A Wyoming Spring…

I posted this today on my Facebook page.

The start to spring here has been wonderful. Temps have been in the 60’s and we’ve been soaking up the sunshine.

But with the warning of a major storm coming, I knew darn well that calves would start popping out. Sure enough, I got one yesterday and that makes 7 of the little boogers in all so far.

The clouds started building by mid-afternoon.

It was storming in the sky by late afternoon. Then it started raining here at about 10pm.

And this is how it looked at 7 this morning. I barely made it down to the meadow.

The wind is blowing out of the north which is of course the direction I had to drive to get down to the meadow. I was blinking snow drops all morning.

The Gray horse turned a muddy brown. I couldn’t even recognize our own horse! Of course, my eyelids were cupping snow flakes so it’s understandable.

It took me an hour to find the girls. Visibility was about ZERO but I saw finally saw them in the middle of the meadow with their butts facing north. Yep, that’s them in the upper left of the above image.

That’s #10 on the far left. She should calve at any time. I’m watching her closely today and I pray she keeps that baby inside just a little longer.

I’m headed out again. I hope I don’t have to bring a calf inside by the fire. But if would be okay if I did. 😉

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