Antje und Smoky am Hang / Antje and Smokey on the hillside |
Today we moved our cattle out of Cottonwood Pasture's difficult terrain towards the ranch ... tomorrow they will be shipped in big trucks. The grazing season is about to end. Vicki and Jan from the Isle of Man (Great Britain) already had a few days to practice cattle work. Irma, Nathalie and Rita from Holland and Antje from Germany had to jump into cold water today and earned their spurs as cowgirls in pretty tough country.
Ab Mittwoch soll es kalt werden und eventuell sogar schneien. "Kalt" glaube ich, aber die Niederschlaege werden sicher wieder unbemerkt an uns vorueberziehen.
On Wednesday it's supposed to get cold and maybe even snow. "Cold" I believe but the precipitation will probably move by again without us noticing.
Eine traurige Nachricht: Buddy, unser Hirschkalb, ist tot. Er wurde von einem Hund gejagt (nicht Gauge) und bekam epileptische Anfaelle, an denen er starb. Sabine, die Tieraerztin, die vergangene Woche hier war, meinte, dass Buddy wahrscheinlich eh irgendwann daran gestorben waere, aber ohne Stress haette er sicher noch laenger gelebt. Wo Tiere leben, sterben auch Tiere ... wir alle - insbesondere Lamm Hannah - vermissen Buddy und seine grossen Ohren :-(
Sad news: Buddy - our deer fawn - is dead. He was chased by a dog (not Gauge) and had epileptic seizures which killed him. Sabine, the vet who was here last week, said that he would have died of this anyway at some point but without stress he could have lived longer. Where animals live, animals die ... we all - especially lamb Hannah - miss Buddy and his big ears :-(
Gruesse aus dem Wilden Westen!
Greetings from the Wild West!
Eure/Yours, Doerte
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Von links nach rechts / From left to right: "Little" Nick/Savannah, Romina/Chuck, Jan/Sunny, Irma/Classy, Nathalie/Pep, Antje/Jet, Rita/Pal, Vicki/Chocolate |
Bei der Arbeit / Working: Nathalie und/and Pep |
Vicki und Newt suchen sich einen Weg / Vicki and Newt are looking for a path |
Uebers Heufeld / Across the hay field |
Cottonwood-Weide / Cottonwood Pasture |
Manx Chicks: Jan auf/on Vegas und/and Vicki auf/on Newt |
Das letzte Gras / The last grass |
Bye bye Buddy !!! |