Poka_Doodle's journal

[murphysranch]

Super update and wonderful photos!!

 

[Baymule]

Exciting times for you. Student teaching, you are almost there! Soon you will graduate and be off and running into your career.
Sad for the losses, we want to keep our animals forever but it just ain’t so.
I like your idea of raising chickens, that’s something to explore when you get a job and go home every day. We work to support our animal habits, ya’ know!

 

[animalmom]

Nooooooooooooo! How can you be student teaching when last week you were a 12 year old showing chickens? If you found a time warp you must let us in on it... maybe we can go backwards and avoid a few mistakes.

On a more serious note, it has been remarkable watching you mature to a beautiful woman. Hope your parents are as proud of you as we on BYH are.

 

[Poka_Doodle]

Thank you all so much. Always hard to lose the old animals, but so grateful for the chickens and sheep I've gotten to raise.

Nooooooooooooo! How can you be student teaching when last week you were a 12 year old showing chickens? If you found a time warp you must let us in on it... maybe we can go backwards and avoid a few mistakes.

On a more serious note, it has been remarkable watching you mature to a beautiful woman. Hope your parents are as proud of you as we on BYH are.

You guys have no idea how much this means to me. I feel like I have grown up here.
Not sure 12 year old me knew she'd make it out... but here I am.
Oh and don't get me started on running. Because 2.5 years ago I was finishing up showing sheep, and now I just signed up for another ultra marathon. And I have to remember that summer I wrote somewhere in google docs that I was glad I had been a runner and glad it was a part of my past.
In all seriousness, thank you everyone here who has followed along the last many years, it's been pretty special.

 

[Poka_Doodle]

I really haven't been on here much recently. And I guess I don't know where to even start.
I graduated college officially, that's pretty crazy. Not completely sure what is next, but that was a super fun chapter that is coming to an end. I actually move out tomorrow.
Getting through our first lambing with the dorpers. 6/7 the way through, and one last ewe who looks like she has a beachball in her belly. At 5 lambs currently, 4 ewes and a ram. Had one stillborn ram that didn't have a lower jaw, that was something. Going to sell the dorpers after the last ewe has her baby. We enjoyed having them, but it is way too big of a risk for local wildlife.
Got almost a dreaded call to go home on Tuesday, after driving around the state for job interviews, I had been home for about 30 minutes when I got a call that my old bay gelding wasn't well. Fingers crossed, he is still with us. He just turned 24, hope it isn't time, but if it is, he got his girl to her college graduation.
Running... where do I start... 4 weekends coming up with racing, I hope. So many 4:30 alarms this winter, can't say I am a fan of those. But got some goals, and what I have gotten to do already is pretty special to me.
I'll get lamb pictures here soon, just need to get the rest of my bedroom packed into a truck for now.

 

[Mini Horses]

Congrats on the college degree! Super nice.

Hope your gelding pulls thru

 

[Baymule]

Now it’s on to the next adventure in life. Wherever that is, you’ll find it.
I’m glad your gelding got better, 24 is a good life. The next birthday and the next after that would be better, just so you can pet him and tell him how much he means to you.

Keep up the running! Meet all your goals, I know you will.

Congratulations on graduating, life is out there waiting on you!

 

[SageHill]

Congrats!!!
The next adventure begins soon I'm sure you'll pick something good.

Yeah those 4:30 wakes ups aren't fun, but with a clear goal once up it's a lot easier and the goal is it's own reward. WTG.

 

[Poka_Doodle]

I will get lamb pictures...
Been another minute since I was last here.
Where do I start...
Accepted a job to move to SW Montana in the fall, very excited for that.
Left the town I student taught in May 23rd, made a detour to pick up some cochin chicks, very worth it. But got home, got the chicks unloaded, and was told it was Ticket's day. The horse that raised me waited until we took some college graduation pictures, and then till the day I got home for the summer, to leave. He raised me and was there for so much for our family.
Survived running 4 races in 20 days or something, this running journey has been pretty cool, and lots more is coming.
Really just been working for friends, and running since. Been some fun cattle drives on off days.
After 2 months of calving, we finished last Sunday night, was a very exciting day.
Oh and I sold the dorpers. Just couldn't do it with wild sheep in the area. Funny thing- when they got picked up, their new owners asked if we had any baby chicks for sale. Very conveniently sold a hen with 8 chicks.

Moved cows on my parents horse this week

Family picture from before I sold the lambs.

 

[SageHill]

Good to see you! Glad that everything is going well. Sounds like you've got a big change coming soon in Montana!