Scenes from the Ranch: February 2024

It was mostly a warm and dry month. We did have a few good, albeit brief, snowstorms. We enjoyed an amazing ski day with over a foot of fresh snow at Showdown on Valentine’s Day. I couldn’t have asked for a better date on the slopes!

The north-facing cliffs above Coulee Creek don’t see much sunlight in the winter, and hold onto the snow long after the flats have melted. Pigeons roost under the cliff ledges, leaving their prints in the melting patches.

Oh Bear, the cat.

We brought the cows close to home to the calving pastures about ten days before they were due to calve. Just a couple days later our first calf of the year arrived on a warm, sunny afternoon. Photos through binoculars are challenging to take (this one literally took over 5 minutes to get right). The hours-old calf had just gotten up to nurse so I practiced this difficult skill to give them space.