This was first published April 28, 2014. Waking up to this is just thrilling. Don’t Lucas and Dally look thrilled? Now that the cows are out in the badlands… the bulls get to move out of their spot as well. We’ve kept them miles away from each other, but now they can move to the…
Wordless Wednesday: Preparation
For a jigsaw puzzle of this photo, go HERE.
Next Day
So the mountain of work is done… everything that it takes to put on a branding… the firewood cutting, the vaccine ordering, the setting up of the portable panels, the moving of cattle, the gathering of supplies, the food and drink for 30 people. It should be sweet sailing from here on out, right? Well,…
More Branding – Kids
Kids. They’re *so close* to not needing backup, but it was still there… They took on every job, marking calves, wrestling calves, keeping the fire and irons hot, even vaccinating and branding! Not much is more appealing than to see these young ranchers take their children and neighbor’s children and help them hold calves successfully…
First Branding
First branding is in the books… 231 photos later… prepare yourself for an onslaught of pictures! Thanks to our neighbors who show up and work hard for just a meal!
Reminiscing XXI
This story is from James Greet, written in 1991 about his life as a cowboy in the 1940’s. (continued) The Big Dipper rotates counter clockwise around the North Star. In the early days, the “night hawk” men used it as a timepiece to know when to change the guard. The wise men of the East…
Throwback Thursday: Busy Season, v.2.0
This was first published April 24, 2014. If you couldn’t tell… we’ve been busy around here. We’ve been kicking cows out into our badlands pasture. It is a LONG walk for little bitty baby calves, and for my horse and my dog and for ME! (Don’t mind that my camera didn’t open all the way……
Wordless Wednesday: Across the Hillside
For a jigsaw puzzle of these wildflowers spreading across the hillside, go HERE. Extra points if you can find Bravo!
Because
Just because he’s such a gorgeous dog…
Maybe Tomorrow?
Somehow, that chicken coop just doesn’t get cleaned… that was my plan until Vernon said we were moving some pairs around this afternoon in order to be prepared for branding. While the cowboys brought the little bunch, Vernon and I zoomed down to move another little herd out of the way. It may not be…
Good Old Ranchlife
Back to good old ranchlife… After two days of special activities, the weather has been great and I chose to accompany Vernon to his latest water project. The ride out was gorgeous, all this recent snow has watered the country and things are greening up dramatically. This pasture has creek access on one corner, but…