The thing about free ranging your chickens… on occasion, you’re short a chicken when you count them roosting at night. Oh, well. Score one for the eagles or hawks or coons or skunks or dogs or cat or whatever manages to take a bite out of a chicken that day. It’s not the end of…
#TBT : Cousin Visit
Yeah. I was a dork. What was I, ten? I don’t know… I do remember loving that orange windbreaker… Notice John Patrick, the cutie with a mouthful of candy. We’ve seen each other only once in the intervening years… but, Facebook is good for getting in touch with long lost relatives. He took a jaunt…
Wordless Wednesday – “Elevation Increase”
To complete a jigsaw puzzle of this photo, go HERE.
Sweet Morning
Good morning. The cows were kicked up by Vernon and Brandon and met me as I rode out in early morning light. It wasn’t long before I tucked in behind the cows and headed back into the sunrise. Eden kicks a calf off the hill in front of me. Sweet morning.
Opted
More cow work. I opted to stay home with Quinlan and Lorelei… Tess had company and was exempted from work. That meant Megan was on duty… and she brought me photos! Cows were gathered. A trip through the alley was in their future… and, gee whiz… the grass was tall around the corral! Then it…
Barrel Racers
Had to share that cuteness… well, I’ve already started on Facebook and Instagram… but here are the videos of the barrel race! Oh, sure/. Loading to both Facebook and Vimeo..taking flipping FOREVER. I will update the links in the morning… **** Twelve hours later, the Facebook post failed but here it is on Vimeo!
Longmire Weekend
I’m back from another abbreviated attendance at Longmire Days. My sister and I attended the craft fair, always a draw for me! Although I could have tracked down the actors, I’m much more into visiting with friends and meeting new people. Conversations with people from Kansas, California, and Pennsylvania were memorable. Raffle tickets, donations to…
New Home
Twenty eight deer, three elk, and, thankfully, no moose! That was our tally driving home over the mountain last night. Needless to say, my friend drove slowly over the tree lined, winding road. The full moon had wildlife out eating along the roadside. We had been to the HF Bar Ranch by Buffalo, Wyoming for…
#TBT: Tired and Muddy v.2
This post was first written July 19, 2008. It has been a year since Butcher’s Foothills Elsa has come to live with me onthe ranch. At first glance, she was small but quick, slightly nervous, definitely prone tobarking in situations that make her nervous, lost, looking for love, and willing to pleasesomeone since she had left her Oklahoma…
Wordless Wednesday – “Native Hay”
For a jigsaw puzzle of this photo, go HERE.
Pony Brigade
The Pony Brigade is busy practicing for the kids’ rodeo this Saturday. Stay tuned for cuteness.
Fired Up
I was going to babysit Jaxon, Lacee, and Reagan… and we had zipped over to Megan’s house to pick them up from her round of babysitting. We had just jumped in the side by side for the quick journey. Back at our gate, Vernon helped unload the older kids and while I adjusted Reagan in…