Category: Community
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Early July, Hot and Dry
Grazing continues, and we are on our second round of grazing the main pastures. So far, our irrigation water has been good, but there’s no snow on Mt. Lamborn. As the old saying goes, if there’s still snow on Lamborn by the 4th of July, it’ll be a good year for water. It’s not going… Continue reading
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Flying Over Terror Creek
Ken and I took a flight over Terror Creek with a friend today. We captured a ton of pictures, including views of our reservoir and its watershed, Garvin Mesa, and our property. It was a great experience! Continue reading
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David and Ryan
We’ve been happily spending time with our visiting friends, David and Ryan, who are from Wales. They spent their last day here today at Revolution Brewing and enjoyed the Grand Avenue Gal. Continue reading
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Feeding Bo and Peep
We’re hosting culinary students again. They’ve all enjoyed watching our two bottle lambs, Bo and Peep, being fed. 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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March Wool Work
I needed some white wool for blending with our black for new rovings, so I went over to one of the big range flock operations during shearing to purchase some. The big flocks hire large crews to do the job. This crew had 13 shearing stations set up. The sheep go up the inside, get… Continue reading
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Round Beverages
Beer and bubbles at Revolution Brewing. Prompt: Make a photograph of a circular or round object today. Continue reading
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Family
All of our parents have passed on, and my brother-in-law lives far away. But my stepdad came to help at this Farmers’ Market. He is our closest family member. Prompt: Make a photograph today that documents your family or conveys how you think of your family. Continue reading
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Gifford in Pink
Thursday is our regular day to deliver eggs to the brewery. Fortunately, there was a high school game going on, and everyone was asked to wear pink instead of the school colors. I don’t do pink, so I was glad to see Tom Gifford there to serve as our subject. Prompt: October is breast cancer… Continue reading
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Off to Wales!
While Ken stayed home to care for the farm, I headed off to Wales again to continue my judge training. The goal is to become an approved judge for Black Welsh Mountain sheep eventually. My journey started with an uneventful flight from Grand Junction to Dallas. Next, I flew overnight from Dallas to London Heathrow,… Continue reading