Mother Nature’s snowstorm has taken over Wyoming and she needs to let go! She has continued to throw cold air and/or snow at us since the first of October… Her mood is slowly supposed to improve this week… arriving back at the 50-60 degree range this coming weekend. It has been tough for everyone’s outdoor…
Library and Ambulance Benefit
Just in case there is an interest out there in Blogland… Annually, Ten Sleep has held a fundraiser for the Ten Sleep Library and Ten Sleep Ambulance while all the deer hunters are in town. Ten Sleep easily doubles in population this time of year… This year it will be held October 17th. Some of…
Fairweather Cowboy… Or Not… Fine Details
Sometimes I am reminded there are various undisclosed subsections that evidently lay in my marriage contract. My husband knew about them. I did not. Since *he* knew… and is laughing while I suffer the consequences… I usually throw something at him. A horse turd. A rock. A cow wart. Whatever’s handy. No one told me…
Fairweather Cowboy… Or Not
I MUCH prefer to be a fairweather cowboy. Meaning, I hate to ride bundled up in so many layers I’d give the Michelin Man an identity complex. But… I don’t get to make those decisions… So I found myself on horseback today. Only 3 layers. Only for 8 hours. Details tomorrow… But I’m sore… And…
Wordless Wednesday – Sneakin’ a *Peak*
Sneakin’ a *Peak* The Idaho view of the Tetons…
Randomness and Cruisin’
Today seems to be one of those days… Randomness is everywhere… Including my photos for the day… Forgive the snapshot quality… Vernon was on *cruise*… Now really… this guy had to drive from Idaho clear to Dubois for a humongous load of firewood? Plus manage the devastating speed of 40 mph over Togwotee Pass! I…
The Other Hundred Photos…
I know… my query from yesterday wasn’t very difficult. If you’ve ever been to Wyoming to visit Yellowstone National Park… You probably left or entered by the south entrance. That’s Grand Teton National Park. And if a zillion photos have been taken of Old Faithful… a zillion and one photos have been taken of the…
Road Trip!
Corral is mended… Calves are all located and returned to proper corral… It is time to see some Wyoming country! We left the snow here… to find snow on the mountaintops our entire trip! For instance… here’s the Owl Creek Mountains near Thermopolis… Here’s Wind River Canyon… The name of the river? The Big Horn!…
Best Laid Plans…
I’m glad only family saw me today… I rarely get really really mad… but today was one of those days. I had been looking forward to this new little celebration Ten Sleep was going to put on today… The Trailing of the Sheep Festival. Every stockman around… whether cattleman or sheepman… is trailing their stock…
These Busy Days
This week has kept us hopping… Sunday we gathered our cattle… Monday we sorted and weaned the calves from the cows… and shipped them down the hill… Tuesday we had to vaccinate all the calves… Wednesday it snowed and I managed to catch up on housework, build a fire, and stay warm throughout the day……
Honest Dog
Unfortunately… the other day in between gathering the cattle and returning to wean the calves the next day… We lost a cow. Lost as in *dead*. Four legs pointing to the sky. Cows don’t tend to tip over as easily as sheep, but they do have one major method of unlikely death… They can easily……
Wordless Wednesday – “Dally’s Quiet Reflection”
Dally is still long enough so that I could capture her reflection…