Dipper Ranch

Windscorpian    It's walnut harvest time. There's going to be a big crop and lots of neighbors and friends to share the bounty...

A maple tree in spring bud at the west corner of the holding pen.    When Cowboy V delivered the new cattle in January, I was perplexed ...

Hello, hello, are you dead yet? The driveway and the front gate have a good view across the Dipper Ranch, so I always scan the propert...

Mountain beaver (a.k.a. aplodontia) is one of the unusual mammals you get to practice camera trapping on at this workshop in the Sierra Ne...

"Look, we've got visitors," said Mr. Gingerbread Boyfriend as he watched the sunset on Christmas Eve from the new bathroom ...

An unexpected calf on the Dipper Ranch in May  Heifers are female cows who have never bred. Steers are male cattle who have been fixed s...

Grazed hillsides in late spring on the Dipper Ranch. Soon the cattle will be leaving at the end of their grazing season. Things will get q...

A.M. - just enough fog to outlines the hills.  Goodbye spring.

On a full-moon night,  the moon rises at the same time the sun sets. Half our world is sky. At least when you are in the country and hav...

A lacy doily made out of petals of a cudweed I have crafty caterpillars in my farmyard.  My five sisters inherited our grandma's s...

Cows: Whatcha' doing? Me:  Looking for bad guys.

Cattle reflect at the Barn Pond, an ephemeral pond which appears for a few days after heavy and steady rain. How, they wonder, do frogs a...

Two coyotes working the carcass on the night of Day 2. After finding both canine and feline tracks around the dead steer , we decided to ...

Deer skull in the Bone Yard The ground is covered with bright green grass which germinated in the fall rains.  Most days have been cool, ...

Cowboy V often manages his cattle by walking and watching. The cattle operator, Cowboy V, brought another load of cattle to the Dipper R...

Rain and snow greeted newly arrived cattle in December 2009 Cowboy V called today and he'll start trucking in cattle soon.  This week...

Summertime. Vacation. 4th of July.  This 4th of July, we decided to try a new tradition - watching the fireworks from elevation 2572 feet....

Steer on a line Wednesday morning started with Hawkeye Cindy washing another load of dishes. When a group of black cattle moved across my k...

I've got a great view out my kitchen window. Yesterday as I was washing the breakfast dishes, I watched a colorful group of cattle gra...

Unloading into the corral. The cattle have arrived for the start of the Dipper Ranch grazing season. Fifty-some calves arrived on December ...