working cattle: Blogging from GlenMar Ranch, Caddo, OK (Part 2)
- 04/20/09 01:34 PM
Lenn Harley got to laughing at me "working cows." I told Bessie here, and she took exception. I shoulda' had video with a sound track! (You can imagine what she's saying!)
We had a lightning show the first night we were here (Saturday) and I got a lucky shot of one of the clouds backlit by a bolt of lightning. Three of us started out this morning at 7:00 a.m. We worked the replacement heifers on the Eighty. They get number tags in the left ear to identify them, and that orange tag in the right ear is called a "fly … (21 comments)
working cattle: Silly Saturday Night Post: Dances With Bull
- 04/04/09 05:30 PM
The sign said OPEN RANGE. They weren't kidding. There's an old cabin at about 6,000' elevation on Magee Ranch Road, west of Green Valley on a patent mine claim, land that's been in the Magee family for five generations. The only access to the road is on foot, unless you have a key to the gate. I don't. I hiked in today because I've never written a real estate post about land that's been in the same family for five generations, and I knew you would enjoy reading about it. The cemetery on the right hand side of the dirt … (28 comments)
working cattle: From the Ranch in Caddo, OK
- 04/16/08 01:38 AM
Haven't seen you for awhile! That might be what she's bawling at me. We've been having a good old time getting the herd worked. Lots of pictures, and some good posts will come out of this. Caddo, OK is so small that the main street doesn't have a traffic light. Local word is that Clint Eastwood looked into buying property on Main Street some years back. Values might have improved if that had happened, but it didn't pan out. WiFi is available in Sherman, Texas, which is where I am early this morning, as I have a loan lock that needs extending. Best … (15 comments)
Lenn Harley got to laughing at me "working cows." I told Bessie here, and she took exception. I shoulda' had video with a sound track! (You can imagine what she's saying!)
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