Lucas poses under the crabapple tree.
A I School part two
For those readers who cringe at poop, personal bodily functions/descriptions… THIS POST IS NOT FOR YOU! Come back tomorrow. For those readers who have a curiosity about artificial inseminations, this is VERY basic. But, it’ll do… Yesterday we took the frozen semen out of the tank, put it in warm water to get those wigglers…
A I School part one
I decided I’d better break this post down to two parts… For the more squeamish… skip tomorrow’s post… I’ll give more details then. For now… Welcome to A. I. School! We’ve AI’d for quite a few years now… but only on our first calf heifers. We have the opportunity to get good Angus semen for…
What Are Cowdogs Good For?
What are cowdogs good for? They are great for going down to the creek to kick the cows back out into the badlands. They are awesome at going up hillsides to kick cows back out into the badlands. They easily handle the ones brushed up in the shade to remind them to go back out…
Puppy Walk part two
The other day I began the story of our Puppy Walk with a great shot of their faces as 10 pups scampered cross country. *But* to be honest, I saw more butts than faces! They enjoyed themselves immensely! I took them on a walk to burn more puppy energy. Their early morning fight had cost…
This Time of Year
It is that time of year when everything virtually explodes and you find yourself running in circles, picking up pieces of life, mending this, moving that, cleaning here, doing that. And cooking. The last few days seem like chaos. It all began with a murderous puppy fight that began at 4 am. I actually thought…
Wordless Wednesday – “Patriotic Evening Primrose”
Evening Primrose in patriotic mode (red, white, blue)
Summer Dresses
Taken May 3, 2009. Taken May 19, 2009. While the cottonwoods are the last to don their summer dresses, the willows and boxelders have shown up early for the dance. The Big Horn Mountains have released their temperamental moisture levels in a kind and beneficial manner. Spring has arrived.
Fashion Maven
Yup. That’s me. A fashion maven. My area of “expertise”… no, not expertise, uh… my area of interest lies in cowboy equipment. Like chinks. Dang. I used to be that skinny. Anyway. Chinks. From the Spanish word, chinkaderos. Short chaps. That’s /shaps/ not /chaps/. Short chaps with a voiced /ch/ are height impaired British guys….
Branded in Sepia
I can’t help myself… whenever it is branding time, I have to switch my camera over to sepia mode. J. and J. share a story as Victoria swings a loop. I could do it as an effect on my Iphoto program… but for me, I like the real thing. I enjoy opening these up and…
Branded
Finally, it is here and gone again. Friends have arrived to help and enjoy the “fun” of branding day. Old cedar fenceposts reappear sawed to length and split for the fires. Boy, if you could only smell it… go stick your head in your grandmother’s keepsake trunk, and that’s the smell of these cedar sticks…