Sagebrush humped under
albino buffalo robes–
Waiting out winter.
Tag Archives: winter
Sandman
Sandman, climbing
The stony sandman
Eternally strives to climb,
Rain or snow or shine.
Cows on the Laramie Plains
Many of us may not think of Laramie as the ideal wintering grounds, but for our cows, it is…Laradise!
Laradise
Through a lens, iPhonely
Winter sheep with southerly sun
Pat’s birthday present was a new set of lenses for his iPhone. Here’s some photos he took at Powder Wash trying out the new lenses. Watch this space for future pics.
If the blackface and some of the whiteface ewes look roundish in these photos, that’s because they will start lambing in a month or so. You can also see how little snow there is. The winter continues to be warm and dry, and we continuously check the weather report for promises of snow. My Dad always said that a wet spring beats a hard winter, so we can hope!
Powder Mountain
ewes on the feed line
Powder Rim
Which one of these is not like the others? (Hint–look at the color of the ears.)
Cattle and sheep co-existing symbiotically
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Winter at Powder Wash
Powder Mountain
Not all of the sheep trail north to the Red Desert for the winter. The yearlings and the old ewes trail west to the Powder Wash country. All of Wyoming was buried in snow and chilled by sub-zero temperatures. I read that of the world’s ten lowest recorded temperatures, last week, five of them were in Wyoming. Our winter country in Powder Wash lies in both Colorado and Wyoming, but it was equally cold and snowy on both sides of the state line. The elk are on the move, and we are feeding extra hay to the sheep. Winter is well and truly here!
Elk on the move
Eamon and
Eamon and Edgar unrolling a bale
Winter sustenance
Ladder Ranch
