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by Cris Paravicini

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2000 Journal Entries:

December, 2000
December 1 - Feeding Cora Valley cattle
December 2 - Truck brakes out
December 3 - Tropical twenties
December 5 - Calves to Riverton
December 11 - Full moon on the rise
December 12 - Rudy's special day
December 13 - President's day
December 14 - Christmas tree trip
December 15 - Horizontal snow
December 16 - Ranch retirement
December 18 - Heidi
December 19 - Horse Creek hay caravan
December 20 - Happy Holidays
Grandma Noble's Radiant Fruit Cake Recipe

November, 2000
November 1 - 10 Belooowwww Zerrrroooo
November 2 - Doctoring
November 3 - Spur
November 4 - Preg Testing
November 5 - Firewood
November 6 - Bull Calves
November 7 - Election Day
November 8 - Jess Griffin
November 9 - Birthday Day
Ichabod - A poem about a horse
November 10 - 2" of Snow
November 11 - 15 Belooowwww Zerrrroooo
November 12 - Sunny is Better
November 13 - 20 Belooowww Zerrroooo
November 14 - Amazing Power of a Wordsmith
November 15 - Uncle Mike
November 16 - Pink Icicles
November 17 - Rudy & Cris's Anniversary
"Jess Griffin-Bullfighter" 
November 18 - Accident!
November 19 - Critter Comforts
November 23 - Thanksgiving
November 26 - The Swamp
November 27 - Moved rest of cows
November 30 - Cold

October, 2000
October 1 - Hunters & gatherers
October 4 - Shipping time soon
Rib Stickin' Ranch Vittles: Cowboy Beef Stew & Noodles
October 6 - 100 Canadian Honkers visit
October 7 - Two below Zero
October 8 - Stubborn leaves
October 9 - Stripping the roof
October 11 - Proud to be an American Cowgirl
October 12 - Columbus Day
October 12 - Skunkbusting!
October 14 - General errands & whatnots
October 15 - What dogs do best
October 16 - Country BS Session
October 17 - Rudy cussing the roofing project
October 18 - No horse wrecks today
October 19 - All the cowboys here today
SKUNKBUSTING!
October 20 - Bar JS Ranch
October 21 - Oklahoma bound
October 22 - Million dollar snowflakes
October 23 - Riding the Upper Green
October 24 - Mama cows
October 25 - Salt & Minerals
October 26 - Cranky bulls
Halloween Story
Sweet Roll Dough and Sticky Bun Topping

September, 2000
September 1 - New Cowgirls & Cowboys
September 2 - Fires are over. Now it's SKUNKS everywhere!
September 3 - Yogi
September 4 - Sunny update
September 5 - Working Cows
September 6 - Horse Creek cattle herd
September 7 - 18 degrees
September 8 - Fall is on the rise
September 9 - Dogs will be dogs
September 10 - Like squirrels
September 11 - Nosy calves meet porcupine
September 12 - Vaccinating
September 13 - Horsewreck
September 14 - Hard time getting water
September 16 - More vaccinating
September 17 - Old brands
September 18 - Fall hike
September 19 - Spiders
September 22 - Snow
September 23 - Drift
September 26 - Big moose
Itsy Bitsy Spider
Ranch Slide Show
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September 28 - Spooky fog
September 30 - First-ever horseback rides

August, 2000
August 1 - Wildfires
August 2 - First day of haying
August 3 - Spanky
August 4 - Dog manners
August 5 - Tramp's education
August 7 - Where only a tractor can tame
August 10 - Fires
August 12 - Major metal fatigue
August 14 - Fires everywhere
August 16 - Halfway mark
August 20 - Dog Clinic
August 21 - Wild Wind Whippings
August 22 - Confused Wild Critters
August 25 - Finished Horse Creek
August 26 - Blind Bull
August 27 - DONE haying
August 28 - Chores
August 29 - Catch-up
August 30 - Friends
August 31 - Something BIG in the coop

