Sunday, August 23, 2009

Smallish creatures







The cowboys (as in cowboy "Bill") came around yesterday. They stayed for hours, going all over the community, but did not move any cattle. Guess they were just checking on the group. The whole process is somewhat of a mystery to me, but Mark recently learned some cow facts from a rancher he plays golf with here. The ranchers will sell all the calves at the end of their time here (not necessarily to the stockyards, possibly just a different area, for those who are saying "oh, no!") They're still pretty young having been born in April or May. Since the bulls are in residence, we can expect next spring all these cows will have new calves, and start this process all over again. It's all a matter of timing - if calves are born before spring here, they can't survive the winter. A strange business - it's still hard for me to believe we have real cowboys here, not movie set stuff.






According to my brother George(who lives in Colo Springs) the rodent invasion will be happening soon. We certainly have tons of chipmunks and ground squirrels all around the house. I guess they are planning the strategy of how to enter inside. We've made no preparations for this - stay tuned! The photo is of a ground squirrel who has taken up residence on our deck. He visits the inside of the gas grill every day in case there are delicious drops from the grilled dinner the night before. This one is probably only to be called into action when all else fails - looks just a tad fat & lazy to me....

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