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Heifers on the go

17 Sep

Sorting heifers

 

We sold one truckload of heifers so it was time to sort and load them. After weeks of dry weather, fire in the forest and smoke in the valley, we’ve had rain. It has settled the dust and greened up our brittle grasses. The Big Red Fire did a lot of good, this week’s rain is doing a lot of good, and the first frost which came last night is just a few days ahead of the Equinox. Fall is here, and the cooler weather is welcome.

Belle and Gramps bringing up the heifers

Meghan on Clyde

Eamon with McCoy on post, supervising

Rhen and Sarah checking out the truck

 
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Posted by on September 17, 2017 in Cattle, Dogs, Family, Folks

 

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New Flume on the Salisbury Ditch

16 Sep

Meghan, Pat and Cora checking out the new flume

Tiarnan and Battle Creek

Rock structure with headgate

 
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Posted by on September 16, 2017 in Dogs, Family, Farming

 

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Lucky Day

30 Aug

We were lucky and the heifer was lucky

 

Eamon and Meghan went up to the Routt Forest to check on the cattle and the Big Red Fire. Through absolute luck, they found this heifer, who had gotten stuck in a soaphole in Little Red Park. They weren’t able to pull her out with their horses, but were able to get close enough with the pickup to finally rescue her.

 
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Posted by on August 30, 2017 in Animals, Cattle, Family, Folks, Nature and Wildlife

 

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Almost Eclipse

21 Aug

Leaf stipled shadow

Ninety-eight percent,
turns out isn’t mostly dim,
but sorta smoky

Like those brush fire days
when blazes light up the range
and wind blows our way,

Dimming the mountains.
I expected more twilight–
maybe a few stars.

Still—through the glasses,
the moon slid over the sun,
leaving a crescent.

It grew chill, and still,
and leaf shadows lay stipled.
Not Totality.

 

Squaw Mountain at 11:03 a.m.

Squaw Mountain at 11:21 a.m.

11:38 a.m. “Totality”

Siobhan and lamb, ready for the eclipse!

 

 
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Posted by on August 21, 2017 in Animals, Events, Family, Folks, Nature and Wildlife, Poetry, Sheep

 

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Breakfast crew

16 Aug

Bicyclers Tony and Clarisse took this photo of the Ladder Ranch crew at breakfast at the cookhouse

 
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Posted by on August 16, 2017 in Family, Folks, Folks who help us out, Friends, Peruvian sheepherders

 

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Horseshoeing School

14 Aug

Tim Terrill shows Seamus how to shape a horseshoe

Tim Terrill and his daughter Tate came today to shoe some horses to get ready for fall riding. He took time to show Seamus and our guests the finer points of preparing the shoes and shaping the hooves. We are located on the Continental Divide Bike Trail, and we had guests from England who were glad to see Tim at work. He happened to be shoeing a wild horse which we had adopted, so I explained the adoption program.

Seamus checking to make sure the shoe is level

Tony, Clarisse and Tate observing

Tim hard at work

 
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Posted by on August 14, 2017 in Animals, Family, Folks, Folks who help us out, Friends, Horses

 

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Summer Trail

02 Jul


Eamon, Rhen and McCoy trailing cows and calves onto the Forest

 

July 1st is the on-date for our cows and calves, and ewes and lambs to enter their grazing permits on the Routt National Forest. Since there are several herds, they trail on in stages over several days. We do a lot of planning amongst our crew, with our Forest Service range conservationists, and with the neighbors.

We also work with the Range Cons regarding trailing dates to give them to opportunity to count on, if they wish, and to coordinate the trailing of other permittees who have the same on date. Since it’s mid-summer, we have to start at sunrise so that we can be on the Forest before the heat of the day sets in.

Sunrise, with sheep in the rear-view mirror.

Forest bound

Almost there

and through the Forest gate

Let the summer grazing begin!

 
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Posted by on July 2, 2017 in Animals, Cattle, Dogs, Family, Folks, Peruvian sheepherders, Sheep

 

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