I eagerly waited for the mailman today. My gift to myself was coming and I was beside myself. For well over a year, I’ve been wanting to print off my blog into book format. I was resolved I would do something about it and now, I held it in my hands! Long ago, when GoDaddy…
Perfect!
Brandon had his little herd to brand… Megan roped. Quinlan guarded the gate. Brandon and Daniel wrestled the calves. Lorelei and Vernon vaccinated… I branded… it was perfect!
Hitchin’ a Ride
Morning sun found the turkey vultures warming in the light… And us gathering the last few cows from the other side of the creek. They were a mix of Brandon’s, cows that hadn’t calved yet, cows with newborns, and cows that had lost their babies. We’d sort them at the corral. Easy enough usually, but…
Field Trip
While I couldn’t go along for the full length, my boss let me zip out and join Jaxon’s historical field trip to the Spring Creek Raid site. The presenter, you will recognize, was Clay Gibbons, who just gave the talk on Banditti of the Plains at the library. The Spring Creek Raid was held on…
#TBT: Horribly Tough Job, v.2.0
This was first published May 8, 2012. This year we are way behind this entry as our grass is just beginning to turn green! With the weather finally kicked into summer gear, we are all running around… trying to finish up this and start that… repair this so that will work… figure out how to…
Wordless Wednesday: New Harvest
Two of my “new chicks” are finally laying… a sweet blue green egg… the hens are called Cream Legbars. For the jigsaw puzzle, go HERE.
Melancholy
There is melancholy in places like this. Where location was perfect for use in four pastures. Where timbers were cut and hauled. Where blisters were built on shovel handles and saws and hammers. Where someone looked upon this round corral with satisfaction in the knowledge it would serve its purpose, and do it well. Where…
Step Up
When there’s a job to do, what do you do? Do you see it? Do you do something about it? Or do you wait, thinking, surely, someone will step up, but I’m not the one to do it. Sometimes, it’s surprising who sees that a job is lacking. It’s surprising who has the initiative. Our…
Nice
The past couple of days have been warm and springlike and oozing of the scents and mood that makes everyone collapse from an acute case of Spring Fever. I’ve worked in my yard. I’ve prepared some planters for, well, plants! I’ve actually just sat down in the sun and breathed. Soaked in the Vitamin D…
March On!
Remember my chicken tractor? It has been in a state of disuse… since I now free range all my chickens out of a solid coop, I decided to sell the thing… and maybe make a bit of money. But first I asked Victoria if she wanted it. She did! This morning she drove over from…
Mercer’s Banditti
Another great guest speaker to wind up National Library Week! This time it was local historian Clay Gibbons talking about A. S. Mercer’s book, Banditti of the Plains. For those not familiar with western history, Banditti of the Plains was an exposé of the Johnson County War, the large cattlemen versus small that occurred in…
#TBT: We Made It, v.2.0
This was first published April 28, 2012. It was a memorable trip! Yeah. All that about good intentions… I really thought I’d blog last night. From a motel room via email. I had a plan! Then things got all switched around, and instead of staying and spending the night… my boss and I decided to…