As humans, there are times it seems you inevitably pick the busiest day of the year to go to the doctor. From doctors running late to crying youngsters in the waiting room, a trip to the doctor can be exhausting and time consuming. Check out this post to see how one bunch of cows canContinue reading “Going to the Doctor”
Category Archives: Culture
Writing, Photography and Ranching
Highlighting Three Wyoming Bloggers Over the past two years of blogging on RealRanchers.com, we’ve also discovered some fantastic Wyoming rural blogs we like to follow as well. We want to introduce you to some of these great Wyoming blogs and the people behind them. O.L. Shepp (Ondi Shepperson) is the ranch wife and mom behindContinue reading “Writing, Photography and Ranching”
Winding Straps
EDITOR’S NOTE: On a ranch, everyone in the family has a job to do according to their skills and abilities. On her blog, RealRancher Heather Hamilton shares a job her sister, Holly, is in charge of as part of their hay transportation operation. Among Holly’s jobs around here are rolling straps as often as possibleContinue reading “Winding Straps”
Doing Chores In Style
EDITOR’S NOTE: In honor of the launch of RealEnergy on RealRanchers.com, The Original Muck Boot Company and RealRanchers.com gave away four pairs of The Chore boots on our Facebook page in July. One of the winners responded kindly to our request for photos of her wearing her prize. Thanks for the contribution Gail and kids!Continue reading “Doing Chores In Style”
Conspiring
Chugwater‘s child labor force was comparing notes at the beef arena during the Platte County Fair in Wheatland, Wyo. They were so intent and cute with their chatter. This is our ag future. From RealRancher Donita Graves – Wheatland, Wyo.
The Good Mama Blues & Cowboy Entertainment
This week we’re directing you over to RealRancher Ondi Shepperson’s blog to read her two latest posts. Ondi has a unique style and captures some great ranching moments and we’re honored she let’s us share her posts! Good Mama Blues Cowboy Entertainment On an unrelated note, if you’re ever in Ondi’s neck of the woodsContinue reading “The Good Mama Blues & Cowboy Entertainment”
Reflections of a Cow Man’s Daughter
Jennifer Faulkner, a University of Wyoming graduate student, received the Larsh Bristol photojournalism stipend in May 2011. This funding supports her current project, which aims to represent the ranching community. Her goal is to capture images of every day ranch life, with an emphasis on the diversity and challenges of this lifestyle. Jennifer wrote inContinue reading “Reflections of a Cow Man’s Daughter”
Bessey’s Equality
The saga of Bessey Stacy Badger, my great-grandmother’s mother, who homesteaded with her husband, Leland, is a story of equality. They homesteaded in eastern Wyoming in the late eighteen hundred’s. Wyoming was known as the “equality state,” a fortunate state for Bessey and Leland to choose to homestead. This is not a story about Leland. Continue reading “Bessey’s Equality”
Tell her what she’s won!
We recently hosted a promotion on our Facebook page. The 1000th person to “like” us won a prize package of Wyoming Made goodies! Our winner was Margreet from Ohio. This is what Margreet told us about herself, “We have a small farm…set of 13 year old boy/girl twins, a 3 year old little girl, a goldenContinue reading “Tell her what she’s won!”
Remembering 9/11
It has been a decade since that terrible day on September 11, 2001. And although New York City, Pennsylvania and Washington, D.C. are 2,000 miles from Wyoming, we felt the shock wave from sea to shining sea. As the towers fell, we stood. No longer segmented by region, background or industry. We weren’t ranchers orContinue reading “Remembering 9/11”
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