Before we load the horses, we always tack them up instead of packing our saddles and headstalls along in the back of the truck. We have a stock trailer made for hauling cattle, so we don’t have a tack room built in. The horses are currently out in the big pasture behind our house, so […]
Remuda
To start the year out, we had about fourteen horses. I think. Then, I found an orphan mustang colts in the hills, left behind after a round up. And we also found craigslist. So now we have twenty horses. Since it’s winter in the Pahsimeroi and this valley makes snow look pretty good, I decided […]
Border Collie Puppies
It was a late and very balmy fall so far, especially for the Idaho mountains in mid-December, but the weather forecasters began to speak about payback time. They talked about an Arctic air mass bearing down on us like a freight train from the polar regions. The rail cars were carrying a payload of glacial […]
Springtime on the Ranch
Springtime in the Rockies is not what its cracked up to be. At least not on idyllic Alderspring. But we finally got a break with some warm weather–nice break from one snow squall after another. And the wind quit instead of continuing to feel like Kansas (started wanting to call our border pups Toto). It’s […]
Great Pyrenees Puppies
The pyrenees are important employees on the ranch. In our remote valley we have predators such as mountain lions, coyotes, and wolves. The pyrenees are effective protection for the calves and kids that roam our ranch. They’re also beautiful, kind, gentle, and regal. Can you tell I really like them? They’re also the cutest thing in the […]
Inhabitants of Western Wyoming
We were on our way across the western edge of Wyoming, on the way back from my grandparents farm in Indiana, which we visit, for the most part, annually. The highway was empty save for a few cars, and so was the snowy landscape that we saw out of the windows. Out on the prairie […]