The past two days have been a radical change. Our warmest days had been from 45-50 degrees and the nights had remained very crisp and wintery. Yesterday we reached a high of 72 and today was 76. Seemingly overnight the grass has grown. It has struggled and fought to get a start, and now the…
Whoops
I knew I should have checked my spelling…it is Kalahari, not Kalihari… I will correct it! Lucas gave me a scare this morning. He didn’t meet me at the back door, he didn’t come when called, he wasn’t in sight. I took Dally’s breakfast to the kennel and locked her in and began my search. …
King of the Kalahari
I have, for the past three weeks, played “Shuffle the Dogs” while Elsa was in heat. Early morning I’d rotate who would help in the corral, the other would go into the kennel with Dally for the 3 hours that we feed in the morning. Dally is just at the age of wanting to follow…
Family Resemblance
Dally and Lucas survey the badlands scenery while the snow-capped Big Horn Mountains recline behind them.
Tour
Today was the first day we’ve managed to make it out into our “badlands” pastures. These are BLM lands where we run our cattle in conjunction with some other ranchers. We rotate between three pastures, using two a year, in the spring and fall. We will start moving some cattle out in a few weeks…finally…
It seems like forever…
Spring has continued to come to cowboy country…We are over 3/4 done with all our calving, but, yes, there is still one stupid heifer left we still check! Grrr… makes you wish for some oxytocin! The rest of the birds seem to have slipped in…we now hear sandhill cranes clacking in the morning, bluebirds flit…
Focus
Today has been one of those days where I can’t seem to focus. When I went to bed last night, the air smelled of rain, and I could have sworn it would be raining all night. I awoke to drifting snowflakes which quickly increased to steady feathers sifting down. The ground was covered in short…
Playing catchup
It seemed like every night I was too tired and too busy to write anything…then I had high hopes for spring break, with the boys coming home for a week, surely I could write something. Plus Victoria was coming for Easter weekend… No surprise here, nothing was done on my blog or website! With the…
Newbie
Dally looks over Greet Ranch.
Coolin’ Off
Lucas lays on a deer trail still covered in snow to cool off. It was all of 45 degrees, but we’d been hiking for a while. He’s watching Boomer on the other side of the draw follow whiffs of bunny scent.
94 years young
We went to my husband’s uncle’s 94th birthday celebration today. It was held in Ten Sleep at the old Seventh Day Adventist Church…which actually was Ten Sleep’s first elementary school building. It was a good turnout for a family gathering. George still lives on his ranch, splits his own wood for his fire he builds in…
Sweetheart
“Elsa, Dear” is my endearment for this little lady. As hard-headed as she can be sometimes…othertimes she is my silent shadow, at my heels, head tilted to see any look, any sign that I give that might concern her. A hand reaching for my pocket may mean a treat for her. A whisper of ssssssss…