Put Another Log on the Fire...

Boil me up some bacon and some beans...



Autumn has finally turned cold enough to put a dinner pot on the woodstove for the day.

Clark just loves his new log splitter so we stacked several loads on the woodpile by the house. As the sun faded in the west the north wind dropped the temperature 30 degrees.


The fall colors in Wyoming are brilliant but subtle at the same time.It helps if you look closer to the ground.






Clark hauled the cattle over to the Circle for winter forage and headed to the sale barn in Torrington. He cashed in his Christmas account and invested in the "Stock" Market, buying eight pairs (cow/calf) and a bred heifer to add to the herd. I can't say that was a bad idea given the current decline in paper stock. Then it was time to sell as I kissed the yearlings good-bye through the stock trailer. We kept back two to finish out for spring butcher. Clark, Dan, Harry and Shannon are all available for each other when it comes time to work the cattle.

They finished up today branding, inoculating and castrating the newcomers. Rocky mountain oysters, anyone?



Text&Pictures © 2007 Mona E. Dunn