January and February are winter scenes at the Dryhead Ranch

January and February are winter scenes at the Dryhead Ranch.  Most of us don't see the ranch like this and since we have been getting a lot of snow in the Pryor Mountains it is a good time to put up a few winter/snow shots before we start wishing for spring.  Sky Grant, Chris Hatch and Jake Hahn have dressed as warm as possible, got on their horses, called their trusty friends to come and help them (dogs) and rode out making sure all of the cows walked down the trail ahead of them.  The weather man says we have about 28 inches of snow in our Dryhead Country.

Getting Ready to bring in the Mares and Colts

We are going to gather mares and colts next week and work with each pair in the corral and do the registration markings and take pictures.  This is one of my favorite things to do. I love to see the new babies and how they have grown.  I love to see the mares and the markings and personality they have given to the new off spring.  The weather was beautiful this week?  Rain, sleet, snow, wind, and wonderful sunshine.  We are hoping for something similar this coming week.  I just need sunshine for a hour or so each day for good pictures.

We have had summer late into our normal fall but when it turned to cool it did it fast.  We have had snow and frost almost every night since.  But fall, even though it is short, is beautiful on the Dryhead.

Family Happenings

We have had many special events this summer in our family.  I want to add just a few pictures: Howdy Charles Hahn was born, Brittany and Eric had their children sealed to them at the mormon temple, Kristen turned 17, Miss Iris is hanging in there at 86 in October, our Stringham/Bassett/Brimhall family reunion was a great success with 114 attending in June. 

Breaking Colts in July

Jake and Tyler take several weeks during the July-August summer season to invite neighboring cowboys to come and start young colts.  During these two weeks they halter broke, saddled, put the first rides on 30 colts.

Finishing up Branding at the Dryhead

Finished up all of our branding this week (June 3-9, 2012) and so now our cows and their calves are all out on their summer pasture. Have been getting substantial rain storms about every weekend so this has really helped our abnormally dry spring turn into a promising summer for good grass and fat cattle.
Beginning this week (June 10-16, 2012) we are gathering all our mares and their new foals to put together our mare bands for the summer breeding season. Those that have come in are of course cute little buggers and we are looking forward to seeing the rest come in tomorrow.

Cassidy and Maddy were thrilled with their new water buckets for Easter. They were thrilled to water the Iris's that are coming up along the walkway at Grandma's house. We had a beautiful Easter Day. Church in the morning and a nice dinner in the afternoon. Hope all of you also had a great day to celebrate the Atonement of our Lord. Even with all of the turmoil we have a lot to be thankful for. Each of you coming into our lives and becoming our friends, that is a lot to be thankful for. We are looking forward to seeing those of you who are coming back to ride with us in 2012 and for those who cannot make it this year we hope the best for you and pray that you will be able to come another time.