2/10, 11 & 12/2009

Here is another update. It has been a funny week weather wise as Monday was a little cold but we were able to rope and ride without any problems. This week I am working with Too Tall who is a nice horse that needs some rides and ground work which I have been able to do.

Tuesday we were going to go to a local ranch and brand 3 wild calves but this area received 3” of SNOW – yuk! This was the first time in 5 years since they have had this amount of snow in this area. This made the ground too slippery for the horses to do their job (running down cattle and holding them in place) so everything was cancelled this day. I spent the day with Bob and Tom fixing a computer that Bob is giving to his sister-in-law. It only took 2.5 days to fix this computer as it was definitely old and sick… but not now! Here are a couple of pictures taken on the day we got the snow...

Wednesday and Thursday were pretty much the same… lots of roping skinny cow, ground work with the horses, and roping cattle while riding. One can be a good roper but if they are going to be a good hand, then they also have to be able to have good horsemanship too. The weather is also getting warmer with each passing day. It will be in the 70’s by the end of the week, not that the high 50’s or 60’s is bad, especially when there is no or little wind.