Life On The Plains: Real Cowboys

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Thursday, January 3, 2013

Team Roping - Vernon, Texas - December 15, 2012

Colby George and partner

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Wednesday, January 2, 2013

Warm Up

Warming up before roping in Vernon, Texas, December 15, 2012.

Colby George

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We Start 'em Young

Warming up a horse in the arena before a roping in Vernon, Texas, December 15, 2012.

This little guy wasn't roping . . . yet. But he was all cowboy. Check out the precisely adjusted hat and spurs. He means business.

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Monday, October 8, 2012

Coming Soon - A Video Do-Over

I would hardly call myself a perfectionist, but the videos I posted a couple of weeks ago, just weren't what I had envisioned. So, new camera in hand, I'll soon be on the hunt for new video footage (this time not of me or my sweetheart).

Don't be shy. Leave a comment here if you have ideas or suggestions about what you would like to see.

Check back here in a couple of weeks for an update. : )

What Kids on the Plains Do for Fun

These kids were amazing, pushing their horses to round three poles, weaving in and out between, as fast as they could, then heading back to finish at the starting line. This is a playday, and it's their idea of fun. With times like 16 seconds, there must have been lots of hard work leading up to this day of fun.

Monday, September 10, 2012

She's Got a Lot of Cow in Her

Get behind, keep them together, push them, into the pen they go. Back from retirement after two years on break, my sweet little ranch horse has a lot of cow in her. She knows how to follow a herd at just the right distance so they don't freak out and bolt for Montana, Missouri, and Mexico.

Our first try, and second, and third, and fourth, and fifth, and sixth, she made pushing and penning cattle easy. (Although I suspect maybe my sweetheart set us up with some pre-trained cattle. That one that walked into the pen all on his own was kind of suspicious.) I'm wondering what we'll try next. Hmmm, maybe separating cattle . . . without letting them bolt for Montana.