It was a neck-jarring, teeth-rattling, iron-wheels-on-cobblestone type drive. The good thing about rain is … well, rain… the bad thing? Rain becomes mud and muddy roads walked on by cattle become the absolutely roughest roads you can drive on. Your muscles get tired from the constant tension from trying to hold yourself together mile after…
Green
Heifers are back from their winter home. With luck and the expertise of Daniel and Brandon, they are also pregnant. We unloaded the three trucks and they soon were on their way to green grass. The heifers were soon munching happily away.
Benefits
While the rest of the crew has been very busy AI-ing our heifers over in Worland… Vernon and I have remained at home, he, trying to finish up the last of the pipeline troubles, me, putting in a garden and watching kids. It seems very strange to not be in the middle of things. It…
Reminiscing XXVII
This story is from James Greet, written in 1991 about his life as a cowboy in the 1940’s. Another time that I got in on the cattle drive from the ranch to Worland, was when Roy Mills and Russel Burgess had a few head each that they threw in with ours. The old Mr. Forman was…
Throwback Thursday: Relish the Light, v.2.0
This was first posted May 31, 2014. Afternoon thunderstorms roll in and by… They may hit with wind and rain and lightning and maybe hail, or they skip around us and all we get is wind! The gust the other day was 55 mph, just a breeze in most of Wyoming, but a good one…
Wordless Wednesday: Favorite View
For a jigsaw puzzle of one of my favorite views, go HERE.
In Sight
While Toria was here, we took a tour out to see the pipeline project. Vernon, Brandon, and Megan had already been working half the day when we arrived, four kids in tow. They had planted the “can” next to the creek, this is where the solar powered pump will boost the water WAY up the…
Busy Time
Victoria and crew showed up a couple days early, so, YAY! After a rainy morning, we ended the evening with a joint birthday party for Daniel and Lacee. Hamburgers and ice cream cake and funfetti cake made for a nice supper combo. Then, of course, Toria and I stayed up late visiting. Precious “cousin time”…
A Start
Earlier than usual… the Ten Sleep Kids’ Rodeo was held today. Nice and cool, not sweltering hot like in the end of July. It didn’t even rain as predicted! I usually put together a movie of it… and since there wasn’t time to do that this afternoon, I’ll just start with this.
Reminiscing XXVI
This story is from James Greet, written in 1991 about his life as a cowboy in the 1940’s. It was a nice sunny day, and we enjoyed trailing our cattle. It seemed as though the whole world belonged to us, for we hadn’t seen another soul since very early the day before. Maybe I should point…
Throwback Thursday: Mounting Evidence, v.2.0
This was first posted May 25, 2014. Today we began our AI program. Well, the hard work part of it at least! For the next few days, the boys (and Victoria when she shows up) will Artificially Inseminate our heifers. We’ve done this for a few years now, and continue to be happy enough with…