It’s Memorial Day… You should *dance*. I did.
Dance
It’s Memorial Day… You should *dance*. I did.
The Same Shade of Red
For those of you who don’t follow me on Twitter… or seen my Twitter updates by checking this blog obsessively… you haven’t heard this story. Yesterday, we finished weighing, giving shots, and sorting the heifers about 5:45 pm. Daniel, my newly college “gradje-ated” son, had a meeting at 6:30 to renew his Red Card. That…
Ambiance of Sorts
Today began our first day of AI-ing. That’s Artificial Insemination for those of you new to ranching/or my blog. InSEMENation… there… I saved you looking it up in dictionary.com as in fertility… baby calves… semen. “But… But… You have bulls!” “Yes, we do.” We have AI’d our first calf heifers for the past few years….
Redneck Birthdays
Birthday parties on our ranch might be a tad different than some “town” ones… Let’s see… Here the cake is cooked from scratch… with special thanks to s-i-l for sending some cream cheese from Casper (250 miles away) with Daniel’s girlfriend. Otherwise, I’d have had to drive 90 miles round trip because I’m a space…
Dirt Slick
YESYESYES! FINALLY! A gorgeous day… not a cloud in the sky. Snow on the mountain, yes, but VERY nice here. Plus the creek DIDN’T flood the way the National Weather Service predicted! All good news. The bad news… I spent practically all day inside cooking a birthday cake, macaroni salad, and then lunch and then…
Cats and Dogs, Foxes and Dogs
.53 inches That’s the precipitation for the past 24 hours as of 7 am this morning. It doesn’t sound like *anything*, I know, but in Wyoming it is. It has continued to rain all day, so by morning again… perhaps another .5 is possible. That’s 1/12 of our entire precip for the year. Duck jokes,…
Smidgen
Wow. It’s raining again. You do realize that Wyoming gets only 12-14 inches of rain per YEAR, don’t you? We do tend to feel that we have webbed feet after multiple rains! It is making the countryside GREEN. OH. OOPS. This is RED… I do know my colors. But this is part of what water…
Highwater
We had high water in the Nowood just a few weeks ago. It was a typical spring thaw… melting the snow on the Big Horns. Then it snowed again. And again. Not so much here, but at 8,000 feet? Oh, yes. Then it has rained. And rained. Sorry to the outstanding people of Nashville, whose…
Indian Room – Finished!
OK… So maybe it’s only 95% finished… No curtains yet… No bedspread. Though I’m debating between a microsuede from Overstock.com or dyeing my own duvet cover… No baseboards… One little bare spot I’m looking for a photo frame to fit… It’s gone from peachy walls to warm camel… and now it’s decorated! I AM SO EXCITED!…
Wildflowers
One of the best things I did today was to take the time to go photograph the creek flooding and some wildflowers. As I headed out the door, I noticed I had left my little camera powered on… and minimal battery time was left. RATS. I had to switch to my big Olympus telephoto and…
Wordless Wednesday – “Looking for Heels”
B.J. swings his loop, looking for heels…
Going Great Guns
I was happy to see that my post from yesterday had such a good response. It does make you think! Oh, don’t get me wrong, I’M ALL FOR ENERGY INDEPENDENCE… my Dad worked for oil companies for most of his career life. I know a few things about the oil business… but independence to me…