For a jigsaw puzzle of this old tree, go HERE. This one might be difficult! Let me know your time!
National Ag Day
It was a gorgeous day for the first day of spring! Today is also National Ag Day, celebrating agriculture. While my afternoon of helping the guys may qualify as a celebration… I figured I’d share some info you may not know about ag… Have you ever thought about the byproducts of cattle? Most people think…
How To Walk Your Dog Ranch Style
Walking the dog… And back… And forth… and back and forth… for hours. End up with two exhausted dogs!
Crew
While we were working on the electric fence, Brandon was off processing the newborn calves. We don’t check on the cows at night like we do the heifers. Labor problems are not a huge concern and they’ve all had calves before… so, excepting blizzard conditions… they are on their own at night. Vernon will check…
One Time or Another
After struggling to figure out some maintenance on my little Japanese mini truck, I decided to go see what progress Vernon had made with some brush clearing. I met him on the road and he requested some help with a different project. Cows had been “escaping” by pushing through some existing electrical fence. He wanted…
Reminiscing XVII
This story is from James Greet, written in 1991 about his life as a cowboy in the 1940’s. TRAILING BEEF TO THE RAILROAD It was a common practice for the stockmen of the area to trail their “for sale” livestock to Lysite and then by railroad to the Omaha stock market. We rounded up the…
Throwback Thursday: Getting Closer, v.2.0
This was first posted March 13, 2014. I need a project like this again… Well, it was back to the Good Ol’ Art Studio Project the other day… I worked a bit with some chinking… some cleaning… some organization… but best of all… I managed to get some insulation up! Just about ready for some…
Wordless Wednesday: The End of Calving Season
For a jigsaw puzzle of The End of Calving Season… go HERE.
Critters
New critters on the ranch! Brandon’s crew now have pigs! Some are feeder pigs. Some are 4H projects. Now we find out how much we don’t know about pigs…
In Good Time
The first move of our Sandhills Method was today. If you remember from last year, we’ve begun following this Nebraska born idea. With the heifers almost all calved out, our cows are starting their turn calving. The cows have been in a large field… and those that have calved are left behind with their babies……
Anyone?
So this is my needle felted bag as it stands now… a bit more progress than the last pic I shared of it. I’m contemplating entering it or some other item in a wool art show this summer… but, even though I like it, I don’t feel like it works with the bag. It’s just…
Better Day
An absolute gorgeous day… and I was in charge of three little ones… so a few games, some roasted hot dogs, and an adventure around the pond filled our day. The ice has barely retreated from shore but stout enough that the inevitable rocks that were thrown didn’t break through. We did make discoveries. Lacee…