Archive April 2012

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Farmgirls Gone Junkin

                       

Now that the weather is user-friendly, Michele & I have been anxious to explore new "junk hunting" sites. A ranching friend invited us out to his place to do that very thing and we siezed the opportunity. Hop in the pickup if you want to come along.

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The Calf And The Kitchen Sink

 

At last count, we have nine newborn calves. We're just entering calving season and pretty soon, there will be baby beefs snuggled under every sagebrush at the ranch. When we ride to check on the mother cows and their babies, the latter can be hard to find. Just yesterday, I had a heck of a time finding a new calf here at home where we keep the first-calf heifers. But, while I was looking for the little dickens, I did find something else ... a treasure!

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Shery Jespersen with her horse

Shery Jespersen,
Wyoming cattle rancher and outpost writer (rider), shares the “view from her saddle.” Shery is a leather and lace cowgirl who’s been horse-crazy all of her life. Her longtime love is Apple Pi “Dolly” Rose, a 20-year-old Morgan otherwise known as “The Best Darn Horse in the Universe.” Her other interests include “junktiques,” creating eclectic “make do” arts and crafts, collecting antique china, and cultivating mirth.

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Cowgirl pose

“I went out for a walk and finally concluded to stay out till sundown, for going out, I found, was really going in.”
– John Muir.