Along with pulling up the electric fence wire, our preparations for calving included cleaning the calving shed. The red shed is easily seen from my house through the boxelder trees. It is a five minute walk from here. Soon we’ll be putting our heifers, 60 of ’em, in here every night. We’ll sort off the…
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Sorting OOPE Fave
The idea of OOPEs is that the photographs are taken as my camera sits in the pocket of my Carhartt coat. Yesterday’s photos especially proved this point… this shot more than the others. There’s the cuff of my coat on the upper left… and the edge of my pocket on the bottom. In between is…
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…
January Gather OOPE
We began gathering our cows off the BLM today with our neighbors that share the allotment. I am sore from hunching up against the snow even though it was very light and a fairly nice day. I took my hot shower and I’m ready for bed, but, of course, have to post these OOPE photos…
Playing in the Snow
The boys returned to Laramie on Sunday to start their spring semester. We’re always so proud that they’ve grown up to be hard-working men. Then Daniel emails these pictures to me. What is that quote you like, Toria? “The greater the mind, the greater the need for play?” Or some such Spock-ism like that… Well,…
Bangs OOPE
The other day I managed to have an OOPE day. We were bangs vaccinating our young heifers… or brucellosis vaccinating. For those of you who don’t know, brucellosis is a contagious disease that causes abortion in cattle. Female cattle must be proven to have had the vaccination at the time of sale. To do this, a veterinarian…
Cousin Robb 3
I hope you all remember my cousin Robb… I choose to share his amazing adventures here because no one I know personally does this kind of stuff but my cous! I love him! He’s an amazing adventurer and pretty dog gone good photographer along the way! Here’s his newest installment! (ha… he’s an accountant when he’s…
Somedays…
Do you ever have those days where there is so much information going into your brain and rattling around that you know you won’t be able to sleep? Today is one of those days. Brandon and I went to a Range Management Workshop today, so we have lots of new terminology and ideas ricocheting around…
Floor
Well, it needs 4 more cut panels and the little pantry yet… but I think I’ll declare the floor done! It wasn’t that hard once we figured out seams and grout lines and centering and the 3 patterns we had to work with! We made mistakes that cost us time and extra panels, but we…
Bar Log Video
Here’s the video I promised. Yes, it is long and I’m sorry about that… but I hated to leave any step out! This sawmill was originally owned by Vernon’s great uncle who then sold it to the Mills Ranch about 45 years ago. My kids are thrilled to learn how to run it. They…
Bar Log
Up at the Mills Place is a sawmill. Ped and Gary, the Mills brothers, both enjoyed working this sawmill. Vernon had helped Ped a time or two, but had never run the saw. Now, Gary wants to keep the sawmill, so we don’t own it, but ever since we’ve bought the place, my boys have…
Roads
We made a flying trip to Billings today. I hadn’t planned to go because originally it was just Vernon and Victoria going to Cody to finish up the paperwork on her new car. But Vernon said since they would be halfway to Billings, why didn’t I go along and we’d figure out our cabinets. See,…