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…
Summer Crafts
A little crafting… I generally don’t do much crafting in the summer, it seems like there are other things calling for my attention. However, the wedding yesterday called for a present. Part of it was a set of four stemless wine glasses that I etched with their brand. Their brand is the “quarter circle J…
Love Ya To The Moon and Back
Morning work with a full crew… four kids, four adults… oh, and me! It’s a work in progress… getting everyone situated. Riding that fine line between fun, serious work, safety, horsemanship, and stockmanship. No, we can’t run our horses through here, it’s too rocky. Stay here and turn the cows if they come this way….
Mountain Day
Riding along in the mountain pasture… giving Bravo some much needed work on becoming a cow dog. Blue skies have been with us lately, the smoke lessening a bit and some slightly cooler weather… though today did end up hot enough (high 80’s?)… and when we drove DOWN the mountain, the Big Horn Basin was…
#TBT : “I’ll Be Fine!”, v.2.0
This was first published August 12, 2010. The thing about moving cows up the mountain at first light… sunlight gives your photos that glaring-gotta-squint look. The golden-dried-grass-dusty haze spreads its aura. Then the romance disappears… Panama throws a shoe… and limps along the road. Fine. I’m off and leading…
Wordless Wednesday: “Spurred”
For a jigsaw puzzle of the floorboard of our pickup… go HERE.
Chokecherry Recipes
I’ve had successes and failures with these recipes, but… if I’m trying to make chokecherry jelly and I fail… it’s just chokecherry syrup! If all my jelly actually makes jelly… then I’ve been known to microwave a jar and turn it into syrup. Can you tell I like my chokecherry syrup? Follow all canning instructions…
Ten Things You May Not Know About… Chokecherries
I do read all my comments and since a couple of you asked about chokecherries… here ya go! Prunus virginiana. Also called bitter-berry or Virginia bird berry. Found in thickets alongside water or damp areas across the U.S. and Canada. While usually shrub sized, it can grow into a tree up to 30′ tall. Part…
Canyon Memories
That’s Tess on the left, finishing another half marathon. She ran this one in Ten Sleep Canyon last year too, but this time I actually got to see her finish! Jaxon, Lacee, and Reagan were there as well, having spent the night at my house to avoid an even earlier morning rush. Afterwards, I had…
Back to It
We’ve had a short break from moving cattle… filling our time with haying (cutting, baling, and stacking) and irrigating (without which there’d be nothing to bale) and working on water projects. Today, though, we were on horseback once again. This is rocky, rocky country. Up in the corner of the pasture is what we call…
#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……