History of my Land

The purpose of this post is, well, I don't really know what the purpose is.  I must've been inspired by going and watching my dad and the other cowboys Ship Cattle last week.  Anyways, the other night while on the way home from town, I took this picture:

This sign is about 5 miles south-west of my house.  The old ranch was in the heart of Osage County, Cattle Country and Indian Land.  This is the bunkhouse at the headquarters of the ranch.  

And the barn......

Awesome huh?

Now then, for the really cool stuff....

This picture is of the old cowboys who used to work on the ranch back in the '40s

 See the guy in the middle, holding his hat up higher than the rest?

That would be Ben Johnson Sr.(His son Ben Johnson Jr. was the actor that was in movies with John Wayne).  He is my Great-Great Grandad.  Pretty neat stuff huh?!

I wrote about this stuff on my other blog here: Little Peace of Osage County History

Anyways, I guess that's all for this pointless post!hahaha

P.S.......

Long Live....

Cowboys!! 

That would be my oh so photogenic daddy the the picture above.

And Long Live....

COWGIRLS!!!

 And that would be my best friend, Cattle Kate the Steer Whisperer.  She's not sure if she likes my nickname for her or not.  I find it EXTREMELY funny!hahahahahaha

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I don't really know what to name this one, so just read it!;)

You can walk out the door about 10 minutes after the sun sets, on a night like tonight, there’s a quietness that consists of the loud noises of the locus and tree frogs down along the creek and the sounds of the wind as it rattles the leaves in the trees.  There’s a smell in the air, sorta a sweet smell that comes from the wild flowers and weeds growing out in the pasture that really can’t be explained.  Even in July, on a night like this, the south wind can send goose bumps up your arms, just because of the way it drifts over you, as if you’re not really there.  The last bit of light outlines the storm clouds in the west, giving them a eerie look.  You can turn your eyes to the wavy, dark blue clouds that lay in the sky overhead, looking at them clouds, you know, there is a God, could this land, this sound, this feel come from just a “accident”?  I don’t think so, God made this, thank him for it, stop to listen to the land, and stop to see His handy work.   

I wrote this tonight after being inspired by God's amazing work in the outdoors around my house! 

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The Cowboys~7/22/10**WARNING there's LOTS of pics in this one!!:)**

Ok, so if you thought the last "The Cowboys" post had a lot of pics, oh boy are you in for it!  This one has a LOT more!  I took all these on the 22nd of this month(last Thurs.) So here we go!!!

 My dad on his horse Blake waaaaaaaay over there on the side of the hill!

^^That was one of Kate's pictures^^

 Little D. on his horse "Slick 50"

 C. on his horse

 D., C. and H. on there horses

 Pushin' em up the alley

 The pens

 H., D., and C. getting fueled up on Pepsi 

 Kate taking pictures

My photogenic daddy again!haha

All of the pics below are Kate's....

 Me, giving C. the what-for! 

 Me chasing H., they were all bein' little pains in the butt that morning!

 C. and H. with my ball cap and sun glasses

I ran D. off.....hahaha

 The boys on their horses

 H. and C. constructing some kind of plan to get back at me for scaring them 

 H., C. and D. doing "Kung Fu", well D. was, I'm not sure what H. and C. were doing but I do know that H. is wearing my sun glasses....

So, was that long enough for ya?haha Hopefully I will get to go take some more pictures sometime before they get done shipping!

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