Various Ramblings and Images ’cause I Miss You
A few things…
We woke up to a beautiful blanket of snow on the ground this morning. We’ve been desperate for moisture.
It’s busy ’round here. I’ve been more of a cowgirl than a photographer lately and I miss my camera.
I fixed that this morning ’cause I miss y’all.
I have some stories to share and hope to find time to write them. There is one in particular that had our family howling over Easter lunch. I’m not much of a writer and there aren’t too many pictures to go along with it but I’ll make it work somehow.
Our little Pinrow has a new cow mommy. Yay for him. Sad for me.
We had a new shipment of heifers and calves this weekend. You see, heifers (first time mothers) don’t really know how to be a mom so they’ll let any calf suck. There were times down in the corrals while we were sorting them, that a heifer had a calf on each side and one in the back suckling. “Nobody’s gonna go hungry in this herd!”, Patrick said. I stood there in shock. Bunch of hippies I say.
Mother cows that have done this a few times will kick and headbutt a calf if one other than hers tries to suck.
The gobblers are gobbling daily.
And strutting daily.
We wake up every morning to the song of the meadowlark.
I was finally able to capture the elusive Merganser Ducks in the pond this morning.
This couple is always around but so difficult to capture. I sneaked up on them this morning.
Geese honk constantly. It’s become annoying. At least they are photogenic.
I’m working on a project for a client where I’m adding color to black and white landscapes. I think it’s going to look good and I hope to share some of that with you when the job is completed.
In the last couple of weeks, we’ve had to pull about 4 calves out of mother cows because the calf was either backwards, too big or the cow was weak after pushing for too long. Eeeesh. Sometimes when I use the word “we” I tell you that I use it loosely. Usually “we” means Patrick but here lately, I’m in it up to my elbows.
I have good friends flying in tomorrow for a visit. I can’t wait. ♥
Ciao, really good shots, well done in all that cold snow…..hey are your friends up to helping out with the ‘up to the elbow stuff’? have fun.Lynne
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Thanks Lynn! If they want to eat they’ll get in it up to their elbows! Nothing is for free around here, especially during calving. 🙂
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Great Post – Beautiful Photos – love the turkeys – thanks for sharing! Happy Monday!
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Thanks my friend! I’ve missed my camera and had a great morning. Good way to start off the week. 🙂
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Beautiful Leah, every one of them! I especially like the stream in b/w and color and the horses.
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Thanks Karen!
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So, so beautiful. Thank you for sharing your magical, frosty corner of the world. 🙂
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Thank you! It was all gone by 9am but it was a magical morning. 🙂
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So poetic photos!
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Thanks!
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Miss reading your blogs too
Ellen, reporting from Guayaquil, Ecuador
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Miss you Ellen! Have fun in Ecuador. Can’t wait to read about it!
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🙂
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Mrs. yetter , you are the best photographer I have ever seen, your pictures are wonderful.
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What a compliment! Thank you so much! 🙂
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Snow. Oh my heavens; I am already forgetting. That first image is divine.
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I know, right?! It was all melted by 9am. We need the moisture. Now there is less of a dust cloud behind the truck going down the driveway. 🙂
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These are gorgeous, Leah! And your words compliment the pictures nicely.
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Awe thanks Lenore!
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These are beautiful! Have you ever thought about sending a group of photos to Country magazine? They do photo essays of different parts of the country, and your photos are even more beautiful than the ones I usually see in the magazine. You have a great gift, Leah. If a picture really is worth a thousand words, then you truly are a writer. Thanks for blessing my day.
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Thank you Janet, you flatter me! That is quite the compliment but I think I need a manager! I’d love to submit my images to different magazines and sites, but I get so overwhelmed with all of the fine print.
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Wonderful stuff!
We do somewhat inferior tributes to Loch Lomond and a Bird Sanctuary in Lochwinnoch, Scotland at:
http://anelephantcant.blogspot.co.uk/2012/04/lochwinnoch-rocks.html
But sadly not in your class.
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Thank you!
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Lovely Blog
We are surrounded by so much beauty here in NH
3 Flocks of Wild Turkey too Love watching the young come to our yard daily.
I am learning how to write my own BLOG and have a few entries so far.
Have a Peace filled Earth Day
http://uni-twiststurnsinlife.blogspot.com
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Thank you for reminding me about the call of the meadowlark. Where I live in California I never get to hear them. I’d forgotten how my heart used to lift every time I heard that call. We are in the flyway for the Canadian geese, so twice a year I hear them passing over….their calls always make me homesick.
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Where in Wyoming are you? I went to high school in Cody.
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Hi Suzanne, we are in the foothills of Laramie Peak in Southeast WY. Near Wheatland.
The meadowlark is probably my favorite. A beautiful song from a beautiful bird.
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Leah, I just came across your blog, and wow! your images are beautiful. I love the first one of the turkeys, and your landscapes at the end. Very happy to have found you. : )
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Thank you Kate, I am so flattered you like my images. Happy to have you join me!
