We branded the end of April. Calves were two months old… big enough to handle the stress but not so big that we couldn’t hold them! The tail end of the herd, though, were just newborn or weeks old, and Johnny Greet (and the rest of us) have never been big fans of branding them…
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Throwback Thursday: Long Light, v.2.0
This was first published June 25, 2015. When the long light comes and sows golden hues across my world, I stop. Marveling at the intense beauty that strikes me, I feel my chest tighten. It pushes until my spirit springs free, gliding in tilting waves like the resident vultures above me. Sounds soften. Tractors are…
Wordless Wednesday: Yucca Blossoms
For a jigsaw puzzle of these yucca blossoms, go HERE.
Roses
I transplanted this little rose from Ten Sleep. It’s small, about three foot high. Does anyone know the name?
Rambler
As I stacked hay bales, one on top of the other… Away in the distance, I saw a visitor. A little fox sat at the edge of the field, watching. Unafraid, it rambled past, keeping me company for just a bit as the sun set on another wonderful day.
Haying Season – Video
This video covers our haying season step by step. When each field is ready, Daniel cuts it using a discbine. It is offset from the tractor, so you don’t run over the field as you cut it. Fields may be grass, alfalfa, oats, sordan, or like the first one shown here, triticale. Daniel is an…
This n That
Some of this… Some of that… I had helpers with the last batch of this year’s peony jelly… The tiny house had 4/4 eggs hatch… And my rescued rose is covered in blooms!
Gathering
There’s been a great deal of this going on… I finally made it out there… not horseback, mind you, but I was there. I haven’t missed too many of these days in my 44 years here…
Throwback Thursday: What a Life, v.2.0
This was first posted June 22, 2015. In amongst all the other things that have been going on, Brandon found a couple of bulls that had… ummm… to say it delicately… They had broken their “equipment”. One may heal if he leaves the girls alone, so he is in a corral. The other one? Nah. …
Wordless Wednesday: Stand Out
For a jigsaw puzzle of these yellow mules’ ears flowers standing out in a field of purple lupine, go HERE.
Framed by Yucca
Framed by yucca…
Heroes of the Hay
While I’ve been safely ensconced in my house, well, for the most part… or somewhere else, the guys have cut, raked, baled, and stacked all the pollen loaded hay surrounding my house! I’m always very appreciative that Vernon now makes a point of doing these fields first. Grass pollen usually ends up ruining the month…