Branding
Last Friday my dad was branding some of his remaining cattle. Although a few of the photos here look a little bloody, it doesn’t hurt the cows any–it’s about like us getting our nails trimmed.
Last Friday my dad was branding some of his remaining cattle. Although a few of the photos here look a little bloody, it doesn’t hurt the cows any–it’s about like us getting our nails trimmed.
Farming seasons are always such a busy time of year for us. I understand that most of you have never been on a tractor nor had the opportunity to smell the freshly turned dirt. Because it is such a huge part of our life here, I enjoy sharing part of it with you.
This year the weather decided to warm up very quickly, and in doing so the snow in the upper parts of the mountains started to melt of much more quickly. The result was some nice muddy runoff–and a lot of it!
One of the things I love the most about this area is how much recreational fun you can have. I was riding around with some friends and some relatives, and of course I had to get a few shots.
The last few days it has rained and rained. This evening, however, the sun came out and lit everything up in a most beautiful colorful light. Even though it was muddy, I wasn’t going to let it stop me from going out and taking some photos! These photos were all taken behind Weber Canyon, mostly [...]
I know the farming season will start very soon, and I have spent the entire week working for the school district. So what better thing to do then get out and enjoy the beauty of Star Valley (Freedom). So that’s what I did. This is a collection of some of the photos I took on [...]
April 20th was really the first warm nice day we had. I was trying to take good advantage of it, so after doing some yard work I took a few minutes to walk and and take some photos. I was also able to spend some good time visiting with my Grandma Weber. The Sunrise was [...]
Yesterday morning I made a panoramic shot looking at our farm. In the evening I was visiting my grandparents (exactly across the field) and thought it’d be cool to do one looking in the other direction. So I did.:)
My ancestors settled in Star Valley (Freedom to be exact) in the late 1800′s. Samuel Weber was a swiss immigrant, who came to the United States after being converted to the LDS church. Since so many people came to the valley from Switzerland, dairy farming was the source of the local economy. Since Star Valley also [...]
March is here, and along with it signs of Spring, and one of those signs is the birth of new baby calves in the beef heard.