cattle drive

Cattle Drive

The cowboys in movies made cattle drives look easy, but this thing didn’t even have a steering wheel or a cup holder . . .

By |April 26th, 2017|Categories: Birds, domestic animals, Old Movies, Vehicles|Tags: , , , |Comments Off on Cattle Drive

Cow Years

After a little research on the Internet, Leroy (black, far right) had found that there were two kinds of cow years–Mama cows and milkers as well as herd bulls lived about 80 cow years that equated to about 15 human years, but “market cattle”  crammed all 80 cow years into about two human years.  As he approached his second year and second round up, he was more than a little concerned which cow years he would live . . .

By |June 16th, 2014|Categories: domestic animals, Texas|Tags: , , , , , |Comments Off on Cow Years

Git Along Little Dogies

Jordan, who worked in an office in North Texas, loved cows, but seldom got to be around them.  Then, one day, while visiting friends south of Houston and on the way to the beach, she came upon a cattle drive.  Her hosts were nervous that the cows would take too long and not give them enough time at the beach, but Jordan said, “We can wait,” and started singing, “Git along, little dogies…” . . . .  David, Sf.G.

By |November 5th, 2012|Categories: Texas|Tags: , |Comments Off on Git Along Little Dogies