Universal Show
Quinlan and Lorelei won’t be here over the Fourth, so we had a tiny show tonight… A little unsure at times… Loving it at others… It was a good little show… Then the Universe was very nice and put on its own show! The view from my studio tonight… Venus and Jupiter in conjunction.
Natural
Today was payday. The yearling steers we sold last week were shipped to the buyer today. We are all there, plus our “rep” or salesman, the brand inspector, the vet, the truck drivers. We run them across our scales first, getting weights on groups of 10 or so, and averaging them. Then they’re loaded on…
Heavens
Heavens… too much work and not enough sleep… Let’s catch up tomorrow, shall we?
Last Girl Scout
My mom’s memorial garden walk was today, and I made the difficult decision not to attend. You see, back in The Day, when so much of my world was filled with Girl Scouts… (I’ve held every position a leader could, I had been a troop leader for every level at one time or another, I…
Long Light
When the long light comes and sows golden hues across my world, I stop. Marveling at the intense beauty that strikes me, I feel my chest tighten. It pushes until my spirit springs free, gliding in tilting waves like the resident vultures above me. Sounds soften. Tractors are shut down. Distant voices are gilded with…
67 Million Years
Hey, there, Craig Johnson, author of Dry Bones, the newest installment in the Longmire mystery series… I have a bone to pick with you! The reason my garden is full of weeds, none of the outbuildings have been weeded around, the trim on my house isn’t painted, nor is a myriad of other jobs complete……
What a Life!
In amongst all the other things that have been going on, Brandon found a couple of bulls that had… ummm… to say it delicately… They had broken their “equipment”. One may heal if he leaves the girls alone, so he is in a corral. The other one? Nah. It didn’t look good. What? You didn’t…
Steer Trails
I seem to be rather random with no big story for you, so here’s random shots… This mule deer doe had twin fawns. I rode by them in the badlands just after sunrise… The reservoir at Wire Corral is full and gorgeous in the early morning light. The “badlands” haven’t looked this good in years! …
Steers Gathered
The day was long… saddled by 5 am, home at 2 pm. The steers are gathered and will soon be sold. and that’s how it is in the Far Far West!