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nice artikel thanks
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What a great blog! Love the animals and your photography is excellent, will continue to follow if I may. I live in Texas and the cattle we see here are usually of the big ol’ longhorn variety. Deer are our constant visitors, along with armadillos. We live in horse country and dillo holes aren’t a favorite! Thank you for sharing.
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We can relate to the dillo holes. We have prairie dogs that wreak havoc on the meadows and we have to be very careful on horseback.
Thank you for the compliment! I’m delighted to have you as a follower!
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I am SO glad I stumbled across your blog in the wee hours of the morning here .. love your photos, words and your subjects. Beautiful.
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Thank you for the compliments! I appreciate you stopping by. 🙂
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Reblogged this on Conversations With a Cowboy and commented:
I have been so determined to write each day I haven’t spent near enough time looking at the incredible lives and work of so many others out here writing. WordPress today posted an article on 8 Gorgeous Nature Blogs .. I’ve only gotten through two and already, huge fan. Fans of all things west, here’s one fun to check out…
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You flatter me. Thank you for sharing!
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Bloody brilliant shots!!!! Loving them!!!! I am new to photography and these are inspiring…. Thanks a lot for sharing!!!!
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Thank you! So happy to be an inspiration! Gosh, you are too kind.
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The turkey with the deer head in distance is haunting – just love it!
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Ha! I thought so too! And I didn’t even see him until I loaded the images on my computer. I had to include that in this series. So glad you like it!
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Your photos are stunning. What kind of camera do you use? Those are very muscular horses, and I love the “Turkey Strut” as well!
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Thanks so much! I shoot with Canon. I’ve been shooting professionally for14 years and have built an arsenal of lenses and camera bodies.
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Leah Yetter! What a lovely surprise (but not really considering your artistic eye and major talent….) to get a tweet from WordPress giving shout outs to “10 gorgeous nature blogs in honor of Earth Day.” with your blog featured. COngrats! (: I wondered if you were too swamped to manage such fame during calving and were considering a manager. (: Happy Friday!
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I AM considering a manager. 😉 It has been busy around here and am just now able to get back in touch with my commenters. I love hearing from you wonderful people!
And girl, I’m really impressed with your photography. You are getting along quite well with that new lens and are developing quite the eye my friend!
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It looks like being a “cowgirl” is fun! Your photographs are simply wonderful! Very memorabe. I loved the one with the two cows! Warm, adorable and poignant. I am a photographer and your photographs inspire me! Thanks!
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Thank you so much! I am flattered to be an inspiration, what a compliment!!
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Nice pictures.
Awesome blog btw 🙂
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Thanks so much for the compliment! Glad you like 🙂
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Wow, this are all breath-taking! I just keep clicking through post after post. How much do you edit your photos to get that lovely quality to them?
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Thanks so much! Well, fortunately the air is so crisp and the light is so sharp, there is very little editing on most. But 14 years of using Photoshop doesn’t hurt a girls skills either! I appreciate your kind words and I hope you stop by again. 🙂
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Love your horses! And the turkeys too!! Thanks for putting your photographs – and sharing your experiences – out into the world…! Your love of nature shines through.. dear cowgirl 🙂
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Absolutely LOVED your photos!
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Thank you! I hope you will return!
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Wonderful blog. Will be dropiing in again.
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Thank you, I hope you will!
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Hi, Leah. My favorites today are the turkeys and the horses. Congrats on your blog making the list of “10 Gorgeous Nature Blogs in Honor of Earth Day” !!!!
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Thanks Sheila! It was such a great surprise and honor to be recognized!
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Those ice crystals on the flowers are simply beautiful!! I also like the first picture and the second-to-last. Great composition in your photos.
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Thanks Jessie!
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Enjoyed your blog today:-)
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Hi Melody, thank you for stopping by. 🙂
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This could be the best morning of anyone’s life, my life. I will miss a great moment in my life if I didn’t see it.
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Loved the turkey shots & the ice flowers! How beautiful-thanks for sharing!
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Thank YOU for viewing. So glad you like these. I hope you will return for more!
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awesome photos
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Thank you. I appreciate the compliment!
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absolutely beautiful photos!
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You have a beautiful blog, the photographs are so vibrant, earthy and calming. I’m very glad to have found it 🙂
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Thank you for stopping by! I live in such beauty it’s hard to take a bad photograph. I like that you said “calming”. After years of shooting commercially for corporate clients 8 days a week, I’m so happy to be in a calmer place in my life. Glad it comes through in my images. 🙂
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These are lovely 🙂
I especially like the ones with the turkeys. It’s almost only black and white but then their red necks “light up” in the middle of it all 🙂
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Yeah I know! When those gobblers get going, their necks get so red and their heads are a deep blue. It’s so wild!
Glad you like these, thanks for stopping by. 🙂
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Love the turkeys, they are so pretty. All of your photos are great!
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Stunning images. The effects of winter in some photos are seen such as the white light effect. All of the subjects are interesting too. Great post.
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Thanks my friend!
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Your photos are stunning. Amazing. Thanks for sharing.
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Thanks so much!
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