Oh, the excitement! Oh, the feeling of being grown up! While the rest of us here on the ranch are over the bubbling enthusiasm portrayed by the next generation when doing “mundane” chores… for the kids, it becomes a badge of honor. Take for instance, that chore of opening gates. When was the last time…
Category: Family
Time Again
While the cows are out on pasture now, it’s time, once again, to start working on next spring’s calving season. Cows, like humans, carry their babies for 9 months. That means our heifers will be having their first babies in nine months. I’ve missed the work day that inserted what are called CIDRs (pronounced like…
Free Range Children
I totally forgot to make my weekly movie today… I’ve got three grandkids for all day and two more for a bit. That meant a bit more cooking. A bit more time helping out. A bit of origami. A bit of time watching “Annie” and learning that the sun will come out tomorrow… And a…
Septic Tank Song
I don’t know if this will work… but since most of you aren’t on Instagram, I just hoped it would… Here’s Miss Reagan singing about septic tanks… https://www.instagram.com/reel/CPKQRjMlL6A/?utm_medium=copy_link Actually, it’s from Hank the Cowdog… but Reagan has it down fairly well.
#TBT: Atlatl, v.2.0
This was first posted April 9, 2010. My trip to Kaycee’s Rendezvous turned out rather well. I gave my camera to a couple different adults and hoped they’d luck out and get at least one good photo… I was impressed! Most of them turned out quite well! The fourth graders have been studying history…and Kaycee’s…
Happy Easter!
I hope your holiday was enjoyable… The Ten Sleep town egg hunt was well attended… and Lacee won a bicycle and Reagan won a big stuffed rabbit! My scavenger hunt was well received… Clues could be anywhere… Brandon’s cows did eat one of the clues I taped to the water trough! But the goodies were…
Plain Weird
It was sunny. And warm. And not windy. What kind of Easter weekend *is* this? It’s just plain weird! Nevertheless, we carried on as best we could… forced to eat home made pizza while dyeing eggs *outside* on Tess’ picnic table. We toughed it out as best we could. How many kids this weekend dyed…
SUPERvisor!
Daniel, Tess, Reagan, Brandon, and Megan journeyed to Worland today to give our yearling heifers a pink eye vaccination. Vernon kept an eye on our few remaining heifers and the cows that may feel like calving since we have a snowstorm blowing in tonight. Tess gave me some wonderful photos that show a fantastic little…
Buddies
Victoria was here for a visit so, of course, we all went down to see some baby calves and help clean pens or do whatever was needed. Quinlan and Lorelei were along as well, and we soon found out that in the hay and straw was a calf waiting to be reunited with its mom….
Wyoming Ranch Life Recap – Jan. 1-7, 2021 – Video
A re-cap of our Wyoming ranch life from January 1 – January 7, 2021. This video covers opening water holes for cows, a job that must be done daily, and the arrival of our new additions to our calving shed. After unloading the sheds, the guys have to go feed, and I go inside to…
Where I’m From
Well, again, just a bit too busy to make a movie… but I’ll have Jaxon stand in for me tonight. Here’s a paper he did for school, and I’m a big fan of this style, and, you’ll have to admit, this is truly precious.
Vintage
Johnny shared a couple more vintage photos with me. This one of Louise Greet and her brother caught my eye. The horse… maybe not the most gorgeous specimen. Round metal stirrups. That hat! Woolly chaps. Double saddlebags? Gun scabbard on the left side of the horse. The rope he’s holding looks very soft. But then,…