I needed this. All eight grandkids, my “kids”, two sweet daughters-in-law, and Vernon zipping around somewhere in the side by side. Gorgeous fall day. Horseback. Riding the mountain pasture to prepare to bring them off the top of the mountain tomorrow. “This God forsaken Land” by Juanita Leach has been rolling through my mind lately….
#TBT: Another Day Done, v.2.0
This was first posted October 8, 2012. We preg tested and weaned our last little bunch today as well as helped the neighbors with theirs. We’ve leased some pasture from them, so it’s easy enough to do… You just have to play Shuffle the Cows! Gather our bunch, sort off the calves, start pregging and…
Wordless Wednesday: Rain Shower Aftermath
For a jigsaw puzzle of this photo, go HERE.
From Rattlesnake Ridge
The skies were dramatic on my way home tonight. The eastern sky draped cloudy sheets over the Big Horn Mountains… The western sky hid behind layers and layers of clouds. Same place, different directions, different moods. Which is your favorite?
Rainy Morning
Well, this week is definitely going to be different for me. No ranch work for me. I’ll try to post a photo if I can, but I hope you’ll be patient with me. I would like to begin selling some items through my posts as well, so if I have the time, I’ll post some…
Chicken Dinner
Movement caught my eye. The field had just been cut, dried and baled. Something was moving out there and I didn’t have my glasses on. A neighbor had texted me recently about two mountain lion sightings. One was just outside their house, another time they spied two young lions in the field close to us….
Back to the Ridge
Way back when, I wrote about looking for some fossil plants out on Big Cedar Ridge. Well, today I returned, but this time with Lorelei and Lacee’s fourth grade class. We had the BLM archaeologist along and me. I only know what I’ve read, since I’m an archaeologist and not a paleontologist. It was enough…
#TBT: Red Dirt Girl, v.2.0
This was first posted September 29, 2012. In case you haven’t been following my Twitter feed (also posted on the side bar and on Red Dirt’s Facebook page), I’ve been in Casper the past few days attending the Wyoming Library Association’s convention. This is only my second one… last year it was in Cheyenne… and…
Wordless Wednesday: Butte-iful
For a jigsaw puzzle of our beautiful Fossil Butte, go here.
Memory Lingers
The creak of leather and horseshoes on rock. The squelch of mud as you cross a boggy spring. A calf bawls for its mom and ten cows reply. The panting of dogs gets louder then recedes as they weave behind the herd in an intricate pattern. A barely perceptible swiiiiish as tall grass grazes your…
Weaning Day Photos
I always have soooooo many photos… and I forget to post some of them. From weaning day… Anyone seen Brandon? He squeezes Calypso between the corral and salt shed.