Shipped the yearling steers we pastured this summer, on Sunday., Had Cliff, Robert and Jim help. Good crew and it went smooth. Loaded them on trucks about 1:30. Fr Tyler came home Sunday night so he and I drove up to Faith and took a horse along that Keith is taking back home. We gotContinue reading “Got them sold”
Category Archives: Family
Cooler
With some wind. Needed my vest this morning. Didn’t by later morning. After I got the horses in I worked on the loading chute. Rebuilt the piece in front that wiggles back and forth so that if a truck is a little crooked it still hits right and doesn’t leave a gap for a critterContinue reading “Cooler”
Goodbye, Kelvin
Later I will take Kelvin o the airport. We had a last breakfast of bacon, eggs and fresh tomato’s. Then we drove out to look at the pairs. While we were working the calves yesterdays the horses that were out in the pasture all came running up, in the wrong pasture, so this morning weContinue reading “Goodbye, Kelvin”
A good day
Good friend, good hands. We got the calves all worked and had a great time doing it. It sure is nice living around here where you can call on these guys for help. Afterwords Kelvin and I took the bulls back that we had leased and tonight I feasted on Rocky Mountain Oyster, tho’ KelvinContinue reading “A good day”
Devil’s Tower
Another good one. Had Bill Cheney from down around Casper, Jim Hamilton from over by Decker, MT and Pat Meade from Iowa all come to sing and recite poems. Chance backed me up on his guitar with hot licks… Poor ol’ Bill had back surgery this spring and 5 days after he had a stroke.Continue reading “Devil’s Tower”
Artist Ride
Whew!!! Kelvin and I went down to the Cheyenne River for the Artist Ride on Wednesday evening. Got our range tepee’s set up and an over head line between two tree’s to tie all the horses to. We took Pilgrim, Beaver, Mijo and Squirt, as Hope and Chance and children were coming down on ThursdayContinue reading “Artist Ride”
Me and Kelvin…
Saddled up this morning after working in the leather shop for awhile and we went for a nice ride.Let the cows into fresh pasture, tho’ not all that much extra feed there…. found a bull who needs more vaccine for fot rot…and just had a pretty nice ride. Neighbor called and we start fall worksContinue reading “Me and Kelvin…”
Posting may slow down
As I picked up Kelvin, my Danish friend from the airport last night. Y cold kicked back in yesterday evening as I went5 a bit short of sleep night before last. Was up until midnight watching and responding to a small grass fire with Delbert and the Truck from Red Owl. They had it outContinue reading “Posting may slow down”
Must be the rosin weed….
Or Curlycup Gumweed if you prefer. Nasty little weed that even the grasshoppers won’t eat. Not sure what it’s good for, but it must be what is causing my allergies to kick in. Up last night and the night before, itching and scratching. Took some anti itching pills and eventually went back to sleep forContinue reading “Must be the rosin weed….”
Hmmmmm……
Guess I haven’t had much to blog about. Tate came out the other day and stayed a few days, working on the kitchen counters and stuff. Got the new top made for the bar, looks great. He rode with me up to Faith on Wednesday night and we watched the saddle bronc match. We gotContinue reading “Hmmmmm……”
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