Golden December–
elk grazing hillsides laid bare
by drought, ground thirsting.
Tag Archives: Smylie Place
Elk on the Smylie
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
Fall haying
It’s been a wet summer. That is a blessed event all around, except for the delay in getting the hay up. Still, we’re grateful that we have a bumper crop of hay, after two hard years of drought. In mid-September, we’re still haying, trying to get ahead of the next rains.
Cutting hay in the Upper Smylie
windrows along Battle Creek
Making the big round bales
Eamon cleaning the baler
Cows checking out next winter’s feed in Don’s Meadow
Ladder Ranch
