Cowgirl Chronicles: The First Snow 10/29/23

I jumped out of bed and ran out to the living room to look. Twenty-two degrees! and it would be colder on the alfalfa bottoms! Dang it! I had forgotten to shut the hydrant off last night. At 5:00 a.m. it was the first thought to grace my morning. A hydrant float system waters our …

Cowgirl Chronicles: Feeding Calves, Digging Potatoes and Sandhill Cranes 10/27/23

It's a new day, and the sun is shining, and we are back to our 7:30 start time for feeding. I thought the temperature was 21 for the morning, but I realized our thermometer is on the fritz because it says there was a high of 90 and a low of 14. Southwest Nebraska is …

Cowgirl Chronicles: A Storm in January, Fog, and Gathering Cattle 10/26/23.

If the old adage holds true, there is gonna be one rip roarin' son of a gun come January. For two solid days, fog hung in heavy and thick, subduing noise and quieting the atmosphere. Accompanying it, there was this annoying mist that didn't accomplish anything but make everything a sticky damp. Dirt stuck to …

Shippin’ Calves on the Morrow~

We’re shippin' calves on the morrow.Saddle up we're gatherin'em in.We'll ride to the far end to check the canyons.This mare needs some long trottin' miles of travelin'. I spook up a coyote,sleepin' underneath a tree.My oncoming approach is enough to scare'emHe hightails it over the distant hill far from jeopardy. Cattle stream out and down …

Rejoice, Pray, Give Thanks~

In the lesson for the night,which was teaching how to praythey were to look these versesup and highlight across their page. As I read those ancient wordsit struck me those three verseswere a three in one decree.Three commands in one sentenceto please the good Lord and helpguide you through life's busy day. Rejoice always, even …

Let’s Set the Scene~

A palomino-colored cat with a splash of white that half diagonally crosses his nose and runs down both of his front legs walks up the cement step of the covered porch in search of a stiff rub between his shoulder blades.  He is getting up there in years for a barn cat.  His muscles are …

Cowgirl Chronicles: Rain and Faith 10/12/23~

Rain taps at my window as I type. It's been a drizzly October day. Dark, stormy, low to the ground clouds have blanketed the sky like a bulky comforter all day long. A big system is roaring through Nebraska today and tomorrow, and we are on the southern edge. Broken Bow has had over five …

Odds and Ends~

Odds and ends, there are days that are filled with just that. They have stood in the background collecting dust, waiting patiently for attention. Not forgotten, just put on pause. We need to set those panels back up to fence off the hole before the cattle get moved. Be sure to drive around the perimeter …

Ag Update for 10/3/23~

It’s a beautiful October morning. Cotton candy clouds sporadically dot the sky as they race to the northeast. A cold front in the night ushered them in, bringing a reprieve to the wind and heat with it as well. It’s a welcome weather change, one that possibly could bring some rain….at least to those to …