Monthly Archives: May 2016

Checking cows, tagging calves, moving pairs, fixing fence, building fence, getting ready to brand here after while.. Lige helped me this morning and we pushed a pipe corner in the ground. Got it all fixed up and wires strung, took a hose and put it on the new planted trees, fixed a gate… supposed toContinue reading “Spring odds and ends”

I was at Jones branding on Friday and asked Eric what he was doing the next day. He said he and Chas were headed to Miles City to the Bucking Horse Sale.. I told him I’d thought of going to Sheridan for the Leather  doings, and had always wanted to go to Miles City forContinue reading “Yee Haw”

Me and Pilgrim went out to move some pairs around this morning, hardly got out of tyne yard and he picked up a hole at a fast trot… he skidded his face for quite a ways on the ground before he went down..slammed me pretty hard and rolled up on my leg.. I sure seenContinue reading “Dang”

Cows calving, so need to tag and kick out pairs, bran dings, trees being planted grass growing, fence needing fixed.. trailer tires needed replaced and repaired… same old same old as every spring, like always we could use a good rain, but the grass is growing, tho’ it seems slow as always.. when I checkedContinue reading “Spring days”

About 40 to 45 mph the last couple days, supposed to blow again today and tomorrow, but drop off towards evening and not blow quite as hard either… oh well, those people who don’t like wind really shouldn’t live in this area I guess as we get a lot of it… branded in it bothContinue reading “A little breeze”

Had a little drizzle/rain this morning, Chance and Sam and I rode out to kick out pairs and tag, there were way tool many in there… I was wearing my slicker and got hot so took it off and it set in to raining pretty hard, put it back on and sat it out andContinue reading “Wet”

To all the mothers out there.. mine’s been gone for a long time now.. I miss here… been going to bran dings.. we’ve had a mix of hot and cool, but so far real nice weather for branding’s.  Lige went with me yesterday over to Q & J’s… I cut the second bunch and heContinue reading “Happy Mothers Day”

Heard the expression, “Slower than an old cow having a calf”? Never made much sense to me because when an older cow gets ready to calve, she don’t mess around.. if you see one with a water bag and she hasn’t calved in a hour, you better catch her and run your hand in thereContinue reading “Have you ever…”

Little breeze, but not bad…after Mass, this afternoon, Tate and Gabe and Chance and Gus and I went out and kicked out pairs.. they were getting pretty thick.. when we got done, I fed, only about half what I’ve been feeding, the grass is coming on and they ain’t very crazy about hay.. probably won’tContinue reading “Nice day”