Pat & Sharon O'Toole: Sum, Sum, Summertime

Time is fleeting, and this summer it has fled even more rapidly than usual. We had our last frost on June 15th and our first frost on August 15th. It has been a busy time with lots of visits from friends, relatives, cousins and outlaws. I thought I'd better put up these photos before the season is well and truly behind us. Already we are seeing signs of changing fall colors.

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Sasha, Pepe and Bahnay
Dudley Creek

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Jack and Siobhan, in pursuit of the wild chicken
Dixon rodeo

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Seamus, plotting his chicken catching strategy
Dixon arena

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Siobhan, mutton busting
Dixon arena

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Siobhan, triathlete
After pig catching, chicken catching and mutton busting
Dixon arena

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Matthew and Seamus on Chief
Homestead Ranch

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Eamon, Dirte, Bruiser and cattle
Bull Pasture, July

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Emily and Ginny bringing in the sheep
Johnson Ranch corrals

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Buck lambs, July
Johnson Ranch corrals

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Maeve, Seamus and Siobhan
On the Routt Forest trail

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Chris (Bridget's husband) on Amigo, Pat and Suzie
Squaw Mountain

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View of the Home Ranch headquarters
Squaw Mountain

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Doe with twins
Sqauw Mountain

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Grandpa and Seamus
Squaw Mountain

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Go West, Young Man
Brian on Squaw Mountain

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Maeve enjoying spaghetti
Grandma & Grandpa's House

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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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