This was first posted May 22, 2009. It is that time of year when everything virtually explodes and you find yourself running in circles, picking up pieces of life, mending this, moving that, cleaning here, doing that. And cooking. The last few days seem like chaos. It all began with a murderous puppy fight that…
Wordless Wednesday: “Uphill Climb”
There’s lots to see in this photo, maybe you’ll notice it all when you put together the jigsaw puzzle of this photo HERE.
Back Behind
There’s many things back behind a branding… Planning with family and friends for the right day and nervously watching the weather reports. Shopping and cooking and hauling and chilling and heating and remembering everything. Cleaning the shop and hauling the chairs so everyone has a decent place to sit after working hard. Ordering vaccine so…
The Kids Branding
I christened this year, the Kids Branding. All eight of the grandkids were there, and with the exception of Reagan who was kept occupied by K., they all got in and helped. Thankfully, most of our help just happen to be young fathers as well… so kids clambered on laps and “held” calves with the…
Re-Red Week 2
A conglomeration of photos and video for the week May 3 – May 10, 2020.
Quick Shot
Just a few quick shots of branding today until I have time to crop and finish more… plus there’s riding first thing in the morning, so this will NOT be a midnight post! I need my sleep…
The Book
Tomorrow is our branding. It will be our “small” one, with only a bit over 100 calves. That means the cowboys gathered the pasture today… but I babysat the little girls and finished up my share of the cooking. Since I’m back at work at the library, my Wednesday and Thursday were booked. Get it?…
#TBT: Branded in Sepia, v.2.0
This was first posted May 17, 2009. I can’t help myself… whenever it is branding time, I have to switch my camera over to sepia mode. J. and J. share a story as Victoria swings a loop.I could do it as an effect on my Iphoto program… but for me, I like the real thing….
Wordless Wednesday – “Log Pile”
For a jigsaw of this challenging log pile, go HERE.
PAP Testing
In 2012, we hosted a clinic by Dr. Tim Holt from Colorado State University, on PAP testing. PAP is Pulmonary Arterial Pressure. Running Angus cattle at higher elevations can cause something called Brisket Disease, which is recognized by labored breathing and swelling in the brisket area. If you get the cow or calf down the…
Re-Red Answers
Well, it looks like Re-Red is a hit… so thank you for that! Should I have put some info on the video? I thought it would distract, but that just might be me… Rosemary, the music is always listed on the SHOW MORE under the actual video on YouTube. You can learn a lot from…
Introducing Re-Red
I’ve been thinking lately that I need a simple way to share more of the photos and videos that I take every day of every week. The best or most informative make it here… but then there’s the good ones, and the not so good ones whose stories don’t get told. I either run out…