For a jigsaw puzzle of this light phenomenon, go HERE.
Q&A 2022 Video
The first Q&A session for 2022 is here!
Long List
Ugh. One of those days I had hoped to accomplish more than I did. I need to learn to make smaller lists! I hope to get a video up tomorrow, barring random ranch weirdness. I should have time to make a q and a video. We’ll find out tomorrow… I’m doing an overhaul of my…
Cheer
Number 11’s first game was today. Fifth grade and first time out… the score was pretty one sided. It’s difficult to remember all those rules and how to box out and who you’re supposed to cover… but it was fun and the first game jitters are behind them. It gave the rest of us a…
Good to Go
I rode along with Brandon and the new little hay feeder. While the guys have built two large bale feeders in the past years, they decided to buy this one out of Colorado. It only feeds one bale. Once it’s loaded, we head down to feed the bulls. Brandon had a bit of oat hay…
#TBT: The Story, v.2.0
This was first posted January 13, 2011. Last week, a friend told me a story… They live alongside a small creek dotted with stately cottonwood trees. In the wintertime, it’s not unusual to see a bald eagle perched among the bare branches. Sliding along their long snowy driveway, they noticed a bald eagle on the…
Wordless Wednesday: “Icy Creek”
For a jigsaw puzzle of this icy creek, click on this link HERE. C’mon, try it once!
Chore
After we buy bulls, and they’re delivered… they spend some time in quarantine, just in case they might bring some illness from their home. Then, before they’re turned out with our other bulls… they must be branded. We just had that discussion about bulls and branding… oh, by the way, we did find those other…
Ranching in Big Country Video
Ranching in Big Country leads to many great landscape shots and this video is full of them. A glowing sunset kicks off this video and author Craig Johnson visits the Ten Sleep Library. Then more Big Country and the silence of the land. Moose and Ten Sleep Canyon, a short cattle drive on a very…
Out There
Somewhere. Somewhere out there. When people insist that branding should be a thing of the past… these are the incidents that I recall. In this pasture should be two more bulls. Chances are, they’re there… standing next to a juniper doing a great impression of a big black shadow. But… they are bulls. They could…
Present
It’s not your typical present, but I’m pretty thrilled with them. When we work cattle, we use a stick, rattle paddle or flag to help move cattle. They’re simple extensions of your arms and you can turn a 1200 pound cow by waving a stick out to your side or above their head. Sticks are…