We had FUN the week of July 15-22! The Ten Sleep Youth Rodeo is held with local entrants… ones with 20 year old horses and ornery ponies and loving support from parents, aunts, uncles, grandparents, and great-grandparents! I chose only to use a bit of music at the end so you could hear everyone wishing…
Category: Videos
Living the Best (Ranch) Life video
Finally! another video… I’m getting way behind, but here is the first part of July. While we celebrate Independence Day in Ten Sleep, the rest of July finds us moving many bunches of cattle, usually about sunrise. It’s also a great time to see cow elk and their calves. We finally celebrated Johnny’s 90th birthday…
What Is a Headstall? – video
Here’s a quick video to answer a question from a couple of weeks ago… After I posted a Throwback Thursday post telling about breaking a fancy headstall and ruining my day… many of you wanted to know, “What is a headstall?”
The Variety in Ranch Life – video
Ranching always has a variety of jobs to do… range land monitoring, moving cattle, selling our yearling steers, tame mallards, semi-tame kittens, haying, and some wildlife. This video covers June 21 – June 30, 2021.
Video Time
Finally! Another video! It’s about time! This one covers May 30 – June 20, 2021. There’s plenty of gathering cattle, a cute irrigation partner, and some elk on the Big Horns. I even included a blooper reel, when my contacts were so foggy riding, that I had to have Megan help me clean and reapply…
#TBT: Piggysitting Part Poo… Uh, Two… v.2.0
This was first posted August 6, 2010. So I admit it…I know nothing about pigs. We were given one for an early wedding present… his name was Amos. I believe Vernon really hated hauling him to the processing plant… but I hadn’t been around him much. I patted him on the head like three times……
Red Dirt In My Solar Array
Yeah, I said it. I stole it from a friend who was helping us with this back in June. I have mentioned we were working on a cool project… and finally, I’m done with the video! One day, as I stood scraping some wind blown dust out of the racks the solar panels sit on,…
Re-Red Video May 10 – May 17, 2021
This video covers our week of branding… so gathering cattle and branding take up 90%! Springtime traditions include gathering cattle from the pasture, sorting the pairs (mom and calf) into their new pasture, then branding the calves. Branding is an essential part since in this wide open land, cattle can sometimes end up miles from…
Ranch Living Video
Another “Re-Red” video! This one covers April 29 – May 9, 2021. I’ve been so busy lately, it doesn’t seem like I have time to make these videos! I’m wising up, though, and doing a bit for a few days instead of all at once. This video covers the Library Tea Party, planting oats and…
Spring Turnout and Crafting Video
Covering some wildlife, spring turnout for some of our cattle, my wood burned stool, and my son’s new Australian Shepherd puppies. This video covers April 21 – 28, 2021.
Springtime Work Video
Covering April 14 – 20, 2021, we go through a wintery commute home with two bull elk making an appearance, a gorgeous day working cattle, a return to winter conditions, then working more cattle as the snow retreats on a dark and gloomy day.
Branding 2021 Video
Finally, my videos on ranch life have caught up to April 11 when we held our first little branding. We’ve branded all but another small bunch, but I don’t really count those brandings with the table and electric branding iron. I’m just a traditionalist, I guess… I still had to make this video because it’s…