. and S., helped us out that day as well. Our work is done, so we kick these steer calves out of the corral and take them into the field between my house and Johnny’s house. I start off with…
Hopes
As of Tuesday, Elsa and her daughter Dally are both in heat. Thus begins the “dog shuffle” where the girls are either in the kennel or in my kitchen/mud room or supervised outside. Lucas is rotated to wherever they aren’t. I hope to breed Elsa as it has been since November 2007 when she delivered…
Sorting OOPE
I did it! I actually took photos while sorting cattle! Yes, I waited until most of it was done and yes, most of the pics are definitely OOPEs but considering I didn’t drop my camera and Tart and I didn’t lose any cows and Tart and I didn’t fall down on the *)(&*&^% ice – I…