While I was working at the library, they brought the cows down to the place we call “The Double Crossing”. The name stems from the old wagon road that had to cross the Nowood twice right here. The modern highway doesn’t cross the creek at all, thanks to big dirt moving machines. You often are…
Simple Stones
I spent the day trying to find my house underneath all my junk. Clean clothes, dirty dishes, cardboard boxes saved to use for stencils, and piles of junk mail. Once I got my kitchen clean, I turned around and made a dessert to go with supper. Well, the kitchen was clean for half an hour……
#TBT: Living the Dream, v.2.0
This was first posted November 1, 2009. Another day of cow work…What are we? Ranchers? Oh…yeah…The cows we fought to put in the Ritchie pasture last night were gathered this morning. <Daniel and Vernon are both visible – if you squint – in this photo> Dally was chosen for the long-ish day of work. Elsa…
Wordless Wednesday: “Crossing Cows”
For a jigsaw puzzle of this photo, go HERE.
I Usually Don’t Share This…
So, as I’m getting ready for work this morning, I asked Vernon what his plans were for the day. “Bringing the cows off the Mesa.” What? Waaaaaa… I don’t normally work Mondays. Here it was, the most gorgeous day… and I miss moving cows for some inside work. Rats. Rats. Rats. I quickly text Megan…
Ranch Life Revisited
We revisit the week of October 18 – October 24, 2020. The week covered pumpkin carving, fog laying in the Big Horn Basin, goldfish transfer, a big snowfall with grandkids sledding while their parents were on the mountain gathering cows, the beginning of the bear wood burn, and some of our horses enjoying their fresh…
Halloween
Oh, these kids… The prairie girls. The cavalryman. Their hero! That’s the Viking girl, Astrid, from How To Train Your Dragon. Plus… a zombie… Megan has a great photo of Lorelei, and, believe me, she is a Viking you don’t want to mess with! Somehow, it didn’t transfer to my phone… I hope you had…
Quiet
Well, two days of library work… then today I helped a friend unload a shipping container storage unit and haul it to her house. That means there’s not a ton of “ranch” photos and activities I’ve been involved in. I stayed up late with Tess last night sewing last minute Halloween costumes, because, of course,…
#TBT: Cow Work, v.2.0
This was first posted October 31, 2009. Today, again, was filled with cow work…The cows we brought down yesterday were scattered far and wide this morning. They didn’t like where we put them… Not enough grass… Not where they wanted to be… So they left… Well, some left… These were up on the hill…trying to…
Wordless Wednesday – “Frosted Wire”
For a jigsaw puzzle of this photo, go HERE.
Q&A Video
Another video. Maybe I can post twice a week? One that’s photos and videos accompanied by music… my “Re-Red” videos… and maybe one where I’m talking… I can do Q&A sessions, teach a craft, share my wisdom (insert laughing here!) or just talk… Today’s the first attempt at that. To kick it off, I went…