On my way to the grocery store I stopped in town to watch the running of the...Angus. A local rancher has grown his herd larger than his property can support so he moves them to leased land out in the countryside for the grazing and winter seasons and then drives them roughly 10 miles back to his property just outside of town for
calving season. The whole trip apparently takes about three hours but the run through town lasted about ten minutes and is way better entertainment than television.
This Angus came right up to me before the rancher (on a horse just outside of the picture) made a call to get the group moving again.
An escapee breaks from the run.
I wonder if I'm too old to learn how to cowboy.
Once they get through town they turn off and head for the ranch just outside of town.
We had a bit of a snowstorm on Thursday so I didn't journey out to Absarokee and instead stayed home to work on other things. What I was really holding out for was a drive to the house with Jörg so we could discuss paint colors. I have included a sneak peek below. It was a beautiful sunny day so the snow was melting off the roof and dripping everywhere. Normally I would say it was a beautiful sound, a harbinger of spring and warming weather. However, living in Montana, this is just one of several such sunny drippy days and we could still have snow again before summer is officially here. Anyway, the painter has begun the work of covering things that don't get painted (like the beams) and taping the windows. He plans to start priming walls this week. The tiler also plans to start working this week. She will be tiling the master shower and two bathroom floors, and hopefully the kitchen and pantry walls. As we were driving away, our builder wa...
Twice each week, Katherine and I get together for a lunch date, to run errands or go to appointments (haircut tomorrow), and just "check-in". Our last lunch date was at Rib & Chop in Livingston where she got her "usual" (salmon). We really enjoy these get togethers.
The snow is melting quickly now that the temperatures have hit the 50s (and low 60s today). Yesterday I went to Absarokee to work on staining the posts and beams for the porches. This is a continuation of work I did with Dad a few weeks ago but this delivery of beams was more than double that first batch. I worked all day and didn't quite get to the halfway mark. I did, however, get a few pictures. And today, I went back to keep going but this time I brought help! This will be my project room. The office Setting up the beams for staining. Three beams from the last batch get a second coat then it's on to the new stuff. 20 beams A little snack break in the back of my car. By 5:15 I was out of energy and space. These last three beams were too close together to prepare them for stain. Since I didn't finish on Thursday, I returned today and brought reinforcement. Not a bad place to work...if you must work. :)
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