October 1 - 3, 2014

[Soapweed]

Birds of a feather standing together

One must have gotten mad.

A skinny cow with one of the youngest calves, cohabitating with three birds

Tip-toeing through the blue lagoon

Okay, let's see who can hold their breath the longest.

Beauty is in the eye of the beak holder.

You two do the two-step, and I'll do the one-step.

All that bird watching makes a youngster sleepy.

Cows and calves

Meadowlarks

Horses

On a windy day

Two real good saddle horses, the go-to type to get any job done

Pushing calves up the chute

Ready for action

Greg Arendt, manager of Valentine Livestock Auction

Marvin and Pat

Lots of fresh air and elbow room

Herd on the move

Nebraska Rangers differ from Texas Rangers.

Drifting down the draw

These Rangers are pretty good machines.

And are pretty versatile outfits

Sundown

Another blue lagoon

Something old, something new, something borrowed, something blue.
It's an old tractor but new to me. The money to buy it is borrowed, and it is blue.

 

[Big Swede]

Geez Soap, you could have pulled that tractor home with your Ranger. :wink:

 

[Soapweed]

I always put a link to these ranchers.net pictures on my Facebook page. One lady commented, "Silly question: why would there be a skinny cow with all that good grass?"

Here is my reply: "She is not really skinny, but she is not one of our better cows. They can't all be top-of-the-line. :wink: I didn't really like portraying this particular cow, but did want to bring attention to the fact that cattle and birds live peacefully and compatibly in the same environment. There is a do-gooder "green" ignorant faction of people that would like nothing better than to see all cattle removed from the landscape. It is a liberal agenda that promotes such things as "meatless Mondays." Needless to say, if it wasn't for raising and marketing cattle, I would be out of a job and occupation. Ranchers with cattle do a great service in making ordinary grass become food for people."

 

[Denny]

And in turn the money made from the grass gets spent to keep someone else working. We are the roots of the economy.

 

[Grandad]

Beef is a useful by-product of grass management.

 

[porkchop]

Last time I checked grass makes good use of all those nasty CO2, Nitrogen, and many other "emissions", hmm, its kinda like a cycle..... Naw that couldnt work! :gag:

BTW Soap I love your pic's you are truely blessed to have such a wonderful family! I guess now you know what those rangers are capable of you are ready to sell all the pickups!!!