The Protector & the Pumpkin
Aug. 27, 2009
- Smoky Hill Bison buffalo bull Scout
I usually have my camera in my jeans pocket when I check water tanks in the morning. Then I can quickly take a photo if the occasion arises for a snapshot.
Kajsa’s bull calf wandered over to the fence to check me out. I pulled out the camera and took several shots while he craned his neck to sniff my scent in the air.
And in the next second bull Scout was in my view finder. Not in a menacing way, but just to be sure his little charge was not in any kind of danger.
Buffalo bull Scout has grown this summer, gaining weight and bulking up in his head and shoulders. While bull Chief has done most of the breeding, Scout has been in charge of protecting the buffalo herd. Both bulls seem to be taking their jobs seriously and have fit in well with head cow Esther and the herd.
Huge Pumpkins
Cool weather moved in after a thunderstorm chased away our heat Tuesday night. And it made the weeds in the pumpkin patch easy to pull yesterday evening. But these continuous rains keeps the weeds spouting and growing too.
Visitors ask about the pumpkins growing along the driveway because the giant varieties are huge already because of the great growing conditions. We’ll have several pumpkins over 200 lbs. when we start the official season in one month.
