The gate post was wrapped in smooth wire. The barbed version was saved for the gate and connected fence. Tacked with fence staples was an decrepit sign, illegible due to occasional rain, fiercely driven snow, and brutal wind that sandblasted the words into the cosmos. Although this day was respectable, she’d met each variety of…
Tag: cattle
Quick Shot
Up the mountain we went today! These cows have been in what we call “The Partnership” pasture. This time of year is a bit late to be headed UP the mountain, but with our overabundance of larkspur in our mountain pasture (it’s kinda pretty, but deadly poisonous to cattle, until it’s dried up) we have…
Moo
**** August 19, 2011 Expanding Family Portrait August 19, 2010 Service August 19, 2009 Wordless Wednesday – “Tall Grass/Quarterhorse/Fat Cows/Brisk Wind August 19, 2008 No entry.
Wordless Wednesday – “The Crew”
For Wordless Wednesday this week… The crew from last week’s cattle drive takes a short break after letting the cows into the new pasture. **** August 15, 2011 Minute Movie : Bull Fight August 15, 2010 Come True August 15, 2009 Saturday Rain Moments(Joy, this one’s for you) August 15, 2008 No entry.
Looking Happy
Wow, guys, Amazing Job with The Game yesterday! I thought you all showed great imagination! We need to finish this story! What’s coming through the fog???? Big Thanks to Belle, Patr, Joy, Dana, Ketra, Terry, and Cammy for joining in! That was FUN! **** Daylight found us on our way up the mountain. It was…
New Country
I went with Vernon this afternoon to prepare for moving our cattle on Thursday. Since the Mesa Pasture burned up in our fire, we had to go looking for extra grass… and we found it! I haven’t been up there until today. We put some salt out to help the cows settle in… they LOVE…
Breaks My Heart
I took a drive through the neighbor’s pasture, helping him out a tiny bit. Remember our “little” 4,000 acre fire? Well, it actually burned more of this neighbor’s pastures than ours and the view from the “other” side of Otter Creek Canyon was amazing. (There was a definite moonscape feel to this formerly grassy pasture)…
Good Dog, Lucas
Today we sorted off some of our heifers we’ll be selling. That meant Corral Work. That meant my Dear Buddy could be Dog of the Day. I do believe he had fun even in the heat! Thank goodness for a little rainshower last night, too… it kept the dust down! Good Dog, Lucas! **** July…
Two Cowboys
**** July 21, 2011 Heat and Flame July 21, 2010 Wordless Wednesday – “The Big ‘Un” July 21, 2009 Mountain Trail July 21, 2008 No entry.
Minute Movie – Trailing from Ritchie’s Pasture
From a few days ago… a Minute Movie showing the cows trailing in from the Ritchie Pasture. I love doing this… The cows know where to go. The cows are nicely paired. All I have to do is gather them in Ritchie’s, push them around the field, (OK, I did have a little problem at…
Bull Pasture Gather
OH, MY! Somehow I thought today was going to be a short day… So how come supper was at 8:30? I’m falling asleep at the keyboard, so tonight, just one photo… Gathering out of the Bull Pasture… yes, we had to put cows in here for a bit, to make up for some burned grass……
A Long Thin Line
This morning, Panama and Lucas and I kicked the cows out of the Ritchie Pasture and around some of our fields. Squint and you’ll see them trailing in a long thin line all the way around… Cool! **** July 12, 2011 Learning Manners July 12, 2010 Mole Hunting Wing Man July 12, 2009 A Distinctive…