It amazes me, year after year, when we PAP test bulls, that they figured this out! It’s an amazing procedure. I made a video about it years ago, you might want to watch. A quick poke and the needle lands in the jugular, often leaking blood from the mighty vein. A long catheter is threaded…
Fluffy Cows
In case you missed it online, fluffy cows was (is) a thing on the internet. Pampered, primped, and highly groomed show cattle’s photos have gone viral, often comparing them to teddy bears. They’re not, of course, they’re just groomed cattle like Westminster has groomed dogs. It’s for competition and show. Ask a kid who has…
#TBT: , Chapstick Day, v.2.0
This was first posted November 21, 2010. You don’t live long in Wyoming before you find out you NEED chapstick. It’s dry here. Humidity comes and visits, but rarely stays… at least not in the intensity that it exists around other parts of the country. So, there are two things I ALWAYS…
Wordless Wednesday: “Drought”
Here’s a gooooood puzzle for this week. Panama’s hoof is tiny compared to the cracks in the bottom of one of our reservoirs. To try your hand at this puzzle, go HERE.
Just Ducky
Growing up, my dad used to tell me stories about having ducklings. Feeding them, trying to keep count of them and knowing they were slowly disappearing from their pond because, evidently, their resident snapping turtle enjoyed duckling for supper. I got ducks a couple of summers when my kids were young. They provided us with…
Junior Assistant
My junior assistant and I joined in with moving some of the heifers today. It was only a four mile trek, with three of those along the highway, so today we replaced our horses with wheels and carried on. The neighbor is doing a controlled burn in case you noticed the smoke. The heifers are…
Plans
“This is not how I had planned my day…” says ten year old Quinlan. “Me, either,” says I. “But we own cows, so get used to it.” Difficulties with our pipeline had us worried. While I had just been bragging on the miles of pipeline we had across several pastures, something was wrong. Cattle drink…
Photography Class
My photography class has ended. The last evening was spent printing our final three photos for the show, placing them on foam core board and then shrink wrapping them for display. My three choices were these. I think all of the art was exceptional and to have them printed right in class on such quality…
Happy Cows
My cheeks tingled with the cold. A bead of snot repeatedly gathered at the tip of my nose, the cold air making it leak like a vintage faucet. I was bundled in long johns, jeans, and my leather chinks. T-shirt, long sleeved shirt, hoodie, and wind proof jacket. Gloves. Hat. I followed the guys as…
#TBT: “Good Friends Test”, v.2.0
This was first posted November 12, 2010. My apologies for missing a post yesterday, that’s the first time since… gee… I can’t remember. Seems like I’m here everyday! I had a full day, and arrived home at midnight. Midnight is not a good time to create a last minute entry….
Wordless Wednesday: “Frame of Branches”
For a jigsaw puzzle of this photo, go HERE.
Productive
The cows were down, grazing in the Double Crossing. Cows know this routine as well, so half of them were piled in one corner, ready for the next step of their journey. But, first… Corral work. Cows go this way. Heifers go that way. The girls that didn’t make the cut will be sold, and…