It was soooooo horribly smokey today. All I had planned was a big giant grocery run to Worland, no scenic photos were taken. Good thing too, as visibility was the poorest I think I’ve ever seen. I stack all these smokey days against 1988 and the Yellowstone Fire. We had never seen the like, although…
Paradise
I have stayed up too late! Falling asleep and too tired… last photo of the day to keep everyone happy… just another day in Paradise.
The Variety in Ranch Life – video
Ranching always has a variety of jobs to do… range land monitoring, moving cattle, selling our yearling steers, tame mallards, semi-tame kittens, haying, and some wildlife. This video covers June 21 – June 30, 2021.
Adventure
Everyone else went up the mountain to gather heifers and take them to the home mountain pasture. That left me with five grandkids to watch today. Instead of hanging around the house, we had an adventure! Including my brother-in-law and sister, we formed quite the troop! My brother-in-law is a geologist, and he’s very knowledgeable,…
Fun Time
It’s been a couple of weeks, but I had to share one of the most fun days… I grew up hunting and fishing… but I gave up hunting since I have a freezer full of beef… and I gave up fishing since Vernon doesn’t like eating fish (and I’m too lazy to cook fish for…
#TBT: Third Look at Irrigating! v.2.0
This was first posted August 23, 2010. Today is my third (and most likely FINAL) look at irrigating! If you want to own cows in Wyoming, plan on feeding them through the winter. For those of you who want to try to run them just on pasture… I want to remind you of an incident…
Wordless Wednesday: “Crazy Woman Creek”
For a jigsaw puzzle of Crazy Woman Creek, go HERE.
Move
While there are places in the pasture with excellent feed, we felt it was time to move them into a new pasture. We run with another rancher in this pasture, and his cattle were staying behind. It was good practice for Bravo to “leave it” and be “with me”. The first command is to ignore…
New Country
Thanks to everyone who congratulated Vernon and I on our 40th anniversary yesterday. I should have posted about it last night, but was rather tired from our expedition. We didn’t have a plan, but our impulse decisions gave us a fun day. Vernon chose to drive down Crazy Woman Canyon. This scenic route from Highway…
Anniversary
Happy 40th anniversary to this guy. ❤️ I’m a lucky lady! Look how young we were!
Fueling Memories
A few weeks ago, I had a visitor from Ten Sleep. He had attended Johnny’s birthday party and mentioned he’d like to see one of his dad’s old trucks he knew to be in our “junk pile”. That’s the place old vehicles go to rust away… but this particular one was here before we were…
Yay!
Rain. Wonderful, amazing rain. My weather station measured .91”, almost an entire inch! And we have a chance for more tomorrow! While those of you reeling from Tropical Storm Fred are currently laughing at my delight for not quite an inch… remember, last year we received less than 7” TOTAL. Average is 14” per year,…