T.H. (Trophy Husband) went to Colorado on business for two days so I guess that left me in charge. That means I’m the boss of me. So being the boss of me, I decided to give myself a day off. Not really. The only thing he asked me to do while he was gone was to […]
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Dec 2010
What Steers?
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07
Dec 2010
. This is usually about the time I tell Tip “Sorry buddy, you can’t go today”. But not this day. We were moving our steers home to ship the next day. Puncher was still laid up, and it was a short gather and drive down the highway from the neighbors ranch. The weather was cool. Just perfect for […]
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Nov 2010
Some of our steers fell in love with the neighbors cows. Before we could ship the steers we needed to go get them. Trophy Husband (T.H.) sucked the cows into the corner of the adjoining pasture with the pickup and round bale attached. I brought up the stragglers on Paint. This time of year there are not many stragglers. That round bale with the horn honking is a […]
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Nov 2010
Iron Horse
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I wonder what Ol’ Paint was thinking here? What was I thinking? My evil twin was laughing hysterically (in her head of course). Part of the reason for my amusement was that this has happened to me last summer, in the exact same spot on my brand new shiney red 4wheeler. However, I did not have such an easily, […]
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Nov 2010
I stole this title from a book I used to read to my daughter when she was little. Dr. Seuss, I think. Shipping cows and calves reminds me of the story. Everybody is looking for their mother. October is time to get the cattle off of the grass. It’s our Fall Roundup. On shipping day we gather them horseback into these pens. Then we separate the cows from […]
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