leanin' H
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My day job has been really slow lately. 
So I have used the time to work around my place. Hopefully i'll get some work that actually pays but, in the mean time i've managed to get some stuff caught up on. I lease a little meadow from an older couple. They have a small hayfeild next to the meadow that they flood irrigate with snow melt runoff. And the ditches were in need of a good burning out, so we took the wheeler and a propane burner and did some pyro-work! 
A before shot.
And another before shot. They share the water right with 2 others and get the water every third day till it's gone. Which is usually around the first part of May. They manage to raise about 15 tons of grass/alfalfa hay that I buy from them. I try to get them to let me irrigate for them but they love puttering around setting headgates and changing the water. Can't say as I blame them!
Me and the kids exterminating ditchbank grass and weeds via propane and a match.
Here is the product of an afternoon of screwing around! I realize most of you are in shock that I am actually able to be trusted with not burning down the town but you need to keep that to yourselves! :shock: I have never been convicted of burning down anything! :wink:
With a little sweat and 1/2 a tank of propane the old ditch cleaned up nicely.
Dear Mr. Probation Officer, Please don't tell anybody but my Dad was Burning ditches again and............ :roll:
I had to put this one in as he was sure concentrating on drawing something and he looked just like a mini cattle buyer trying to keep track of what he'd bought!
Our kids showing around a guy named Flat Stanley. He was sent to us by a family in Iowa as part of a school project for thier children. We get to keep him a couple weeks and send him back with pictures of what he was up to.
Little H introducing Stanley to the bull.
This morning i went west to look for some strays that my neighbors has been out since last fall. He got a tip on a bunch of cows that might be his so we went on a ride-about to investigate. He hauled the horses and i brought an empty trailer for hauling home the loot. Pretty optimistic eh?
A shot of Redpine peak as we journeyed along. We'll end up on the otherside a ways before were done.
Here is the view to the south looking at Erikson Pass with clouds hanging low. Kind of a scattered shower type of a day.
Antelope out the window! Lots of "speed goats" this time of year. They will start dropping fawns before too long.
Looking at Simpson as i made a loop looking for wayward bovines. Scott went north onto the flat while i went west into the cedars and brush.
Ears on a two track.
When i found the cows they were in a little draw tucked up under a lone cedar. Acted like they didnt want to be found? :???: See em'?
See em' now?
I gave a whoop at Scott who was a ways north and he musta heard me cause here he comes.
One small problem? These cattle don't belong to us! :shock: Five were Ensign Ranches cows and the other two red tags were mysterys. The Ensign cows are in the wrong allotment so we took the bunch back to Scott's corral to sort them out.
This crossbred heifer had lots of chrome. Including the tip of her tail.
On the ranch Scott manages, is this old foundation. Tom James was the original owner of the ranch and used to raise hay just up the draw. We wondered if the foundation was part of a barn for stacking loose hay. Wish it could talk!
Up the hill and into the wing. 5 of the 8 cows had calves. 2 of the rest were pretty heavy and one was a goofy heifer with wild eyes and one horn. Somebody has a nice replacement heifer. :roll:
Just a shot through the rails of the corral. We ran the cows through the chute to look at brands and tags and i.d. them. Then we made sure which calves belonged to who. Then we got on the cell phone to Ensign and Richin's Cattle to see what they wanted to do.
Just snapping pictures. I did some messing around in Photobucket with the effects.
A shot of my mare "Reba" with some added effects for effect.
We took the five head of Ensign Ranches back to thier allotment which is just north up the valley about ten miles and kicked them out. Luckily Mr. Richins was in the area and came to the corral to get his two pair. He lives East and North of us quite a ways. In fact he's closer to Wyoming than us. He and two of his hands from Peru came to get his cows. That's what ya do in this country. Maybe tomorrow he'll call us about some cows we are out. Then we headed home. One minute it was dry and dusty......
And the next it was sprinkling! Spring rain makes all the difference for the grass! Only I could have good intentions to go help gather some lost cows and end up gathering lost cows that belong to somebody else! Happy Easter tomorrow!
