“Hole in a Threatening Sky”
Wordless Wednesday – “Hole in a Threatening Sky”
“Hole in a Threatening Sky”
Crane In Grass
K, Folks, here it is! My “Crane in Grass” is making its completed debut… I know… DEFINITELY not square, which is easy to see outdoors but in the dark shop on an uneven floor it was more, uh… difficult. I can eyeball things much better than that! I also found out… there’s no overs in…
Muses and Cranes
SUNSHINE! I repeat, SUNSHINE! Yay! Well, partly cloudy this morning, but by afternoon the sky was brilliant blue and the high temperature was around 74… 30 degrees warmer than yesterday. I spent some of the morning pulling weeds from my garden, amazingly enough, weeds don’t stop growing just because it is raining… When I get…
Rain Is a Good Thing
Rain is a good thing… honestly… in Wyoming’s dry climate, water is scarce. On Wyoming ranches everything is based on limited water. Reservoirs and pipelines to water cattle. Irrigation for crops and hay. Wells for drinking. Snow runoff captured to help through the ‘dry’ summer heat. Well. Actually. We haven’t hit that ‘dry’ heat spell…
Varmint Gitters
When I first investigated English Shepherds, one of the “side benefits” was the tendency of these dogs to “dispatch vermin” according to the breed standard. When you’ve had dogs give rabbits, deer, raccoons, skunks, mice, moles, and voles free rein in your yard and garden… dispatching vermin is an excellent idea! I have to say,…
Happiness Ensued
Victoria and I went to her bridal shower Wednesday night… wow! what a turnout! I remember mine, in fact the same lady hosted mine (~29 years ago) and Victoria’s!… I reviewed my wedding book, many people were there for me that attended Victoria’s. I remember not knowing a soul but one or two friends and…
Questions and Answers – June Edition
WOW! I had great response for this Q&A! Let’s get to it! Kris wrote: When you were sorting the cattle a few days ago — was that all your cattle, and you were just taking out the ones you wanted to brand? Or was it your cattle mixed up with other ranches, and if so, do…
Wordless Wednesday – “Lucas Portrait”
This is perhaps the best portrait I’ve ever taken of Lucas. Plus, remember to submit your questions for the month… I’ll answer them tomorrow.
Brush Up
Ahhh… A day not spent on horseback. Victoria and I made some lists and plans for the wedding… and gathered up some of the ribbons and decorations we’ve purchased along the way… We still need to make some arrangements and go up to the site and make some more lists. We talked cake, how much,…
Getting Wet
After gathering, sorting, branding, re-sorting, and trailing to new pastures… it was time to move our *first* bunch we’d branded into a new pasture. We set out under mostly cloudy skies… but both Accu-Weather and NOAA had both declared the day was going to be sunny. Yeah. My slicker still hadn’t migrated to my saddle…
Branding 2010
Branding this year… in photos… Branding smoke takes a little getting used to… if this is your first one… We welcomed back the smiling face of A., who’s been away on his mission for 2 years… it is nice to have him home! Daniel provided some entertainment… In fact, the branding was full of laughter……
Sorting Pairs
The past few days we seemed to have been sorting pairs constantly! Gathering in the badlands… we sorted. Moving them in time for branding… we sorted. Today, we dispersed the herd into four different pastures with appropriate bulls and… we sorted. It’s what we do. The other day… when I was supposed to be cooking…