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  Back to the making of a saddle. I start by cutting the stirrup leathers out of the back of one hide. It has the length and strength needed for that piece. The first piece I will put on the tree is under the gullet. That is one place where some flanker type of leatherContinue reading

Taking off where I left off last week, to build a saddle you need various types of leather and materials. Most quality saddles are made from a wood tree covered in rawhide. Some makers make their own trees and others, like me, buy our trees from reputable makers.  I make many on what is calledContinue reading

Well, we survived. The Rally, that is! Luckily I didn’t have to go to Sturgis so didn’t have to fight traffic. Hope you enjoyed it! The boss man of the paper I write short stories for, suggested that I write some articles on saddle making. So here is my attempt and I well post themContinue reading “Saddle making”

We got a good rain this past week! Wonderful stuff! Washes the dust off and makes everything look better. Cooled the temps down for a bit. Here it is August already. How did that happen? Seems like it was the first of June just a few days ago. Days of 76 is over. Cheyenne isContinue reading

Seems like it is supposed to get warmer. Many people are pretty put out that it is going to get up into the 90’s! I guess I am old. Seems like most of my life when July comes around we always expected it to get hot! Since when is it supposed to be cool inContinue reading

Not much new news around here. Still dry. Rains seem to mostly pass us by. And with that, also the hail, some have been getting. Which is a blessing. What little graze we have would sure be missed if it were hailed off! One year quite a few years ago, we had a dry yearContinue reading

Rain!!! As I write this we just had a wonderful rain come thur’. Not sure how much we got, but I am happy for any amount. I hate to be greedy, but I am not sure how much we’d have to get before it would make me unhappy! From what I have read there areContinue reading

I took off Saturday afternoon and drove to Harrison, Neb, for a gig. I went south of Hot Springs and came in at Crawford. I hate to be that guy, but man, I am jealous! Green and hay! From Rapid City south it looked great. They had many more bales in their fields than anyoneContinue reading

Well, I guess summer is here. June 21st is the start date, I think. Longest day of the year. Most daylight anyway. It is odd how my thinking has changed over the years.  I remember as a child, I couldn’t wait for summer and freedom from school. Of course I had to work, help puttingContinue reading “Summer”

Dry.  Too dry.  Man, I hate it when it’s too dry. When you have cold winter temps.. you kind of figure on it, prepare, have feed available or the means to get it. And if it doesn’t get cold and stay that way for a long time, so much the better. When you have drought,Continue reading “6/13/21”