I’ve spent two days babysitting, but tomorrow will be my turn to ride. Victoria is here, and she and I get to ride together for old times’ sake, plus pony along two of her children. Rotation works well for us, someone staying with the kids, freeing up two girls to ride. With Victoria in the…
More Work
More work and scenery photos…
Did It Again
Oh, these days of riding… both glorious and frustrating, with awe inspiring views and sore saddles! Yesterday was at least 10 hours in the saddle, if not more… and the silence riding back to the horse trailer was indicative of just how tired, frustrated, and sore we all were. Usually, we can be counted on…
Aye, Aye, AI
Thanks to Megan, I have a few pics of the AI process with our heifers. I mentioned this was going on when we pulled CIDRs the other day. Yesterday was my regular day at the library, so I missed the first day of AI. Today, I decided to watch the five kids and let their…
#TBT: In Your Honor, v.2.0
This was first posted May 31, 2010. We began our gather (muster/roundup) today. What we refer to as the “badlands” is not living up to its name this year. The pasture is *gree-een*, with plenty of old feed from last year as well. The Indian Paintbrush is bright and vivid… with orange and red the…
Wordless Wednesday: “Twisted Twine”
For a jigsaw puzzle of this challenging photo, go HERE.
Time Again
While the cows are out on pasture now, it’s time, once again, to start working on next spring’s calving season. Cows, like humans, carry their babies for 9 months. That means our heifers will be having their first babies in nine months. I’ve missed the work day that inserted what are called CIDRs (pronounced like…
Free Range Children
I totally forgot to make my weekly movie today… I’ve got three grandkids for all day and two more for a bit. That meant a bit more cooking. A bit more time helping out. A bit of origami. A bit of time watching “Annie” and learning that the sun will come out tomorrow… And a…
Random Sunday
I couldn’t resist and bought some Mallard ducklings. I’ve always enjoyed having the little guys around for summer. So far it’s too cold to keep them outside, so they’re living in my mud room… in a box, of course! **** Tess competed in another half marathon, this time in Billings. She came in fourth in…
Dirt Memories
We’ve had a few gloomy, slightly rainy days. It seems like we should have received more rain, everything is green and growing and just bursting. There was just enough of a break between storms that I finished rototilling my garden. I may have to do it one more time, but with the evening lows in…
Septic Tank Song
I don’t know if this will work… but since most of you aren’t on Instagram, I just hoped it would… Here’s Miss Reagan singing about septic tanks… https://www.instagram.com/reel/CPKQRjMlL6A/?utm_medium=copy_link Actually, it’s from Hank the Cowdog… but Reagan has it down fairly well.