Easter was a busy day… morning egg hunt at Daniel’s… with a skiff of snow helping to hide eggs… then I spent a snowy time setting up my annual scavenger hunt for three teams (Quinlan/Jaxon, Lorelei/Lacee, and Reagan)… cows were still calving, so Vernon stayed home to keep an eye on them and I jumped…
Happy Easter
I hope you had a wonderful Easter…
The Season
It’s the season… For calves and lambs and piggies and chicks… for green grass and spring storms… for new beginnings. For rebirth.
Reminiscing XIX
This story is from James Greet, written in 1991 about his life as a cowboy in the 1940’s. (continued from last week) We got to the reservoir rather early. Because the grazing that day had been very scarce, Uncle Fred had arranged to buy a load of hay to feed our beef herd and our…
Throwback Thursday: Sunday Drive
This was first published March 30, 2014. Vernon said our highway was busy this morning… everyone is getting spring fever and going for Sunday drives, I guess. Most people’s Sunday drives are leisurely, sitting in a comfortable car, with heat or air conditioning or windows down if you want to smell Spring! Maybe the radio…
Wordless Wednesday: Eggsceptional
For a jigsaw puzzle of some of my pysanka, go here.
Lost Calf Video
Yay! I did it! I couldn’t make it on my big computer, so my iPad bailed me out. It’s kind of a quick job, but it works. This goes along with my post from two days ago… looking for the “lost” calf that two mommas had ignored when they both claimed the same baby. Enjoy!
Dismal
The day started out fairly dismal… The sun did come out finally… just enough to dry the cows off and knock back some of the snow. It’s still not very warm, but it will improve through the week. I drove around and around with Brandon this morning though I didn’t do anything. Things seemed fairly…
Storm
A storm blew in… and babies decided to be born in it. The guys went daylight to dark today making sure that each one was up and had something to drink… and that went for the ones a few days old as well. It might mean surrounding the cow so that the calf had an…
Familial Bond
”Meeeeeeh.” I let out a poor imitation of a calf and watched the hillside across the draw. Cows were standing there and I wanted them to go find their calves. A bawling baby will get any mother’s attention, so again… “meeeeeeeh”. I wasn’t very convincing, I guess. Vernon had told me that two cows had…
Reminiscing XVIII
This story is from James Greet, written in 1991 about his life as a cowboy in the 1940’s. (continued from last week) Back on the trail again after our overnight stay at the Mahogany Buttes. Our travel was always gaining elevation to Cottonwood Pass. Our next camp would be at Bate’s Creek. We would put…
Throwback Thursday: Top Bar Hive Bee Barn, v.2.0
This was first posted March 24, 2014. I really did enjoy having my bees… I managed to clean out my future Top Bar Hive Bee Barn (thanks, Susan, for coming up with the appropriate name!… though “boudoir” ran a close second!) at least partially this morning. The heavy stuff is going to have to wait…