Pat & Sharon O'Toole: Fall Away

Today, we got our second snowfall, but I think this one will stick. We have been in that period when the earth breathes. The frenzied growing season, followed by fall's astonishing burst of color, has passed. For awhile, the ground lies fallow, resting with the browns and grays as summer's green and fall's yellow pass on. We now start our season when the earth is blanketed and protected, waiting for the year's moisture to fall and prepare for next year's sustenance.

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Shipping lambs from Badwater
photo by Pat O'Toole

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Pepe bringing up the tarp
Badwater
photo by Pat O'Toole

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Ned McKee inspects sheep, too
Badwater
photo by Sharon O'Toole

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Eamon with crook
Badwater
photo by Sharon O'Toole

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Megan bundled up
Badwater
photo by Sharon O'Toole

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Siobhan on Aveena, ready to gather cows
Home Ranch
photo by Sharon O'Toole

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Siobhan and Pat, heading out
photo by Sharon O'Toole

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Meghan on Mary, with Bruiser, chasing cows
Upper Smylie
photo by Sharon O'Toole

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Cows, hanging out
Upper Smylie
photo by Sharon O'Toole

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Catching a drink from Battle Creek
Battle Creek crossing
photo by Sharon O'Toole

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Buck, in love
near Home Ranch
photo by Pat O'Toole

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Like hogs to slaughter
Mountain Meat
photo by Sharon O'Toole

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Edwin, Tono, Pepe and Daniel at Thanksgiving dinner
Home Ranch
photo by Sharon O'Toole

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About Pat & Sharon O'Toole

Pat and Sharon O’Toole are ranchers in the Little Snake River Valley near Savery, Wyoming, right on the Colorado-Wyoming border. They raise cattle, sheep, horses, dogs and children. Pat “immigrated” from Florida in 1970. He attended Colorado State University, where he met Sharon when both worked for the campus newspaper. Sharon grew up on their ranch, where they live and work with her father, their daughter, son and granddaughter (soon to be grandchildren!). Pat is a “water buffalo” and has served in the Wyoming House of Representatives (1986-1992), on the President’s Western Water Policy Review Advisory Commission, and is the current President of the Family Farm Alliance, which advocates for farmers, ranchers and irrigators. Sharon is an author, poet and journalist. She writes extensively on Western issues and is a columnist for “The Shepherd” magazine. Pat and Sharon are the parents of three children: Meghan, 27; Bridget, 26; and Eamon, 20.

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Posted by: vladimir BARRERA SOLORZANO | December 7, 2008 12:21 AM

I check your blog for new posts on a regular basis and it is always a nice day when I find a new post.Thanks for the interesting pics and I learn so much from the posts.

Posted by: ella kennedy | December 9, 2008 1:23 PM

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