Hi, I'm Erin, A woman who keeps two torches and a branding iron in the fire at all times! Join me in my adventures in life as I try to wrangle my two enthusiastic children, all my many horses, a brahma calf or ten, a whole pack of dogs and a man who is truly a western original!
JulieAnne
June 8, 2017
It has been a wet spring! And the grass is growing! And the horses are fat and shiny! It is time to get some sold and get them to work.
Meet JulieAnne. She is a 15 year old grade quarter horse mare. (She was papered but the people we bought her from didn’t have the papers.. one of those things.)
She’s easy to catch and is polite. She is between 14-15hh. She seems to like women more than men.
Kids can ride her. She is well trained. Moves off leg pressure. And I think she knows quite a bit.
She’s kind and quiet. Rides down the road or trail with out spooking.
Gorgeous golden palomino color with flaxen main and tail.
With a kind, quiet eye.
She is fond of hugs.
And just a nice gal to go on a ride with.
$1500 Please call 307-254-3968. Thanks so much! Erin
Thanks for stopping by the barnyard! I have tons of other horses I am preparing to post on the web page! Check back soon!
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First Baby of 2017
May 10, 2017
We went out to check the bucking horse mares on Sunday, May 7 and look what we found!
Look fast, there they go!
First bucking horse baby of the year! Out of Billy Both Socks and a mare that we bought from Rob Tillett.
And you will never believe this in a million years, but he was born on my friend Billie Tillett’s Birthday! Can you believe that?!
I have no choice but to name this colt Billy Tillett. There is just no other way.
Like a good uncle, Billy the Kid came to check us out, while we checked out his mares.
Gifford and Billy watching the mares.
And saying, “Howdy."
And sharing a handshake.
While the boys where exchanging formalities, it gave the baby time to stretch out in the shade. But as I got closer mom gave him a little nudge.
And up he went.
And off they went.
And foaling season is officially started yay! Stop back again to see more baby pictures, I love to share them! Thanks so much!
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Puppies in May!!
May 2, 2015 — Update All puppies have found their homes!
The first litter is out of Riggin x Riley, these pups were born March 12 and are ready to go! Riggin is 15" +/- and about 30 lbs, Riley is 14” +/- and about 30 lbs. They aren’t real tall dogs, but they are about as wide as they are tall. Riggin is the kindest, gentlest male dog I have ever met and Riley is happy go lucky and loves everyone!
Cinna is a red merle male, he has two blue eyes, he is the quietest and shyest pup of the litter and is absolutely stunning! $950
Iris is a red tri female, she has two hazel eyes, she is super calm and loves to cuddle. $800
The second litter is the Cheif x Gidget litter. They were born March 17, and will be ready to go the first this weekend. Chief is about 15" and about 25lbs. Gidget is 14" and about 12lbs. Both are really fabulous dogs and we have been very happy with this cras in previous litters.
Bud is a black tri male, he has two brown eyes, he is a turkey! $700
Jade is a black tri female, she has two brown eyes, and is full of personality! $800
Neo is a blue merle male, he has blue brown eyes, he is not marked perfectly but is beautiful and as healthy as can be and full of fun! $600
If you are interested in any of these cuties give me a call or a text, I have been having a terrible time trying to keep up on my email!
Thanks so much!
Erin
307-254-3968
Cowley Spring rodeo is this weekend! See you all there!
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Planing!
April 4, 2017
In case you hadn’t heard, I just bought a piece of land last fall. In November. I am sooo excited!
The animals are moved up there, now all I have to do is figure out the buildings and landscaping and driveway and …. well there is a lot of planning to do. Here is what I am thinking. I wanted to run it by you.
Tell me what you think.
Eventually I will want to build this barn that will be part house, part dog kennel and part barn. I had hoped to begin that construction this spring, but that may not happen.
Such is life, but I will need to make space for my barn in the eventual plans and lay out of the barnyard.
This is the google map image of my land.
This is how I have things laid out right now. The star represents where the utilities are. I have the dog kennels and a pony pen up now.
I found a nice little trailer house that I am going to move onto the land this spring, we can stay in that while we are building the barn.
So this is how I see the lay out… eventually.
This is kind of how I imagine setting things up. The trailer, bull pens and the barn are permanent type structures while the dog kennels can be moved (with quite some difficulty!)
So as the spring keeps marching on with all the ferocity Wyoming Weather can bring,
I will continue to plan and eventually get these plans put into motion!
In the mean time, I seem to find myself continually looking up at the sky!
And being amazed by the beauty that can be found there!
Thank you so much for joining me here at the barnyard! I would appreciate any feed back or tips or tricks that you may have to share with me as I start this building process!
Please take a moment to see the puppies that are available!
Come back soon! We’ll leave the light on for ya!
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2016 Bucking horse babies (finally!)
March 16, 2017
I have been trying to do this every year, documenting the year’s foals on my blog. Every fall I think why would I need to write that down? I can remember it… alas. I have learned that these thing need to be recorded. (Foals 2015)
It is amazing how much a foal can change in 6 months alone… so 4 years down the road when we start bucking these babies, we are constantly scratching our heads and trying to remember which mare is their mother.
So - none too soon, here are the 2016 bucking horse foals, for your enjoyment and my record keeping.
This black mare is Birthday Girl’s Mom, we named her that because she is Birthday Girl’s mom. (Meet Birthday girl here, and see her helping me paint here)
Now - this is pretty amazing!
In 2015 this mare had her foal on Dick’s birthday, February 21. And in 2016, you’ll never believe me, but she had her foal on MY birthday! May 20!
Any bets on what day the 2017 foal will be born?
