Category: Weather
Looks Cold to Me
It started off at -21 here at my house, -30 up at the other place… but by afternoon, it had warmed to 20! It was our day in the hills, meaning we had to make the loop in the badlands to check water. I’ve been wanting to go along for a month, and get you…
Resilient Video from the Atlas Blizzard
What a wonderful, busy, fun Christmas we had! I hope yours was equally blessed… As we celebrate this time of peace and joy, I found another resilient video concerning the Atlas Blizzard. Oh, how blessed we are! It is courtesy of “I Am Angus” on RFD-TV.
God Bless Them Everyone
It’s time for an update… Though reports have quieted down about the Winter Storm Atlas that hit the plains in October… there’s still a few new links floating around. Here are the latest ones… Jenn Zeller, who blogs as The South Dakota Cowgirl, wrote a great article for Progressive Cattleman entitled “Recovering from a battle…
Why Wouldn’t We?
Four degrees. Slight breeze handing us a wind chill of -5. Slick roads and ground blizzards. Of course, we went to town today… why wouldn’t we?
What Is
Dally is laying on the edge of Otter Creek Canyon. It’s 500′ deep and the location of the wildfire we suffered through last summer. We gathered our cattle here the other day, and on this day, Vernon and I bundled up in our Rhino and drove a big loop looking for the 6 head we…
Divine
We worked cows again today… first we gathered the willow and boxelder patch next to the creek that we call the Double Crossing. (That’s where we left them yesterday.) A mile home and we put them in the corral. Since it’s not a big day, and the weather was cool (cooler than I was prepared…
Wordless Wednesday – “Swirling Wraiths”
Colors in the clouds… swirling and spinning wraiths in the sky… Happy Halloween!
Minute Movie: Out of the Snow
More rain and snow today, just when we were getting dried out from the last storm! I want to thank everyone who has shared, tweeted, and linked to my Atlas Blizzard story. It seems we are spreading the news and making people aware of the tragedy in the Black Hills. You guys are great! Tonight…
Questions and Answers – October 2013 Edition
Let’s go! Marilyn: Question: your dogs expend a LOT of energy when they are working. What do you feed them for optimum nutrition? Marilyn, I feed Loyall dog food and usually they are on just the Maintenance. If there is going to be tons of work, I’ll buy their Active Adult which has higher protein. …
Atlas Blizzard Links
Thank you so much for your response to yesterday’s post about the Atlas Blizzard. I am glad I could answer some of your questions, or perhaps, just explain topics a tad bit better. Tonight, I think I’ll just provide a few links that you may be interested in investigating. For details on livestock stress and…