This was first posted June 13, 2010. I chose it since it is HOT and DRY right now. Are we ever happy? Rain is a good thing… honestly… in Wyoming’s dry climate, water is scarce. On Wyoming ranches everything is based on limited water. Reservoirs and pipelines to water cattle. Irrigation for crops and hay….
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#TBT: Brush Up, v.2.0
This was first posted June 8, 2010. A day not spent on horseback.Victoria and I made some lists and plans for the wedding… and gathered up some of the ribbons and decorations we’ve purchased along the way… We still need to make some arrangements and go up to the site and make some more lists….
#TBT: In Your Honor, v.2.0
This was first posted May 31, 2010. We began our gather (muster/roundup) today. What we refer to as the “badlands” is not living up to its name this year. The pasture is *gree-een*, with plenty of old feed from last year as well. The Indian Paintbrush is bright and vivid… with orange and red the…
#TBT: Dirt Slick, v.2.0
Sorry this is so late. My internet went out just as I was about to post this last night. This was first posted May 25, 2010. FINALLY! A gorgeous day… not a cloud in the sky. Snow on the mountain, yes, but VERY nice here. Plus the creek DIDN’T flood the way the National Weather…
#TBT: I’m Cooking… in More Ways than One, v.2.0
Since I’m doing this tomorrow… it seemed appropriate! This was first published May 13, 2010. My mother was a great cook.My sister is a fantastic cook.Me.Not so much.I do it because it is part of the job description for ranchwife… like filing cards in the card file when I was a librarian… or paperwork when…
#TBT: “English Shadow”, v.2.0
This was first posted May 6, 2010. Honestly… He lives for me. He watches for me. He is dejected when I’m not around. He howls when I leave and he can’t go. He wants to crawl in my lap and snuggle. He knows I can find that *spot*. He has me wrapped around his paw….
#TBT: May Day Wishes, v.2.0
This was first posted May 1, 2010. Happy May Day! Mom always told me there are people better off and people worse off than what you are. Be grateful for what you have…That was reinforced today after I read Kari’s blog at http://montanaforreal.blogspot.com My pitiful couple of inches of snow pale horribly in comparison to Kari’s…
#TBT: Not One Photo, v.2.0
This was first posted April 20, 2010. Re-reading this makes me laugh… just one of those miserable, memorable days… I have already fallen asleep on the couch tonight, generally not my usual program! But the day began with some nice activity… working on my flowerbeds… then a brief spell of housecleaning and beading on Victoria’s…
#TBT: Pairs, v.2.0
This was first posted April 15, 2010. A while back, someone asked about eartags… Every place is different, keep that in mind… but here our system is pretty simple. If a cow is born is 2004… her eartag will start with a 4. Rarely do we keep cows over ten years, so this…
#TBT: Blooming Snow, v.2.0
This was first posted April 1, 2010. Sure enough, it is almost Easter… and so a snowstorm has hit! I went to Worland tonight to a Pet First Aid Class… and decided to take this photo of our mailbox as I drove in just half an hour ago. Though we only have 3 inches or…
#TBT: Antler Hunting, v.2.0
This was first posted March 26, 2010. For those of us with “cabin fever” … these fleeting springlike days are great temptations to get OUT…OUT of our jobs, our houses, our ruts…and hike in temperatures higher than 20 degrees…with no knee deep mud…or knee deep snow.We can walk and see what the winter brought and…
#TBT: Great Reward, v.2.0
This was first posted March 2, 2010. Last night we had our largest calf we’ve had in the heifers… a whopping 100 pounder! That’s like having an 11 pound baby for us. For your first baby. Big. Ugh. Ouch. But… that’s why we check them… to be there when they…