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Heifers in Nebraska

28 Jan

 

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Posted by Ladder Ranch on January 28, 2019 in Animals, Cattle

 

Tags: heifers, Nebraska

some sheep, some cows and a coupla llamas

27 Jan

Some sheep, some cows and two llamas walked into a bar. . .not really, because they couldn’t get a ride to the Cowboy Inn

 

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Posted by Ladder Ranch on January 27, 2019 in Animals, Cattle, Llamas, Nature and Wildlife, Sheep

 

Tags: Battle Mountain, cows, llamas, sheep, winter

Deer dreams

23 Jan

Mule deer watching

 

 

Mule deer in winter
prowling,patient in dry brush,
waiting for green grass.

mates

 

 

 

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Posted by Ladder Ranch on January 23, 2019 in Nature and Wildlife, Poetry

 

Tags: haiku, mule deer, winter

Winter south of the Wall, no dragons

17 Jan

Sheep Mountain

long underwear weather

There MAY be dragons in that sky.

 

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Posted by Ladder Ranch on January 17, 2019 in Nature and Wildlife

 

Tags: Powder Wash, Sheep Mountain, snow, winter

New Year’s dawn

01 Jan

New Year’s dawning, cold,
winter branches reach skyward,
seeking the future.

 

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Posted by Ladder Ranch on January 1, 2019 in Nature and Wildlife, Poetry

 

Tags: haiku, New Year, Sheep Mountain, trees

Shepherds need sheep!

24 Dec

 

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Posted by Ladder Ranch on December 24, 2018 in Animals, Sheep

 

Tags: ewes, Powder Rim, ram

Winter Romance

18 Dec

bucks in waiting

 

 

 

December rams
bring May lambs

Put me in, Coach!

Maximiliano and Timeteo

Meghan loading bucks in the trailer

Love at last!

 

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Posted by Ladder Ranch on December 18, 2018 in Animals, Dogs, Family, Folks, Peruvian sheepherders, Sheep

 

Tags: bucks, ewes, Maximiliano, Meghan, rams, Timeteo

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  Patrick and Sharon O'Toole are ranchers in the Little Snake River Valley on the Wyoming-Colorado border. They represent the fourth generation on the six-generation family ranch. The O'Tooles raise cattle, sheep, horses, dogs and children on their high country ranching operation. The transhumance operation stretches from north of Steamboat Springs, Colorado to Wyoming's Red Desert.

  Pat has served in the Wyoming House of Representatives, the Western Water Policy Commission, and is currently President of the Family Farm Alliance, representing irrigators and water users in the western United States.

  Sharon is a writer and poet. She writes extensively on western issues, and the relationship between landscape, animals and people. She is widely published as an author, essayist and editorial commentator.

  Sharon's father George, 89, passed away December 25, 2010. He lived much of his life in the house where he was born, and remained active in the day-to-day life of the ranch. Mr. Salisbury was a decorated World War II veteran, a former member of Wyoming's House of Representatives, and former President of Wyoming's Board of Agriculture.

  Pat and Sharon have three children. Their daughter, Meghan and her husband Brian Lally, live on the ranch with their children, Siobhán, Seamus, Maeve and Tiarnán. Meghan also served on the Wyoming Board of Agriculture, and she and Brian are active in community service. Daughter Bridget lives in Denver with her husband, Chris Abel, where she works in public relations and he serves agriculture in the food business. Son Eamon and his wife Megan live on the ranch with their sons, McCoy and Rhen. Eamon is a horseman and natural resource manager, and Megan is a nurse.

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