Sunday, September 28, 2014

The Grass IS Greener on the Other Side of the Fence

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Scout the Ox, July 15th, 2014 Scout gets to graze in the meadow after hauling firewood.
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Friday, June 20, 2014

Scout the Ox Gets into Mischief!

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Scout the Ox eats the load, clips the gate, and pops a wheelie. Music: Anon, Medieval Dance Tunes Source: Musopen
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Thursday, June 19, 2014

Autumn Ox Hauling Firewood with a Sled

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Video of Scout the Ox bringing in the firewood on a colorful but blustery fall day --- ending in a rain shower. Good demonstration of a sin...
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Wednesday, April 16, 2014

Scout the Ox Brings in the Squash: Autumn 2013

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 Scout the Ox helps with the garden harvest October 19, 2013
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Tuesday, February 25, 2014

Scout the Ox Brings in the Wood

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We haul firewood on a beautiful October day in northwestern Minnesota.   Music: 10 Variations on a Theme by Salieri (1799) Vadim Chaimovich
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Das "Air" von Bach: Musical Ox Cart Ride

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Orchestral piece, "Air" by Johann Sebastian Bach, played by the USAF Band (The Air Force Strings) on their album "Collage....
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Thursday, January 9, 2014

Harry the Dog Won't Be Ignored

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Harry the Dog persists in getting my daughters attention while she' trying to talk on the cell phone.
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Sunday, January 5, 2014

Thumbs-up Ox Cart Ride

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More grandkids go for ox cart ride.
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3-year-old Girl Rides Ox Cart: Tric, Trac, Tric, Trac

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Granddaughter chatters and sings on summer ox cart ride with her grandfather.
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Monday, November 25, 2013

Crazy Dog!

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Dogs, cattle and sheep sometimes exhibit this interesting behaviour on cool summer evenings (and cold winter evenings) when it is calm an...
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Saturday, November 16, 2013

Kissed by an Ox

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Scout the Ox tastes the baby's feet. Music: Greensleeves  Performers: Paul Arden-Taylor (descant recorder), Carol Holt (harpsichord) ...
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Summer: Kids, Grass, and Scout the Ox

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Two of the grandkids hang out with the ox and dog (and Grandpa) on a summer afternoon. Music: Stereofloat - Sailing the Aegean Seas from ...
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Girl Rescues Baby Sister's Blanket from the Dog

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Harry the Dog steals the baby's blanket right out of her arms, but her big sister comes to the rescue. Music: Stereofloat - Sailing t...
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Dog Teases Child: Steals Blanket

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Happy Harry the Dog teases our grandchild --- and she takes it in stride. They play a little tug-of-war. Music: Stereofloat - Sailing the...
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Child and Dog Play Ball

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Playing is a good bonding time for dogs and children. Being included in the fun and games makes for a happy dog who is safer around childre...
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Dog and Baby Get Reaquainted

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When the newest member of our extended family comes home for a visit, Happy Harry the Dog (and Grandpa and Grandma) get reacquainted. Mak...
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Sunday, September 29, 2013

Ox-in the Golden Sun

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Granary at Sunrise Pasture and Poplar Trees at Sunrise Scout the Ox and Me in Silhouette 
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Face-to-Face with a Working Ox

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Scout the Ox poses for the camera while skidding poplar tees. Music: French Suite # 4 by Johann Sebastian Bach. Performer: Felipe Sarros  S...
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Wind in the Trees: Ox in the Yoke

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Scout the Ox goes through his paces skidding poplar trees.
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BULLDOZER

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Scout the Ox playing around
Friday, August 30, 2013

The Ox's Whoa! Is Good

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Scout the Ox stops quick while skidding small hybrid poplar trees.
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Ox Cart Ride: Memorable for the Flies

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An early summer cart ride offers no peace for Scout the Ox.
Wednesday, August 28, 2013

Smoke Ox

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Smoke repels mosquitoes, and cattle are either very quick to catch on to this, or they know it by instinct.
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Wednesday, July 31, 2013

Scout the Ox Savours Beverage Can

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Scout the Ox eats an aluminum beverage can....ooops! Maybe I'll find it in the pasture one day. Pica behaviour? Scout the Ox P...
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Tuesday, July 16, 2013

Swampin' with Scout the Ox

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Things get a little dicey when we take a shortcut across the river bottom.
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Sunday, July 7, 2013

Bella Adores Harry-the-Dog

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Harry-the-Dog, and Bella, with Scout-the-Ox. Bella and Harry-the-Dog Bella whispers sweet nothings into Harry-the-Dog's e...
Saturday, July 6, 2013

Carriage Dog

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Standard Poodle: Carriage Dog My daughters Standard Poodle seems to have it in his blood to follow the cart wheel, behaviour you'...
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Wednesday, July 3, 2013

Ox and Dog Meet Some Traffic

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Ox and Dog  traveling along the highway. [Multiple exposure.]
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Sunday, June 30, 2013

Ox-on Alert

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Scout the Ox:  Is there a bear in the woods? Scout the Ox:  Hyper-alert. I'm not sure what they were onto this day, but the...
Saturday, June 29, 2013

Big. . . .but not that Big!

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Scout the Ox checks out Swenson Seed Farm tractor. They had just finished seeding a field of soybeans, May 27th, 2013.
Saturday, June 22, 2013

Ox Meets Hidebehind (Fearsome Critter of the Deep Woods)

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Harry the Dog gets too far ahead and Scout the Ox meets face-to-face with a Hidebehind, fearsome critter of the deep woods. Scout loses his...
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Sunday, June 2, 2013

Ox-n-Fire: Controlled Burn

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Scout the Ox reacts to the grass fire. After the sun sets, the rising humidity puts the fire out.

