This was first posted March 29, 2009. Dally is confused. She woke me up the other night at 2 am with a “barking fit”. Turns out she was telling me Elsa had gone into labor… but I ignored her… at 2 am, I try to ignore many things! Her best friend has suddenly turned into…
Tag: Throwback Thursday
#TBT: Ten Days and Counting, v.2.0
This entry was first posted March 14, 2009. Ten days and counting…Butcher’s Foothills Elsa, (United Kennel Club Registry, English Shepherd Club Registry, Canine Good Citizen, MDR1 mutant/normal, OFA Good, light shaded sable female, born 5/10/2004) is gravid, fecund, replete.Gravid is a great term for her. Heavy, burdened. Slowed by the extra weight, she rocks to…
#TBT: Heifer Story, v.2.0
This post was first published March 6, 2009. Sooner or later, you do a job long enough, something unusual will occur that makes the entire process glow with a new light… So it is with checking heifers… I mentioned before how I check the heifers sometime between 10 and 11 pm. There…
#TBT : “Dally At Work” v.2.0
This was first posted February 27, 2009. Look at young little Dally… wasn’t she the prettiest thing? She was probably about a year and a half… These photos are hot off the press… literally from freshly digitized creations to my computer.By jove, I think she’s got it!!!<Add your own British accent> Good girl. ‘At’ll do!
#TBT: Neighborly OOPE, v.2.0
This was first posted February 16, 2009. We helped the neighbors vaccinate their cows. It was the perfect opportunity to share more OOPE photos that show a different setting! First of all, notice anything different? Yup, our cows used to look like this when Vernon and I got married. We had a straight Hereford…
#TBT: Q&A February 2012, v.2.0
Oh, HAHAHA! I’ll repost this video from February 2012 doing a Question and Answer session. My how eight years gives a bit different perspective on some things…
#TBT: 0.1538753 Seconds, v.2.0
This was first written and posted December 18, 2009 First of all, here’s the photo of the young golden eagle from yesterday. My camera was left in the car and I was too lazy to walk out in the cold and retrieve it last night. I just hope he remains intimidated by all my…
#TBT: Wood Fires Coming Up, v.2.0
This entry was first posted December 14, 2009. The boys are home for Christmas break and we’ve kept the labor intensive jobs waiting for them.Vernon bought a new chainsaw… so Daniel’s sawed and Brandon has split some really great fir trees logged off of our mountain pasture. This log splitter was given to us by…
#TBT: Therapy Dog, v.2.0
This was first posted December 5, 2008.
#TBT: Out of Pocket, v.2.0
This post first appeared November 20, 2008. You ever heard the term, “She is out of pocket.”? Basically it means someone is unavailable, out of touch, gone, removed. That was me today… at least in one sense. We worked our heifers, so I had to cancel Lucas’ reading session at school. Waaah. Oh, well. On…
#TBT: “Ooohhh… Wyoming Wind, v.2.0”
This post was originally written November 14, 2008. Tucked away as we are, sheltered from traffic and people and other disturbances, it still comes as a shock when the infamous Wyoming Wind blows. Now I basically grew up in Casper, Wyoming (since I was 12), and it is famous for its wind. Gusts in the…
#TBT: Dirt, v.2.0
This was first posted November 10, 2008. What began as an invigorating hike morphed into one of those meandering strolls, like Lucas and I experienced here. But instead of Lucas being exhausted, it was me! I feel so good lately, I go out and try to do activities like I did before my PE incident. That…