“You ask me of my companions. The hills sir, and the sundown, and a dog as large as myself.” – Emily Dickinson
Agility
Elsa will jump just about anywhere! She’s making sure I’m still on the ground as she is high up on our haystack!
Iguanas
This is one of my favorite pictures taken on our cruise. We saw iguanas everywhere we went, Honduras, Belize, and Mexico. By the time we toured the Tulum ruins I had plenty of photos of iguanas! But this one wouldn’t move, and he was posing so well! The strange thing is…not long ago, riding on…
Scrambled
I have been very lazy with entries lately…and even reading my last one, I can tell how tired I was! I remember falling asleep as I typed. Late nights, early mornings, feeding, and getting extra kinds of exercise are taking its toll. I now doze before my 10 pm checks…and really really want to sleep…
Yawn…
My evening shift at 10 pm has often turned into expeditions lasting until midnight or 1 am. This morning it was EXTREMELY difficult to pull myself out of bed! After my short walk, I turn on the unstable light for the calving shed… half of the time, it turns itself back off as I walk…
Nights
If nothing else, people are impressed by nights in Wyoming. The view of the stars is impressive, and that is magnified in the winter. The stars seem even brighter and the moon … magnificent! Last week gave us the lunar eclipse and I just had to go play with my camera. Above is the fully…
A Quiet Moment
Quiet is part of our lives here. Anymore, that is what I notice when I go to towns. I went to New Orleans a few months back. The only quiet time was sleeping. I visit in Casper or shop in Worland, and even in these small towns, I am relaxed when I leave and silence…
Calving Season
It has arrived. Our first babies have hit the ground. What follows will be restless nights and multiple trips to the calving shed. We have a pretty good setup here for calving. To the east side of my yard sits the heifer lot, where this year, 58 heifers will have their first babies. If I…
My guys
My Guys hard at work in the morning.
Runoff
A few days ago in the midst of an afternoon walk, I stopped. The hillsides were covered in snow, the road I had walked on was ice. But a different sound was literally underlying the countryside. It took a minute to distinguish it. An unseen river was melting underneath my feet. The snow was melting and running…
It’s Disgusting…
People have told me that the reason ranchers get married is to have someone along in the pickup to open gates. I’ve always laughed at that true statement… and since I wasn’t raised on a ranch, I really never had a true idea what living on a ranch would be like. A small tip sheet…