Bicyclers Tony and Clarisse took this photo of the Ladder Ranch crew at breakfast at the cookhouse
Ides of August
Cows and calves in the Smylie Meadow
Alfalfa windrows
All is green and warm. It’s hard to believe that we are not far away, in time, in temperature, from fall. Soon we will see frosty mornings, golden leaves, and critters headed for lower climes. For now, we hang onto these long sunny days. Each sunrise the sun sneaks south, while we breathe warm breezes, a little longer.
Cora and Sadie, looking ahead
Horseshoeing School
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
Cows and sheep and bulls–oh my!
Herefords, Baldies and Hampshires grazing at Smith Creek
Here’s a Texas bull living the high life in Wyoming.
Flyfisherkids on Battle Creek
Maeve with her first fish.
Our friend, Flyfish Randy, was a recent guest. He arrived with the mission of teaching the kids to fish, preferably one at a time. Here’s photographic evidence of his success!
McCoy showing off his Rainbow trout.
Tiarnan’s fish was “this long”!
Rhen with the very fattest fish.
