Monthly Archives: February 2017

Youth

Posted on February 3, 2017 by John | 3 comments

Unfortunately, the iPhone photo doesn’t do this Elko show justice: Brigid Reedy, Kristyn Harris and Johnny ‘Guitar’ Reedy, guaranteeing some youth for the future of the Gathering.

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Posted in Elko, Photographs

Across Dry Creek

Posted on February 2, 2017 by John | 1 comment

I thought it appropriate to offer a ‘before and after’ photo of the same hillside that’s on the cover of my ‘Best of the Dry Years’ (at the top of the column on the right) taken in September 2013. There was no improvement in feed conditions until the spring of 2016.

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Posted in Photographs, Ranch Journal

Tagged Drought, Dry Creek, photography, rain, weather

Paregian Ranch Cows and Calves

Posted on February 1, 2017 by John | 9 comments

So hampered by the wet ground, we were only able to see a few cows and calves on the Paregien Ranch. The cows are producing lots of milk, there’s plenty of grass and the calves are really growing. Right now they would be handful to brand, and who knows when we’ll be able to get up the mountain to get that job done.