Got a call about 5:30 yesterday morning. A neighbor needed some help to move cattle. So I took Peaches over and we moved his 2 year old heifer pairs north with a strong wind blowing behind us. Heifers who had never been to this pasture, on a public road, with fresh green succulent grass growingContinue reading “Neighboring”
Category Archives: training
Another branding
Cold and windy, but we got them done. Big crew. With 5 ropers there was always someone waiting to take a calf off the rope when you came out. Good dinner afterwards off course. Brad rode my Some More Lena filly and drug a few calves on here. He sure looks to have done aContinue reading “Another branding”
Moisture!
Got about 3/4 of an inch last night/today. Had a strong inch a few days ago. The ol’ grass is really coming on now! Praise the Lord! Didn’t do too much today but screw around and rest up. Dean came and checked out the new horses for me and worked on one. Something ain’t rightContinue reading “Moisture!”
Tradin’
This morning Pilgrim came into the corral while I was out there so I caught him and went and moved all but one pair, back across the road to the north, in preparation of yearlings coming in on Monday. It was real nice, but the wind blew and built all day. It didn’t take asContinue reading “Tradin’”
Ahhh, springtime
Meadowlarks and robins serenading me along with the baritone and bass notes of the frogs and Canadian geese on the nearby pond, chiming in. A nodding, bobbing headed, two rein colt cautiously clicks the chirping cricket in the silver mounted spade bit he’s learning to carry. He feels and listens for the clues as toContinue reading “Ahhh, springtime”
Cousin’s
Had a great visit with Kevin and Ruth yesterday evening. In the course of the conversation, Kevin told this story on himself. Seems he was toodling along in his VW pickup and was coming to an intersection with a red light, so he kicked it out of gear and was slowing down for it. JustContinue reading “Cousin’s”
Oh, man!
Just got in and checked my emails. This is one sent by an old friend I grew up with. Thanks Mike. Really made me laugh! Around age 10 my dad got me one of those little compound bow beginner kits. Of course, the first month I went around our land sticking arrows in anything that couldContinue reading “Oh, man!”
Busy
I caught Beaver this morning and me and him and Bob and Shadow got all the bovines in the corral. About that time, Delbert showed up, so we put most in the back alley and started putting about 5 or 6 head into the alley leading into the working chute. I’d spray them down withContinue reading “Busy”
4/4/11
Still windy, but not quite as hard. Chilly last night but got up to 50 this noon or so. I loaded up Lena, the filly and took her up to Brad for another 30 days of riding. Then came home, unhooked the trailer and loaded Gramma up and we went to Punkin Center and gotContinue reading “4/4/11”
Sunshine
sure is nice when you ain’t had any for a spell. The boys went out with me this morning to build us a snowman, but the snow wasn’t just right, so I saddled up Beaver and pulled them on the calf sled. You may remember that Beav is not to crazy about pulling the calfContinue reading “Sunshine”
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