Oh, just some off the cuff remarks about this new spring snowstorm… just when things were starting to dry up, warm up, and look like Real Spring had arrived! Nope.
#TBT: Ten Days and Counting, v.2.0
This entry was first posted March 14, 2009. Ten days and counting…Butcher’s Foothills Elsa, (United Kennel Club Registry, English Shepherd Club Registry, Canine Good Citizen, MDR1 mutant/normal, OFA Good, light shaded sable female, born 5/10/2004) is gravid, fecund, replete.Gravid is a great term for her. Heavy, burdened. Slowed by the extra weight, she rocks to…
Wordless Wednesday – “Retreating”
For a jigsaw puzzle of our retreating snow… go here.
Cold Frame
Oh, spring fever has me in its grip! Unfortunately, next week is supposed to be cold and snowy… I couldn’t help it, I had Brandon help me get my cold frame out of the garage. I’m probably a month early on this, but hey, you might as well see what happens! I’ve set it out…
Big Boys
The snow continues to come off FAST! I glanced out my window last night, moonlight was bright, and I thought, WHAT IS THAT BIG BLACK THING OUT ON THE ROAD???? It took me a minute to figure out the hillside was all bared off where before I was used to a white, snow covered hill!…
Ugly
An amazing amount of snow has melted with warmer temperatures and warmer breezes. While flat fields still hold their snow, anything tipped slightly with a southern exposure has become either mush, slush, water, or mud! It makes it interesting when we feed, the ruts in the road are deepening… I drove the tractor again for…
307 Day Hike – Video
Happy 307 Day. March 7th is 307 Day here in Wyoming. We proudly post “307” everywhere, reflecting our statewide area code. Today, with spring unfurling a warm blanket, rapidly melting our snow, I took a hike. All around was liquid, ice into water, frozen dirt into mud. It gave me a chance to play with…
#TBT: Heifer Story, v.2.0
This post was first published March 6, 2009. Sooner or later, you do a job long enough, something unusual will occur that makes the entire process glow with a new light… So it is with checking heifers… I mentioned before how I check the heifers sometime between 10 and 11 pm. There…
Wordless Wednesday – “Spring Sunset”
To keep your mind active, try this as a jigsaw puzzle. Follow this link and try it. It’ll take you 10-20 minutes! How fast are you?
Scenes from a Tractor – Video
Yesterday you saw “Scenes from the Calving Shed”, now we’ve moved out to feed some heifers, baby calves, and our bulls. If you recall, the guys have built two big bale feeders over the past few years, Vernon uses one, Daniel the other. Now that we’ve moved heifers and their new calves to my place,…
Scenes from the Calving Shed Video
Our calving shed is *THE* place to be right now. I took various little shots of activities there and compiled them into this video. Cleaning the “slime”… weighing the calves… learning to eat and run and drink from a bottle for those that need an extra boost. Plus, there’s tagging and feeding and a board…