This was so fun and exhausting and TEN YEARS AGO! Collapse. That’s what we finally did about 4 this afternoon… after zinging from the opening reception of the Wyoming Grasslands exhibit into final work on our float and supper with Craig and Judy Johnson at the Red Reflet Ranch yesterday and today’s early start to get those last minute details on…
Wordless Wednesday: Early Start
For a jigsaw puzzle of Vernon and the cowboys getting an early start, go HERE.
Up Up
We continued the trail to the Slope Pasture, me in the sxs with Reagan, Vernon also following bringing pickup and horse trailer. We’d catch up to the herd… then fall behind as we rolled up old barbed wire… a big danger for horses. Someday, as we keep going up this trail, all of it will…
Close Calls
So branding took up a good morning… starting at 6:30, we were eating delicious breakfast burritos, watermelon, and cookies by 10:00 or so. The neighbors left to go finish out a full day of work and so did we. The next day, it was time to take those cows and calves and head up the…
Mission Accomplished
The size of the calves we just branded was a challenge. I was happy to be branding the calves, not wrestling! I managed to snag some pics of one of Jaxon’s struggles. He starts off perfect. The proper technique is one wrestler grabs the calf’s tail, and another grabs the rope. It should off balance…
Branding Again
We branded the end of April. Calves were two months old… big enough to handle the stress but not so big that we couldn’t hold them! The tail end of the herd, though, were just newborn or weeks old, and Johnny Greet (and the rest of us) have never been big fans of branding them…
Throwback Thursday: Long Light, v.2.0
This was first published June 25, 2015. When the long light comes and sows golden hues across my world, I stop. Marveling at the intense beauty that strikes me, I feel my chest tighten. It pushes until my spirit springs free, gliding in tilting waves like the resident vultures above me. Sounds soften. Tractors are…
Wordless Wednesday: Yucca Blossoms
For a jigsaw puzzle of these yucca blossoms, go HERE.
Roses
I transplanted this little rose from Ten Sleep. It’s small, about three foot high. Does anyone know the name?
Rambler
As I stacked hay bales, one on top of the other… Away in the distance, I saw a visitor. A little fox sat at the edge of the field, watching. Unafraid, it rambled past, keeping me company for just a bit as the sun set on another wonderful day.
Haying Season – Video
This video covers our haying season step by step. When each field is ready, Daniel cuts it using a discbine. It is offset from the tractor, so you don’t run over the field as you cut it. Fields may be grass, alfalfa, oats, sordan, or like the first one shown here, triticale. Daniel is an…