This was Daniel on June 27. After our first cutting of hay was off the pivot field, he went back in and no-till drilled in some sorghum-sudangrass hybrid seeds. No-till means just that. No tilling. No plowing, discing, or leveling of the field back to bare dirt. The planter (aka a ‘drill’) has small discs…
Shell Canyon and Falls
Shell Canyon, like I mentioned on the other day’s blog post, has a great deal in common with Ten Sleep Canyon. Massive walls, creek in the bottom, winding, twisting, switchback roads. Shell Canyon’s Highway 14 is narrower than Ten Sleep’s Highway 16. More semi’s travel over Ten Sleep… and you’ll understand why when I include…
#TBT: “Fifteen Years Ago…”, v.2.0
Yesterday my friends arrived from New Zealand. A. and her husband, V. Now… as some of you may know… time sure flies by…. A. and I worked together at a place once known as Girl Scout National Center West. It was the ultimate camp for Girl Scouts back then… much like the Boy Scouts’ Philmont….
Wordless Wednesday: “Shell Falls”
For a jigsaw puzzle of this photo, go HERE.
The Old Shell Store
I know some of you are not Instagram people… but I’m a fan. I follow artists and locals and craftspeople and cowboys and metal detectorists and amazing women and NASA and National Geographic. They post amazing photos and short sentences… sometimes short videos… and I pretty much enjoy it all. If you’re “local-ish”, and follow…
Little Q&A
I’ve had some good questions in my comment section lately, so I thought I’d take the time to answer them. Joan: Your prose is beautiful. You could write a book about your cattle adventures! You’ve probably covered this before, but the partner cows belong to neighbors that share the pasture? Thanks so much! I might…
Re-Red: August 9 – August 15, 2020
This turned out to be quite a long video! This week covers: a friend’s colt, gathering cattle and vaccinating calves, commentary from the littlest cowgirl, our sor-dan field (a sorghum/sudan hybrid), a visit to The Lodge at Willard Springs, wildlife, stacking small bales, and a tremendous sunset. I hope it isn’t too long… and I…
The Lodge at Willard Springs
Last week, we took a special little trip… While Vernon might make it up here snowmobiling once, twice, three times a winter… I don’t seem to make it very often in summer. Not that I don’t like to visit! It’s a gorgeous place… perfect for a get away… a reunion… a wedding. Just so long…
Clear Blue Skies
The talk of the past few days… Here’s a photo I took some weeks ago. Here’s the one I took today. Smoke from all over the west, California, Idaho, Nevada, and Oregon has enveloped Wyoming. Not that we don’t have our own fires. Facebook has been full of everyone posting photos of the sun. A…
#TBT: Hours Away, v.2.0
We had to move cows today… the 99 pair we trailed here… Somehow my disorganized self couldn’t remember to recharge the batteries in my little OOPE camera… and there was NO WAY I would pack my big camera on a day like today! So…Your imagination will have to work today. This pasture doesn’t belong to us……
Wordless Wednesday: “Beautiful, Bravo!”
I’ve never used this setting on my camera… but wow, it does bump up the color! For a jigsaw puzzle of this photo, go HERE.
Little Bales
As I continue doing my things around here, the grandkids, the garden, the house, and a craft or two… the guys are still working. We try to take Sundays off, but sometimes it’s only half a day. Everyone irrigates. Irrigation continues morning and evening, especially with this stifling heat. Someone usually checks on cows, hauling…