You many not have noticed, but in the last picture from yesterday’s post, there was an unusual object in the bottom center… Sailing over the water in flamboyant stripes… A dragonfly. It was pure luck in the capture, but it made that photo extra special! That entire pond was humming with activity from at least…
Past Prairie Promise
A past prairie promise made years ago in love… still lingers in wooden memories, weathered and cracked. **** July 15, 2010 Robins July 15, 2009 Wordless Wednesday – “Three Points!” July 15, 2008 No entry.
Appreciate the View
The past two days have been Cowboy Days. With the water situation finally resolved in one pasture, and the lease of another pasture, we could finally move some cattle to higher range! Yay! Cattle don’t do as well in hot weather… and we’ve had plenty of that lately. They were very happy to move up,…
Wordless Wednesday – “Watchin’ Their Heroes”
A quick snap of the audience, watching their heroes at the rodeo… **** July 13, 2010 Same Country July 13, 2009 Memories of Snow July 13, 2008 No entry.
Learning Manners
Part of getting these pups ready for their new homes besides the standard physicals and shots… is a little behavior work. It never hurts to teach those kids some manners BEFORE they go off to their new lives! So I give you… Learning Manners: Sitting before Feeding aka the cutest puppy video ever! A little…
Dry Dusty
I wish GoDaddy would leave my fonts and sizes the way I want them… sorry for the past few days… I don’t know what makes it revert to a smaller size and different font when I hit “publish”! I have the CUTEST video uploading to vimeo right now… unfortunately, I won’t stay up that long…
Clowning Around
A few of you asked for these… so, I’m trying to make you happy! Rodeo clowns/bull fighters photos from this year. Not as good as that one from last year, but hey… **** July 10, 2010 You, You, You, Yucca, You! July 10, 2009 A Hot Move July 10, 2008 No entry.
Random Rodeo
Just because I like ’em… Here are more random rodeo pics just for you. Grit: Flexibility: Luck: (this guy actually recovered and finished his ride… lots of air there!) Focus: Grace: Symbolism: Style: Fantasy: **** July 9, 2010 Questions and Answers – July Edition July 9, 2009 A Find July 9, 2008 No…
A Bullrider’s Story
**** July 8, 2010 Girl Day July 8, 2009 Wordless Wednesday – “Working Dogs” July 8, 2008 No entry.
Back to the Castle
The canyon sent up shimmering waves of heat, convenient for the dark turkey vultures that rode in tilting strides on the thermals. Though the sandstone was a well worn and faded white, heat bubbled off its 500 vertical feet as the morning sun hit its western wall. Sitting in the crushed weeds, I watched as…
Wordless Wednesday – “Shimmy to the Right”
The rider seems to want to shimmy to the right while his bull is goin’ left! **** July 6, 2010 Good Morning Ride July 6, 2009 Let’s Rodeo! July 6, 2008 No entry.
“Bloody hell, this is a sh***y job”
The job today was to gather and bleed our heifers. The morning was spent gathering them from their pasture and trailing them home. We had a bit of difficulty there… we have a creek crossing that they just can’t hit. It’s built like a sharply turned fishhook, down into a cutbank, and then across the…