Desert Weyr Blog
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Pot of Gold
Here’s today’s beautiful rainbow on Garvin Mesa. Could there be a pot of gold over there somewhere? Continue reading
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Independence Day
It’s the Fourth of July! The grass is looking good, and the lambs are growing very well. The saying in Paonia is that if Mt. Lamborn has snow on the fourth, it’ll be a good water year. This is a very good year – our cold spring and heavy snow mean plenty of irrigation water… Continue reading
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We Woke up the Chickens
With apologies to C.W. McCall, here are our sleepy hens and tired chicks. Continue reading
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Early Morning Rams
It’s early morning, and we’re checking out the feed in the ram pasture. Continue reading
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No More Wide Loads and High Water Time
Tanwen lambed a large nine-pound, ten-ounce lamb with no problems. She still looks fairly wide, though! We also went down to Black Bridge Winery to take a look at the river. It’s high and muddy, but not flooding so far. Continue reading
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Alan, Joealan, and Joe
My friend Alan was here for the first part of his tour through the US. We had to take him down to Revolution Brewing, where we met Joealan and Joe. I couldn’t get all three to look at the camera at the same time, though! Continue reading
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Abstract and a Wide Load
Here’s an abstract under the big power lines that cross over the east side of our property. This is Desert Weyr Tanwen. She’ll probably be the last ewe to lamb for 2011. She is a wide load indeed! Continue reading
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Lambs and Hay
We have more new lambs! The ewe in the photo below had twins. The new hay is starting to arrive, too. This first cutting made 708 small bales. Continue reading
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Solar Panels, Ready for Hay, and My DNA Sweater
It’s time to get the solar panels up onto the shop roof for the PV system. It’s quite a long way up, and everyone is using safety harnesses and ropes. The hay barn is cleaned out and ready for new hay. It should be arriving today or tomorrow. My DNA cable-knit sweater is also coming… Continue reading
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We Lost a Ram
Our ram, Desert Weyr Kirk, died today. We had a veterinarian conduct a postmortem to find out why. He had a perforated stomach from an ulcer, and he had peritonitis. It was probably the result of the injuries he sustained in his feeder accident back in May. Continue reading