July 2000
July 1 - Bull turnout day
July 6 - Waltzing moose and misguided cattle
July 8 - Fence line in steamy quagmire
July 10 - Barn Swallows
July 11 - Dog & horse power
July 12 - World's problems solved
July 13 - Swinging to the moosic
July 15 - Bakin' & freezin'
July 16 - Old Timers' Picnic
July 17 - Deluge
July 18 - Preppin' for haying
July 19 - Bit by a bee
July 20 - Baby Kildeers
July 21 - Calm before the storm
July 23 - Legend
July 24 - Thankful for good friends
July 26 - Meeting a Sublette County 'scentless' skunk
July 27 - Dog days of summer

June 2000
June 1 - Dry as Hell
June 2 - Moved yearlings
June 4 - Bondurant kids coming tomorrow
June 5 - Bondurant School Kids Day
June 6 - Cull cows
June 7 - No mosquitos yet
June 8 - 1989 Firebird
June 9 - Wondering if the tetanus shot is still good
June 10 - Chasing water around the meadowsoved yearlings
June 11 - Calves growing by leaps & bounds
June 12 - Dogs working hard
June 13 - The stray dog
June 15 - Frost for breakfast
June 16 - Had to pull a calf
June 19 - Lightning
June 20 - Scoop & Tramp
June 23 - Toby
June 26 - Bull meets porcupine

May 2000
May 1 - Very May 1st
May 2 - First drops of spring rain
May 3 - Little bull calf
May 4 - Sheep shearing
May 6 - Rain
May 7 - Tromped wool
May 8 - Begging for moisture
May 9 - Frost and flake
May 10 - Honkers
May 11 - Night blizzard
May 12 - Cousin Dave's branding
May 13 - More calf branding
May 16 - Dragging pastures
May 17 - Calf branding
May 18 - Preparing for Sunday's branding
May 19 - Heavy frost
May 20 - First lamb born
May 21 - Our branding
May 22 - Irrigation water on
May 23 - New lamb hurt by cows
May 24 - Broken hip
May 26 - Moved Cows
May 27 - Last Branding
May 29 - Memorial Day

April 2000
April 2 - Chopping ice out of river headgate
April 3 - Chopping ice cont.
April 4 - Canadian honkers
April 5 - Storm moving in
April 6 - Calving continues...
BOVINE CAESARIAN
April 7 - 12-15 calves each day
April 8 - Dollar
April 10 - First gopher of the year
April 11 - The sadder part of calving
April 14 - Lightning strikes the neighbor's haystack
April 15 - Nightly heifer shift
April 16 - Bum calves
April 17 - Jack Snipes
April 18 - Cut dry cows
April 19 - Where are the Bog Frogs?
April 20 - Bog Frogs wake up!
April 23 - 3 weeks ahead of schedule
April 25 - Sage Chicken "Bombers"
April 26 - Dragging
April 27 - Dragging cont...
April 28 - Cris-kabob
April 29 - Still calving

March 2000
March 1 - Blackbirds Return
March 4 - Canadian Geese are Back
March 5 - Killdeer
March 6 - Hauling Hay Bales
March 7 - Hay the Hard Way
March 8 - Breaking out new Feedgrounds
March 12 - Babies will start arriving soon
March 15 - Vaccinated the older cows
March 16 - Calving begins, ready or not...
March 18 - Still dipping to 10 below zero at night
March 19 - Robins, Blue Heron, 3 Sandhill Cranes...
March 20 - All in a day's work
March 22 - Pony Motor died
March 23 - Like chunky little ducks
March 24 - Starlings
March 24 - Snow is melting
March 25 - Getting ready for calving
March 26 - D8 working again
March 27 - 4 babies now...
March 29 - Awaiting the serenade of thawing bog frogs
March 30 - Cow #50

