Thoughts From The Middle of Nowhere

Category: montana

  • More Danger

    As you may or may not know, Montana is in danger of losing it's Brucellosis free status because of a number of cows <a href="http://nowherethoughts.net/sarpysam/archives/2634-Seven-Montana-Cows-from-One-Herd-Have-Tested-Positive-for-Brucellosis.html">having brucellosis in one herd</a> in the Bridger area. There has been a lot of testing done of other cattle and no other herd has been found with Brucellosis. If one…

  • Cool

    <center><a class='serendipity_image_link' href='http://www.sarpysam.net/gallery/views/cool06252007?full=1'><img width='640' height='427' style="border: 0px; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px;" src="http://www.sarpysam.net/gallery/albums/views/cool06252007.sized.jpg" alt="" /></a></center><br />n<br />n<center>Can you say, "not haying weather?" That's definitely the case here. Cloudy, cool, and high humidity. I haven't been having much luck putting up hay. I think I am going to have to start using the diesel to turn the…

  • Hay Bales

    <center><a class='serendipity_image_link' href='http://www.sarpysam.net/gallery/misc/hay06202007?full=1'><img width='640' height='480' style="border: 0px; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px;" src="http://www.sarpysam.net/gallery/albums/misc/hay06202007.sized.jpg" alt="" /></a></center><br />n<br />n<center>It's kind of fun haying this year. I am getting enough hay that I don't mind doing it. This field is going about 1 1/3 ton to the acre. It is my poorest field so it will only get better…

  • Drought Not a Concern, For Now

    <a href="http://www.billingsgazette.net/articles/2007/06/14/news/state/20-drought.txt" >Wave of wetness improves state's outlook</a><br />n<br />n<blockquote>With floodwaters still receding across southeastern Montana, it's time to talk about drought – or the lack of it.<br />n<br />nThe agricultural drought – the one that produced sparse and spindly crops and withered range grasses during many of the past eight years – has subsided.<br…

  • Clean Yet

    I see that with almost <a href="http://www.billingsgazette.net/articles/2007/06/08/news/state/25-brucellosis.txt">2000 head of cattle tested</a>, Montana is still holding on to its brucellosis free status by the its teeth. The worry continues that they will find another one testing positive but in the meantime life goes on.<br />n<br />nThis whole situation has really ignited the <a href="http://www.billingsgazette.net/articles/2007/06/09/news/state/30-bison.txt">Bison issue at…

  • Montana Beauty

    <center><a class='serendipity_image_link' href='http://www.sarpysam.net/gallery/Cow-Pixs/colors06022007?full=1'><img width='640' height='427' style="border: 0px; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px;" src="http://www.sarpysam.net/gallery/albums/Cow-Pixs/colors06022007.sized.jpg" alt="" /></a></center><br />n<br />n<center>The colors seem so vibrant this year and the cattle look so great. Montana Beauty. Taken 6/3/2007.</center>

  • Sunflowers

    <center><a class='serendipity_image_link' href='http://www.sarpysam.net/gallery/views/sunflowers05172007?full=1'><img width='640' height='480' style="border: 0px; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px;" src="http://www.sarpysam.net/gallery/albums/views/sunflowers05172007.sized.jpg" alt="" /></a></center><br />n<br />n<center>A large patch of yellow sunflowers. My Darling Wife loves these flowers so this picture is for her. I don't think much of them. Taken 5/17/2007.</center><br />n<br />

  • Waiting

    <center><a class='serendipity_image_link' href='http://www.sarpysam.net/gallery/views/ole05272007?full=1'><img width='640' height='480' style="border: 0px; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px;" src="http://www.sarpysam.net/gallery/albums/views/ole05272007.sized.jpg" alt="" /></a></center><br />n<br />n<center>Ole very impatiently waiting for me. I was gathering some drys and they were in such rugged country it was unsafe to get a horse into it. I had to hike in and get them out a foot. I hobbled…

  • Peaceful

    <center><a class='serendipity_image_link' href='http://www.sarpysam.net/gallery/views/country05192007?full=1'><img width='640' height='480' style="border: 0px; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px;" src="http://www.sarpysam.net/gallery/albums/views/country05192007.sized.jpg" alt="" /></a></center><br />n<br />n<center>Looking South across the place in the early morning the day of branding. It was a peaceful sight. The corral we brand in is towards the center of the picture but unless you know where it is, you can't see…

  • Pretty Sight

    <center><a class='serendipity_image_link' href='http://www.sarpysam.net/gallery/views/sight05112007?full=1'><img width='640' height='480' style="border: 0px; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px;" src="http://www.sarpysam.net/gallery/albums/views/sight05112007.sized.jpg" alt="" /></a></center><br />n<br />n<center>Chasing cows across the green grass. It sure is a pretty sight out there. Taken 5/11/2007.</center>