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…
Tag: Throwback Thursday
#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…
#TBT: Part of the Circle, v.2.0
This was first posted, February 25, 2010… and how appropriate it is… once again. Each day lengthens slowly… the sun’s warmth is strengthened. Winter is eaten away by spring. Though snow may fall… it also melts. Though one life passes… another is born. The glorious blue skies fade each night to twinkling blackness which greys…
#TBT: Every Morning, v.2.0
This was first posted February 21, 2010. Every morning, most people commute to work…Work being at a desk…sitting…pushing paper…or computer keys…Every morning, Vernon walks out the door (usually at 7 am) and is on the job. Occasionally, I help, so now you get to come along and share in our work!First, we feed the cattle.You…
#TBT: Ten O’clock Shift, v.2.0
This was first published February 18, 2010. Last night began my first heifer checking shift. For those of you new to this blog, or ranches, or cattle, you might investigate my Heifer Movies on the left sidebar of this blog. But basically, heifers are cows that are having their very first babies. We keep an…
#TBT: Baby Calf Walk Video, v.2.0
For this Throwback Thursday, it’s Baby Calf Walk. As newborn calves are born in the calving shed, they are soon moved outside to make room for the next calving mother. That means we will walk them on their staggering hooves, through snow, when they have no idea how to simply walk, much less follow their…