February 2000
February 1 - Daniel Post Office Commemorative
February 2 - Daily Routine Continues
February 3 - Upcoming Daniel Events
February 4 - Salt & Minerals
February 5 - Cows & Mousse
February 6 - Hand-Crank Grain Grinder
February 9 - Feels Just Like April
February 10 - The Storybook Romance of Spur and Sassy
February 12 - Daniel Box Social
February 14 - Valentine's Day
February 15 - Winter Snow Storm
February 16 - Beavers
February 17 - Skunk Hoedown
February 18 - Memories of White Pine and skiing
February 20 - Blackbirds will be back soon
February 21 - Moving cowherd soon
February 22 - Breaking the Work Colts
February 24 - The Lull before March
February 25 - Scruffy
February 26 - Snowmobiling Fun
February 28 - Never Ending Circle

January 2000
January 1 - 15 Degrees Below
January 2 - Milk Separator
January 3 - Scoop
January 4 - The Old Hen
Janaury 5 - Old Beech Nut
January 7 - Snow
January 8 - Stuck on the 4-Wheeler
January 9 - Planning the Garden
January 10 - A Proper Snowstorm Party
Janaury 11 - 10" of New Snow
January 15 - Swamp Cowherd
January 18 - Winter Coming in for a Landing
January 19 - Mystery in the Dark Corner of the Barn
January 20 - Daniel, 100 Years!
January 22 - 8 Below Zero
January 23 - The Blue Balloon
January 24 - Dog's Play
January 25 - Thanks to the Local Lumberyard Folks
January 26 - Bale Feeder Parts
January 27 - 15 Below Zero
January 28 - The Blue Spruce
January 30 - 1000 lbs vs 118

1999 Journal Entries:
December, 1999:
December 1 - Cowboy Wedding
December 6 - Merry Christmas, John Deere Tractor Company!
December 7 - Supplemental feeding begins
December 8 - Wiley coyotes
December 10 - Todd & Clown
December 11 - Bull roundup
December 14 - New tractor door arrives
December 18 - Moving and sorting cows out of the Cora Valley
December 19 - Into the Swamp
December 21 - Bonnie learns that porcupines don't make good toys
December 23 - The big full moon
December 24 - Todd gets to meet the ladies
December 25 - Christmas
December 26 - And more hay
December 27 - Chores, chores, chores
December 28 - New calving sheds
December 29 - Brucellosis vaccinating
December 31 - Sunburn
December 31- Accordian Duets

November, 1999:
November 2 - Heidi the Milk Cow
November 3 - Pony loves the Broncos
November 6 - Barnyard Storms
November 7 - A Wiggle in the Calm
November 8 - Racing the Ground Frost
November 9 - The Elk Hunters Return
November 11 - Sunny
November 12 - The Silent Autumn Waits
November 13 - Big Cat
November 15 - Husband tries to teach Wife
November 16 - JJ
November 18 - Chickens are on Strike
November 20 - The Lamb
November 23 - The Fox
November 24 - Good Bye Taz
November 25 - Bald Eagles
November 27 - Sage Roosters
November 29 - Cris learns what it's like for the cows
November 30 - Tiger to the Rescue

October, 1999:
October 1 - The fox
October 6 - A racoon gets into some feed bags
October 7 - Nub, the Boss's new saddle horse
October 8 - To Riverton auction
October 11 - Sunscreen for Cows?
October 12 - Bo encounters his first jackrabbit
October 13 - Moved the cowherd to the Home Meadow
October 15 - Bulls and Brown Trout
October 17 - Little boys from Pinedale visit the ranch
October 18 - Getting ready for shipping cattle
October 19 - Weaning calves
October 21 - Bull calf knocks the Boss into a pile of cow %$#@
October 27 - Bucked off in the Cattail Patch
October 28 - Calf Bales
October 31 - Halloween

September, 1999:
September 1 - Sunny, the Mischievous Colt
September 12 - Skunk - 1, Cris - 0
September 15 - Taz, the Roan Colt "Joe Black"
September 18 - Haying is Done
September 24 - Vaccinating
September 26 - Took the Calves to Auction
September 27 - Getting ready for Winter
September 30 - A big angry Bull gets loose

August, 1999:
August 6 - Nighttime visit to the Hen House


The Pearson Angus Ranch is located approximately 2 miles northwest of Daniel, and 11 miles west of Pinedale, Wyoming. Cris can be reached by e-mail at: cowgirl@wyoming.com.

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