Wednesday, November 3, 2010

Your Walking Down a Trail and. . . .

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. . . .you hear a cowbell. . . .then a steer comes charging around the corner. What's the first thought that comes to mind? He...
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Saturday, October 30, 2010

Autumn: Like The Setting Sun

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The Pit Scout the Ox Harry the Dog Close of Day at Close of Season
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Ox Twirling Branches On Horns

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Scout the Ox likes to twirl small branches around his horns. (Including the Red Twig Dogwood foundation plantings in front of our hou...
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Wednesday, October 27, 2010

Ox, Dog, Pony: Three is Company

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  Take away the pony, and now you have two.  This threesome was a common sight in our pasture, however, with the help of a friend I hav...

Dog Protects Pony?

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I think that Peaches the Pony saw me coming but Harry the Dog didn't --- and he's suspicous of something unusual having entered...
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^This Side Up! ^

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  "Like This?"  Copy cat kitten.
Thursday, October 21, 2010

Cat and Dog --- Friends?

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Is the cat okay? Yes. Harry the Dog is now only allowed in the entryway --- and that --- only occasionally. Soapy, one of our two cat...
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Peaches the Pony Escapes from Horns of the Ox

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In Northwestern Minnesota our Autumn is often a very brief period between Summer and Winter --- sometimes measured in days or weeks. Today i...
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Friday, October 15, 2010

Single Ox Pulling Cart

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Scout the Ox Reflects on the Changing Seasons I wonder if my  Carul cu Boi would bring EUR 155,000 ($208,109.90 US).  Would you like...
Thursday, October 14, 2010

Family with Ox --- Butter Sculpture

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  Family with Ox Designed by Marie Pelton, this ox was sculpted from 600# of donated butter by her and her husband Jim Victor. It was f...
Monday, October 11, 2010

Top Price Paid for 'Ox Cart'

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  Carul cu Boi A late nineteenth century Romanian painter’s artwork sold recently in Bucharest, Romania, for EUR 155,000 ($208,109.90 U...

Oxen helped build this country

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Oxen helped build this country I think every village green should have a statue of an ox. He is one of nature’s finest, most useful and vir...
Friday, October 8, 2010

How One Team of Oxen Helped Save the Buffalo from Extinction

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An American Indian legend tells us that many, many years ago the Oceti-Shakowin had come together into a large camp. There were no wild gam...

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(continued from above post)   Buffalo Nickel Minted from 1913 to 1938 In 1886 the Smithsonian Institute sent an exhibition out t...

Sprayed by a Skunk

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How to remove the bad-smelling, odor of the skunk? The remedy is NOT contained in this old verse; it's actually much easier. Bury...
Monday, October 4, 2010

Scout the Ox, a Growing Steer

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Scout the Ox, a Bull Calf ,   the day he rode home on Amy's lap in the cab of the pickup: 13 days of age, November 5th, 2009 ...
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Friday, September 24, 2010

Oxen Pull Stone in Vermont Quarry

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Eight oxen pull a block of marble from a Vermont quarry. The two in the rear may be acting as brakes for the wagon, or they could be r...

A Comfy Spot for a Kitten on a Rainy Day

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Sure beats hanging out under the floor-boards of the granary. (See four posts on 8/1/2010 for the story of Squeak the Kitten's re...

Sophia the Cat Gets a New Name

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  Alas, our two orphan kittens are both tomcats. So Sophia the Cat is now called Soapy; the kitten is still Squeak. Here they are --- han...

Harry the Dog Vies for Attention

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Hyper-exuberance! Ayrshire ox and Newfoundland x Pit Bull Terrier dog

Harry the Dog Fetches the Pop

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case "Bring me a can^ of pop please."
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Thursday, September 23, 2010

Ox Yoke at 2010 Western Minnesota Steam Thresher's Reunion

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Ox Yoke