So I have used the time to work around my place. Hopefully i'll get some work that actually pays but, in the mean time i've managed to get some stuff caught up on. I lease a little meadow from an older couple. They have a small hayfeild next to the meadow that they flood irrigate with snow melt runoff. And the ditches were in need of a good burning out, so we took the wheeler and a propane burner and did some pyro-work! A before shot.
And another before shot. They share the water right with 2 others and get the water every third day till it's gone. Which is usually around the first part of May. They manage to raise about 15 tons of grass/alfalfa hay that I buy from them. I try to get them to let me irrigate for them but they love puttering around setting headgates and changing the water. Can't say as I blame them!
Me and the kids exterminating ditchbank grass and weeds via propane and a match.
Here is the product of an afternoon of screwing around! I realize most of you are in shock that I am actually able to be trusted with not burning down the town but you need to keep that to yourselves! :shock: I have never been convicted of burning down anything! :wink:
With a little sweat and 1/2 a tank of propane the old ditch cleaned up nicely.
Dear Mr. Probation Officer, Please don't tell anybody but my Dad was Burning ditches again and............ :roll:
I had to put this one in as he was sure concentrating on drawing something and he looked just like a mini cattle buyer trying to keep track of what he'd bought!
Our kids showing around a guy named Flat Stanley. He was sent to us by a family in Iowa as part of a school project for thier children. We get to keep him a couple weeks and send him back with pictures of what he was up to.
Little H introducing Stanley to the bull.
This morning i went west to look for some strays that my neighbors has been out since last fall. He got a tip on a bunch of cows that might be his so we went on a ride-about to investigate. He hauled the horses and i brought an empty trailer for hauling home the loot. Pretty optimistic eh?
A shot of Redpine peak as we journeyed along. We'll end up on the otherside a ways before were done.
Here is the view to the south looking at Erikson Pass with clouds hanging low. Kind of a scattered shower type of a day.
Antelope out the window! Lots of "speed goats" this time of year. They will start dropping fawns before too long.
Looking at Simpson as i made a loop looking for wayward bovines. Scott went north onto the flat while i went west into the cedars and brush.
Ears on a two track.
When i found the cows they were in a little draw tucked up under a lone cedar. Acted like they didnt want to be found? :???: See em'?
See em' now?
I gave a whoop at Scott who was a ways north and he musta heard me cause here he comes.
One small problem? These cattle don't belong to us! :shock: Five were Ensign Ranches cows and the other two red tags were mysterys. The Ensign cows are in the wrong allotment so we took the bunch back to Scott's corral to sort them out.
This crossbred heifer had lots of chrome. Including the tip of her tail.
On the ranch Scott manages, is this old foundation. Tom James was the original owner of the ranch and used to raise hay just up the draw. We wondered if the foundation was part of a barn for stacking loose hay. Wish it could talk!
Up the hill and into the wing. 5 of the 8 cows had calves. 2 of the rest were pretty heavy and one was a goofy heifer with wild eyes and one horn. Somebody has a nice replacement heifer. :roll:
Just a shot through the rails of the corral. We ran the cows through the chute to look at brands and tags and i.d. them. Then we made sure which calves belonged to who. Then we got on the cell phone to Ensign and Richin's Cattle to see what they wanted to do.
Just snapping pictures. I did some messing around in Photobucket with the effects.
A shot of my mare "Reba" with some added effects for effect.
We took the five head of Ensign Ranches back to thier allotment which is just north up the valley about ten miles and kicked them out. Luckily Mr. Richins was in the area and came to the corral to get his two pair. He lives East and North of us quite a ways. In fact he's closer to Wyoming than us. He and two of his hands from Peru came to get his cows. That's what ya do in this country. Maybe tomorrow he'll call us about some cows we are out.
Then we headed home. One minute it was dry and dusty......
And the next it was sprinkling!
Spring rain makes all the difference for the grass! Only I could have good intentions to go help gather some lost cows and end up gathering lost cows that belong to somebody else! Happy Easter tomorrow!
