Fall in the Northern Rockies
Alayne and I took two of our blind mares, Lena and Nikki, and their sidekick Lonesome George out to pasture this morning. As we turned around to head back to Lena's Barn, we noticed this beautiful sight -- the cottonwoods in brilliant gold colors, framing the house. Fall definitely arrives early here in the Northern Rockies.
The house overlooks six of our blind horse pastures, spread across about 60 acres of the property. From the living room we can easily see what's going on in those pastures.
A short while later Alayne and I moved a big, 300-gallon water tank from one of the horse corrals to the 30-acre pasture where the sighted horses stay. During the summer these horses use an irrigation ditch that runs across the pasture for water. However, at this time of year the flow in irrigation ditches becomes unpredictable -- and the irrigation "season" ends Oct. 1 anyway. So we decided it was time to set up the 300-gallon tank for the sighted horses just to be safe. (As it turned out, there was plenty of water in the ditch today.) That's Alayne in the tractor, moving the tank. There's hardly anything you can't move with a tractor!
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The Fall is Montana's best time of year. Enjoy some nice days on the Ranch....it has been a long month. Here we are waiting on the next hurricane with 90+ weather still!
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Posted by: Marylin | September 20, 2005 at 11:09 AM
What a beautiful setting!
Posted by: Roz | September 19, 2005 at 07:17 AM