Round and Round
While today was cold and windy and it even tried to snow… yesterday was sweet! Vernon asked if I’d like to drag fields with the pickup… and so I did. Settled with my audiobook, water bottle, and trusty sidekick… I set to work. Dragging fields is done with a simple metal toothed piece of equipment…
Into Life Backwards II
Yesterday’s post began the story of 520’s calf. … 520 slides down to the ground. The guys get to jacking on the calf puller. Trying to keep everything in proper position, while still pulling on the calf’s legs… Whew! It’s out! Honestly, I didn’t think it looked good. But Vernon grabbed some weed stems and…
Into Life Backwards
As we move our cows to the Badlands Pasture, we pair them, meaning each momma cow has to find her baby in the herd; they must recognize each other, and the baby must follow the cow out of the main bunch. Learning to follow momma is an important life skill, but this is the first…
Wordless Wednesday – “Pairing to the Badlands”
Solve the jigsaw puzzle HERE.
Best Pics
Just a couple of my favorite pics from Easter…
Spring Work
I finally joined in on a day of spring work, taking pairs to the badlands. Brought in a mile from the road… paired in the field and left behind the last nine yet to calve. Continued on another mile or so… paired and left to graze the next month away…
For Brogan
“…when the wind will set me racing, as my journey nears its end, and the path I’ll be retracing as I’m homeward bound again…” Brogan Johnston. 2002 – 2019 **** And to Kelton, for singing this most amazing song.
#TBT : House
So many things have changed from this photo! There’s no date. I would guess 1940’s… as I can’t see the house where Daniel lives and I think it was built in the 1950’s. There is a man standing to the left by the equipment. This is Johnny’s house, but before the large porch was attached…