Moving Cows in Winter at Drowsy Water Ranch
It's getting to be the time of year when the cows start needing a little more attention. Sure, we've had to feed 'em every single day, but that's about it. They've just been hanging out with their friends out in pasture, eatin' hay, mullin' around and watchin' the train go [...]
The Tragic Tale of Uno Mas: The last Drowsy Water Ranch Chicken
Living on a ranch, you’re a little closer to life in a lot of ways. Every year, we see life birthed, we watch life grow, and we witness how life ends. This slightly fabricated tale is about the life one little chicken experienced at Drowsy Water Ranch. Once upon a time [...]
Gearing Up at Drowsy Water Ranch
Like I mentioned last week, it seems like summer is years away. We've grown accustomed to the cold and the relative solitude of the winter. But then you look at the calendar and you start to count. . .one month. . .two months. . .three months. . .That's it! Three months? That's [...]
Colorado Ranch Monday
It's happened. Again. It does every year about this time. I've started to forget. It must be the snow or maybe it's the cold. Every year about this time I get so entrenched in winter that summer seems like it was just a dream. Some far-away fairy-tale place called Drowsy [...]
Drowsy Water Ranch Cowboy
There lives a young cowboyOn a dude ranch he stays.His summers are busyBut in winter he plays.June to SeptemberOne or two horses will do.But when winter months hitHe rides his Ski-Do!(special thanks to G. Tremml and R. Fosha for photography skills I cannot seem to muster).
Dude Ranch Monday
I can't help but love living on a Colorado Dude Ranch in the winter. The snow gently blankets the ground and all the buildings that, in the summer, host dudes from all corners of the earth. It's like the whole ranch is napping. Resting up for the tireless hours of [...]