Bobby Sue and her colt. The stud’s name is Billy Both Socks. I want to name this colt Badger Bobby Both Socks, but Dick says that is too much for a rodeo announcer to get out. (He may be correct, this time.)
I love his markings!
What do you think we should name him?
This is Icy Sparks and her foal.. they made it hard to get the best record keeping shot, so I uploaded two photos of them.
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The Kicking Mare and her foal.
Pretty woman and her foal, two pictures of them as well.
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Wild Rose and her foal.
Thank you for joining us here at the barnyard! Pull up a chair and stay a while! Check out the puppies! And please come back soon!
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Kelsey puppies 8 weeks old
March 4, 2017
Kelsey’s pups are ready to go this weekend. I have several people interested in them, so I wanted to take them out for a photoshoot. Here are the currently available puppies.
Alan
Bandit and Bat
Dan
Cordell
Delta
Duke
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Ranch pups and nosey horses
1-10-17
We saw over 40 degrees yesterday! After a loooong haul of day time highs being in the single digits (or lower) 40 felt like heaven!
So I took the puppies out for a photoshoot and they had a blast! Hope had tons of fun running and licking up the snow.
Tabby thought the snow was fabulous! I think she may have been making snow angels, what do you think?
It was so warm I even took my coat off for a while during the photoshoot. The pups where having a blast playing on it.
When suddenly!
Woof! What’s that?! Woof!
Stumpy, Raja and Matthew went on his alert!
Oh it’s only nosey horses. Montana Millie led the investigation posse, with Old Dime coming up behind.
The boy pups went bounding forward to greet this new adventure! Matthew and Raja.
Millie, Old Dime, Raja and Matthew checked each other out. (Raja is never terribly concerned about anything. Can you tell?)
The girls went running for cover. Hope and Tabby thought there were safer feet to stand near than the horses'. (I think they may be right.)
While Dusty went to say, “Hi," to Gifford, the girls stayed safe and Raja just kept being happy-go-lucky Raja. Not a care in the world!
Meanwhile Tres asked Millie, “What are those things?”
And Old Dime said, “I know what they are! They’re puppies! Yuck!”
Hey, Dime, I think you may have something in your teeth.
Thank you for joining us here at the barnyard! Check out the available puppies! And come back soon, we sure appreciated having you!
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2017 Starts out chilly!
1-9-17
It was a little different Christmas than we are used to around here.
The kids got to head to the coast of Oregon with my family.
While I stayed home to take care of the horses.
And the dogs.
But I had good company.
And took some pretty pictures in the cold!
Really cold! Highs of zero on lots of days!
But it was so beautiful, (I keep reminding myself of that!)
And I did get some fabulous puppy pictures! And the cold never bothered me any, right?!
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Hey Raja, do you wanna build a snowman?
12-30-16
The weather was fine today! So I took Raja and Nova up for a photoshoot. Raja is so beautiful and photogenic!
My perfect little blue model!
With cold little paws!
Nova was a little harder to take photos of.
He loves to sit near my feet.
And if he’s not sitting near me he is speeding like a bullet!
I got some good photos! But what I really wanted to share with you today are the outtakes!
What the heck is going on here? Is Nova licking Matthew’s feet as they go running past?
I dunno!
And then there is this. The ultimate double play photobomb! I’m going to just leave it here with this one!
“Hey Raja, do you wanna build a snowman?”
Or is he making Raja into a snowman?
Thank you so much for stopping by the barnyard for a visit today! Click through to see more about the puppies!
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Wyoming Sushi Roll Tutorial
December 28, 2016
For a bunch of red necks from Wyoming my family is very fond of sushi. California rolls in particular.
My brother Jared taught Addie to make these rolls on Easter of 2015.
And now whenever there is a family get-together or special occasion we like to make some sushi rolls. Christmas 2015
This year my family is all gathered at a beach house in Oregon. I couldn’t go this time around. (I’m in the middle of moving and building a house, and raising puppies and… well more on that later. But I stayed home.)
Part of my sister, Beth’s, Christmas present from me was all the tools and most of the ingredients to make sushi. So I promised her I would put together a tutorial for her so that she could visit and make sushi all on her own.
Start with sushi rice. I buy mine on amazon. Make sure to rinse it several times till the water around the rice is clear. (This is the step I forgot a couple times and trust me your sushi will NOT be good unless you remember to rinse your rice!)
After cooking the rice according to directions, pour it into a large bowl while one person fans it, another stirs it. As the rice is stirred and cooled add the sushi rice dressing a little at a time. (Click on the pictures for more thorough directions)
Dressing for sushi rice recipe
2-2/3 cups sushi rice or short-grain rice
2-1/2 cups water
3 tbs. rice vinegar
2 tbs. sugar
1-1/2 tsp salt
Cover the sushi mat with plastic. Keep a bowl of water handy to rinse fingers and keep rice from sticking to your knife.
Pat some rice onto your nori. Then flip nori over.
Layer crab (imitation if you are making it in Wyoming), avocado and cucumber on your nori.
Then roll. Keeping firm pressure on your mat.
Slice and enjoy! Serve with soy sauce, wasabi and siracha. Have fun playing with ingredients. (These photos are from the BrownEyedBaker.com click on the photos for additional instructions.)
I made a surf and turf with home raised beef tenderloin, shrimp, carrots and avocado that I think was about as good as any roll I’ve had.
Jared made one with BBQed wild boar meat he called the piggly wiggly that was darn good too!
Here is a nice video to help.
Thank you for joining me here at the barnyard! Be sure to check out the puppies! And stop back again soon, I am going to be filling you in on all the moving and house plans! So exciting I can’t hardly wait of you to see it.
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