Pat & Sharon O'Toole: Summer's almost gone...

Indian%20paintbrush-small.jpg
Indian Paintbrush
Muddy Mountain

Yikes! Here it is late August and I'm still waiting for it to warm up! Sadly, we had our first frost on the morning of August 24th, and it was 28 degrees. This summer has been especially busy (for Sharon) because we have not had a ranch cook most of the summer. We employ a cook year-round--or try to. We serve three meals a day, seven days a week and in the summer we usually have ten to fifteen people sitting around the cookhouse table or taking lunches out horseback or in the tractor. Just last week, we found a compatible cook. The good news is that (I hope) I will have more time to blog. Before the summer season completely gets away, here are some photos from summer 2010.

John%20%26%20Claudia-small.jpg
John and Claudia--our shanghaied docking crew
Johnson Corrals
Routt Forest
Routt County, Colorado

Maeve%20%26%20Meghan%2C%20branding-small.jpg
Meghan and Maeve branding

Senor%20Verde-small.jpg
Seamus, known as Senor Verde
last docking (in July)
Johnson Corrals

John%20swinging%20Wyatt-small.JPG
John and Wyatt still had some energy
after docking for six hours
Johnson corrals

late%20docking%20crew-small.jpg
Crew from the last docking

Riley%20%26%20Pepe-small.jpg
Riley and Pepe
note that Riley showed up AFTER we finished docking
AND wearing a white shirt

elk%20through%20trees-small.jpg
Elk along the Little Snake
Upper Valley

horse%20framed%20by%20branches-small.jpg
Bayou through the trees
Johnson Ranch

Brain%2C%20Siobhan%20on%20bike-small.jpg
Brian, teaching Siobhan to ride a bike
Home Ranch

tractors%2C%20hay-small.jpg
Tractors--in from the hayfield
Home Ranch

Ron%20verifying%20bear%20kill-small.jpg
Ron Iverson, Wyoming Game Warden
verifying one of many many bear kills
Mouse Pasture, Home Ranch

bird%20in%20pond-small.jpg
A bird in the pond
Home Ranch
photos by Sharon O'Toole

Post a comment

(If you haven't left a comment here before, you may need to be approved by the site owner before your comment will appear. Until then, it won't appear on the entry. Thanks for waiting.)

Name:

Email Address:

URL:

Remember personal info?

Comments: (you may use HTML tags for style)

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.

Pat & Sharon O'Toole

Summer's almost gone...

Post a comment

About Pat & Sharon O'Toole

Search

Archives

Recent Posts