Fire and Mice: Hot Dog!

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Harry the Dog thinks grass fires make good mouse hunting. He gets a little too close to the fire but never seems to notice.
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Friday, May 17, 2013

Rosa Bonheur: Two Teams of Oxen Plowing

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  Plowing in the Nivernais Rosa Bonheur 1849
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Wednesday, May 15, 2013

North Dakota Monitor Grain Drill Hitched to Team of Four Oxen

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Monitor Grain Drill  Hitched to Four Oxen            Fred Hultstrand History in Pictures Collection, NDIRS-NDSU, Fargo, North Dakota ...
Tuesday, May 14, 2013

Single Ox Plowing With Walking Plow and Forecart, 1921 Photograph

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Single Ox Plowing With Walking Plow and Forecart, 1921 Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA ...
Monday, May 13, 2013

Scout the Ox Helping Prepare Tree Cuttings --- Herd-Mates?

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What cattle do when they are not eating is hang-out together. When I have a portable project to work on I use the opportunity to gi...
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Saturday, May 11, 2013

1866 Oxen Ladies French Print --- Dorothy Goethe

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Mother With Infant Riding in Ox Drawn Hay Wagon.  French Print Dorothy Goethe 1866  L'Ilustration

Scout the Ox and Your's Truly, Oklee, Minnesota, USA

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Scout the Ox and Your's Truly Oklee, Minnesota, USA --- Skyline View
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Sunday, May 5, 2013

Dog Escapes Pasture He Shares With Ox

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Harry the Dog is not built for jumping or digging, but for a while now he has been showing up, on occasion, outside the pasture fence. I wa...
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Friday, April 26, 2013

Memorable Things Lost Which were in Use Among the Ancients: Oxen

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Below is the title page of book published in 1715 but first issued in 1589. Below is a quote from the above book. " . . ....
Thursday, April 25, 2013

Oxen Powered Paddlewheelers Used by Romans in Maritime Battles

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15th century illustration of  4th or 5th century oxen powered paddlewheeler. Oxen powered paddle-wheelers were apparently more than jus...
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Tuesday, April 23, 2013

Team of Oxen Battle the Tide in 'The Golden Days'

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Vol. XIII—No. 51              November 12, 1892. Excerpt from Matt and Natt's Venture By Wm. Pendleton Chipman      ...
Sunday, April 21, 2013

White on White: Oxen and Apple Blossoms

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Team of White Oxen in Apple Orchard Eastern United States Photographer: Leslie Jones,  (1886-1967) Courtesy of the Boston Public Lib...
Tuesday, April 9, 2013

Snow on the Ground, Spring in the Air

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An oxcart ride in Eden Township, Polk County, Minnesota, set to Nature's of Winter music by ChuckBerglund, lyrics, Winter Glow by Emi...
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Sunday, April 7, 2013

Oxcart Odyssey

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Grandkids travel through time and across the universe in an oxcart.
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Snow and Ice: Grooming After the Storm

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Helping Scout the Ox stay warm by removing the snow and ice in his coat, with a curry-comb.

Preventing Accidental Learning of Undesirable Behaviors

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A psychology primer.  The concept of accidental learning illustrated by Scout the Ox. Preventing undesirable behavior is the key to elimi...
Sunday, March 31, 2013

The Ox Loves Squash!

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Scout the Ox savours a winter-squash treat from the kitchen .
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Ox and Dog: Forget-Me-Not

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Harry the Dog wants his camera time.
Sunday, March 3, 2013

Ox and Dog: Snow Friends

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Scout the Ox and Happy-Harry the Dog spend a lot of their day just hanging out, passing time. They keep each other company as seen in this ...
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Tuesday, February 26, 2013

Melancholy Ox-Cart Journey

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Winter ox-carting near Trail, Minnesota. Includes Trail Hills, round barn, and the small town of Trail. Free Desktop Background: Wide S...
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Monday, February 18, 2013

Hand Feeding Large, Round, Hay-Bales

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Hand feeding large, round, hay-bales.
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Friday, February 15, 2013

Audio: Squeaky Cold Snow

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When we lived on the coast in Oregon, for a time, I missed the sound of squeaky, cold snow. So here's an audio of the sound, for all th...
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Monday, February 11, 2013

A Fine Fellow

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Scout the Ox  
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Saturday, February 9, 2013

A Job for the Dog

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Happy Harry, a.k.a. Harry-the-Dog, destroyed a lot of dropped gloves and tool handles before I tried to change his bad-boy behavior into go...
Wednesday, January 30, 2013

Moving Large Round Hay Bales With an Ox: Plan B

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If at first you don't succeed try Plan B.
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Sunday, January 27, 2013

History Link: World's Largest Oxen

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Worlds Largest Oxen: Mt. Katahdin and Granger Combined weight 9800 pounds (avg. 4900 pounds each) Mr. A.S. Rand, breeder  Stetson, Ma...

Flatbed Work: Scout the Ox

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S cout the Ox pulls a flatbed trailer for work around the farm.  Notice, at about the middle of the video, I have tied one rein to the trai...
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Saturday, January 19, 2013

Snapshot in the Dark

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Recently, I bedded the ox and the dogs stall with shredded paper that happened to be bright-colored pink, orange, and green. I thought t...
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