Moo-ving Day

As the seasons change, we rotate our cattle to different pastures. Beginning in February the cows are kept in to pasture closest to the house in preparation for calving. In June, mommas and babies go out to the south leases, where they stay until harvest is done. Then they're trailed home and turned out onto the barley and hayfields to clean up anything the combines and hay balers missed. The next move is clear north, to the pasture that runs right up to the Canadian border.

That was today.

Greg took the lead with the tractor and a hay bale. Vegas and I brought up the rear to keep everyone in line. And I do mean in line:

The cows don't normally string out that way. The snow was anywhere from six inches to two feet deep, so they were following the trail broken by the tractor.

Lookin' just like one of those movie cowgirls!

I guess you could say our cows have a room with a view...of Chief Mountain

As If You Had to Ask

Yes, it has been snowing at our house. I'm sure those of you who read this blog regularly aren't exactly shocked. Here's what the front lawn looks like:

So You Wanna Be a Cowboy?

I'm sure no one who has paid much attention to this blog is surprised that it looked like this at my house yesterday:

You may, however, be suprised to learn that there was a high school rodeo just down the road. Outdoors. And no, they did not cancel or reschedule. You wanna be a rodeo cowboy in Montana? You better learn to rope in the snow, pard, 'cuz if the ground hasn't frozen, the show will go on.