Still trying to recover from heat, smoke, and allergies. Bleh. Ready to cough this junk out and have blue skies and 75 degrees. It’s not gonna happen, but I can hope!
#TBT: Battlescars, v.2.0
This was first published July 20, 2010. I couldn’t resist reading and seeing “my girls” again… After my wreck yesterday afternoon, and then all the bawling I heard last night, I anticipated a big mess this morning. It must have taken them just til this morning to find each other… because as we rode out,…
Wordless Wednesday: “Cabin Wall”
How about a challenge puzzle? This is the wall of the “Greet Cabin” up in the Big Horn Mountains. What stories it could tell! For a jigsaw puzzle of this photo, go HERE.
Skylined
We gathered the Slope Pasture today, again starting early to beat the heat. Ninety pairs were scattered in sagebrush and juniper in probably the rockiest pasture! It has the steepest slope topped with a patch of fir trees at the top. As we split up to cover the area, Victoria was skylined with the small…
For The Record
It seems like forever since I haven’t ridden while taking our cows to the mountain! I drove the “chuckwagon” a few years after my mother-in-law passed away… and I think I remember my mom coming along once… Then my sister started doing it while she was up here visiting, and since she’s moved back to…
Kids’ Rodeo
Time once again for the local kids’ rodeo… This is for the local kids that don’t compete in regular rodeo. Yes, there are competitive rodeos for kids! This is more for local children whose time for barrel racing may be 30-40 seconds (or more) instead of 15! For those whose parents lead their ponies around…
Starting At Daylight
They had overnighted in the holding pen. Bawling for their mothers, calling to their calves, until through sound, sight, and smell, they reunited themselves and lay down… content. Their early morning peace was disturbed by the pickup and horse trailer that arrived and discharged its cargo of three ponies and five horses. Each gathered by…
#TBT: Time To Be A Cowboy, v.2.0
This was first posted July 17, 2010. One of my favorites and I’ve probably reposted this before! I shifted my weight to my left foot and stood on tiptoe. Well, as much of “tiptoe” as you can get in a stirrup. The dun below me adjusted for my shifted position but continued to rip green…
Wordless Wednesday: “Conglomeration”
Here’s a difficult one for you… this conglomeration, or conglomerate, is a geologic term for a rock made up of other rocks bound together in a “cement” of calcite or quartz. I’m always fascinated when I ride through this area… the stone really comes to life when wet! Go HERE to do this jigsaw puzzle.
Another
Another early morning… we had left the batch of cows in a lot across the highway from my place yesterday. This morning we gathered them, ran them across the highway, then penned and sorted them in the corral. Our plan was to separate the cows and calves and then truck them up the mountain. In…
And Again
I don’t imagine you notice, especially this early in the morning… but that horse’s ears are different. Panama has a split in his ear… Meet Marshal. Marshal is the new horse in town. He’s thirteen. Been there. Done that. He’ll settle in nicely I think. Another early morning tomorrow… we’ll see if the wildfire smoke…