This was first posted May 7, 2009. Do you know the old joke about the guy who wanted to be a turkey farmer??? He returned twice to the hatchery where he’d purchased his turkeys… each time saying all his turkeys had died. The third time the hatchery owner asked him specifically what he was doing…
Category: Throwback Thursday
#TBT: “If Everday Was Like This…”, v.2.0
We sorted and sent another 34 pairs out into the allotment today. A day of sunshine and barely any wind. A day of yellow bells and blue skies. A day of not too cold, not too hot… a Goldilocks day. A day when the pairs stayed paired. A good day on a good horse. …
#TBT: From Big Sis to Li’l Momma, v.2.0
This was first posted April 17, 2009. Three weeks ago, when the puppies were born, Dally was a confused soul.She wasn’t sure what happened, but she wanted to be part of it. It earned her some whippings from Elsa. But Dally is a persistent gal and her sympathetic hormones seem to rage full bore.Each time I…
#TBT: Spring Creek Raid, v.2.0
This was first published April 3, 2009. The two brothers dreaded the walk they knew they must take. Leaving the relative warmth of the log cabin, they trudged outside into four inches of wet spring snow. The softness and beauty the snow would normally lend to the land now lay eerily upon shapes unknown. They…
#TBT: Identity Theft, v.2.0
This was first posted March 30, 2010. Remember Half-Pint? She’s the tiny little twin we’ve been bottle feeding. Today, we found her a new mommy. Unfortunately, that meant another calf died… one we’d doctored for scours (severe diarrhea) and he eventually succumbed. But life on a ranch isn’t easy and we know that. Turning a misfortune…
#TBT: Big Sister, v.2.0
This was first posted March 29, 2009. Dally is confused. She woke me up the other night at 2 am with a “barking fit”. Turns out she was telling me Elsa had gone into labor… but I ignored her… at 2 am, I try to ignore many things! Her best friend has suddenly turned into…
#TBT: Ten Days and Counting, v.2.0
This entry was first posted March 14, 2009. Ten days and counting…Butcher’s Foothills Elsa, (United Kennel Club Registry, English Shepherd Club Registry, Canine Good Citizen, MDR1 mutant/normal, OFA Good, light shaded sable female, born 5/10/2004) is gravid, fecund, replete.Gravid is a great term for her. Heavy, burdened. Slowed by the extra weight, she rocks to…
#TBT: Heifer Story, v.2.0
This post was first published March 6, 2009. Sooner or later, you do a job long enough, something unusual will occur that makes the entire process glow with a new light… So it is with checking heifers… I mentioned before how I check the heifers sometime between 10 and 11 pm. There…
#TBT: Inspiration – Stoves and Eggs, v.2.0
This post was first published February 26, 2009 Although I haven’t shared the other pysanky eggs I’ve been working on…I just have to share this one because I shared its inspiration the other day. Some of you even wrote and said you loved my inspiration too. For those of you out of the loop, here’s the Coolest Wood…
#TBT : “Dally At Work” v.2.0
This was first posted February 27, 2009. Look at young little Dally… wasn’t she the prettiest thing? She was probably about a year and a half… These photos are hot off the press… literally from freshly digitized creations to my computer.By jove, I think she’s got it!!!<Add your own British accent> Good girl. ‘At’ll do!
#TBT: Neighborly OOPE, v.2.0
This was first posted February 16, 2009. We helped the neighbors vaccinate their cows. It was the perfect opportunity to share more OOPE photos that show a different setting! First of all, notice anything different? Yup, our cows used to look like this when Vernon and I got married. We had a straight Hereford…
#TBT: Lucas Posing, v.2.0
This was first posted January 12, 2009. I had to take these… and about a dozen more… my guy looking handsome…