Sooo… Do I tell you about branding, or the branding we did yesterday, or what we did today? After a month or more of not having hardly any photos to share, I have plenty! Tess had to go to Cody today and Reagan has been a bit under the weather, so we decided she could…
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Worry Wart
Parts of Wyoming received two feet of snow and high winds. We only received 3”, but it was a wonderful wet snow and we’re grateful. Any moisture is welcome since we’ve been in a drought for so long. We were back at the job of turning cows out to their spring pastures this afternoon. We…
Wordless Wednesday: ”Rimrock Cowboys”
For a jigsaw puzzle of these rimrock cowboys, go HERE.
Spring Air
All right… my eyes are slamming shut. It was a busy day. I spent time on cleaning up from branding cooking. Then started to plant a few new trees, but I ran out of time and met up with Brandon, Daniel, Megan, and Vernon to pair out some cows across the highway. I think I…
One More Time!
Somehow, we’re crazy enough to cook a big meal for Easter for 15 people, then turn around (wash all those dishes) and cook a meal for 31 great neighbors who helped us brand today! Yes, there are dirty crock pots sitting in my kitchen. Yes, my house is a disaster. Yes, I’m too tired to…
Snow
Well, we usually get an Easter storm… and I hope that this one counts as such. I awoke to this… and quickly decided that the guys might need someone to help haul baby calves to the warmth of the calving shed. I swiped off the 5 or so inches of snow on my Durango… lay…
Good Boy
With semi-nice weather, Vernon was hoping to not have any sick calves. When he came home to get a bottle of milk replacer, I asked to help, and Bravo and I rode along in the pickup. Taking a dog along to new calves is usually not recommended, but I planned to leave Bravo in the…
It’s Nice
Honestly. 57 degrees today. 70 something predicted for Sunday and Monday then back to the 40’s with moisture on Tuesday. It’s hard on the baby calves… these temperature swings. But it is what it is… and besides, like Vernon said today… it’s nice to wear shoes again. Wearing snow boots or muck boots is amazingly…
Eye Roll Emoji Continued
(Continued from yesterday) We’d found the calf. Momma had hightailed it over a hill in search of it. Insert eye roll. Victoria and her son Matthew had quickly followed her trying to get ahead and turn her around. Turning a cow on foot isn’t easy, trying it in snow and mud makes it fairly impossible….
Eye Roll Emoji
Sometimes… cows can remember a hole in the fence they went through ages ago, sometimes… they can’t remember where they left their calf. Insert eye roll here. Was it on this side of the road or that side? Victoria and kids are here over spring break and when we finally arrived to see if the…
Tiny
They start off such tiny things…
Brutal
It was brutal. Cold. Snow. Slight breeze. From 50 degrees to -25… it’s hard on everything. The guys were working themselves to exhaustion. Tess was right in there, Megan and I helped when we could. Although most of the heifers have calved, the cows started calving too. Anything born in that weather needed to be…