DRY CRIK Journal

Dancing heel-to-toe
across the pen, he gets down
to face the music –

stop, pirouette and glide,
he has the moves
to change a bovine’s thinking.

Lucky-enough to be aboard,
to partner-up,
stay out of his way.

Your horse in the gloaming,
we savor the moments
with a glass of wine.

Posted by John Dofflemyer at 5:13 AM | Permalink | Comments (0)

Arrival and departure of an overnight shower (.01”) from a southern disturbance has lowered temperatures into the 90s and cleared the air for the sweet smell of wet, dry feed and the beginning of a new season, heavy heifers waiting on the moon to calve. Hope for a wet year rides on loose talk of the return of El Niño after three dry years, as buzzards gather early for their thermal glide south.

Date         Dry Creek*            Greasy Creek            Paregien Corrals

8/23                0.01
9/14               trace
10/14              1.82                        2.15                           1.98
10/20                .02                          .02                             .05
11/13                .10                          .15                             .15
11/28                .19                          .13                             .15
12/7                  .05
12/8                  .63                          .81                             .51
12/11                .51
12/12                .24
12/13                .79
12/14                .12                        2.10                            1.80
12/22                .65
12/23                .06                        1.16                              .69
12/27                .04
12/30                .21
12/31                .07                          .31
1/13                  .86
1/14                  .11
1/18                  .32
1/19                  .35
1/20                  .51
1/21                  .65
1/22                1.03
1/23                  .14
1/27                  .03                        3.95                             4.00
2/5                    .14
2/6                    .29
2/7                    .90
2/10                  .40                        1.95
2/20                  .05
2/21                  .46
2/22                  .49                        1.11
2/24                  .55
2/25                  .64
2/27                  .76
2/28                  .75
3/3                    .12
3/4                    .64
3/6                    .02                        3.60                             6.75
3/9                    .08
3/10                  .03
3/13                  .47                          .70                               .55
3/31                  .04
4/1                    .15
4/5                    .50
4/6                    .05                          .75                               .85
4/12                  .89
4/13                  .93                        1.85                             1.73
4/21                1.91
4/22                  .05                        2.10
4/28                  .01
4/29                  .03
4/30                  .03                          .27                             1.76
5/11                  .01
5/18                  .11                          .27                             0.25

Totals            22.00                      23.38                            21.22

* measurements taken at daylight when possible

Posted by John Dofflemyer at 9:25 AM | Permalink | Comments (0)