Where's The Beef?....Here It Is!

2009 Beef Production
Today I slaughtered two Dexter beef steers. It made me contemplate whether I am a "left side" of beef person or "right side" of beef person.
I think that cows have little affiliation with politics so the spectrum hardly matters.
And if you are thinking the thought might have something to due with brain hemisphere dominance I can assure you a cow has no such issue.

Haida Gwaii

I just returned from Haida Gwaii where a friend toured me to the west coast to see some not so visited poles. They were spectacular and are not long for this world. It was as if it was the last chance to see them before another era ends.

Other than that I behaved like a bear. I ate lots of salmon, slept, fished, and did little else. I could get use to that pace.

Buckethead

When it snows for the first time each winter I am compelled to build a snowman. Even if he ends up covered in leaves, grass, and yellow spots.

Building with a Mountain View

This summer I built a home with beautiful mountain views. From the site you can see the Babine, Telkwa, and Hazelton Mountain ranges and looming over the house is Hudson Bay Mountain.
On a daily basis it was hard to decide which view to take in while having my coffee or lunch.

Sunny Denmark

In May we went on a family vacation to sunny Denmark. This photo was taken near Dronninglund and is a field of rape seed. In Canada we call it canola because somebody thought that traditional names should be replaced so we could all rest easy knowing that our language is inoffensive.

It was the warmest May since the 1950's and kicked ass on the pathetic, rainy, frost in every month summer we enjoyed in northern B.C.

Spring on the Farm

This spring we have had three more calves of which one is a heifer and two are bull calves. For the heifer it is shots and a tatoo. For the bull calves it is shots and the testicle rodeo. An elastic the size of a cherrio is placed on their scrotum which restricts the flow of blood to the testicles resulting in castration. Ouch!

Pond Hockey

Playing Pond Hockey is something truly "Canadian". I thought this would be a good addition to my blog to mark the end of winter and he beginning of the Stanley Cup Playoffs.

I am happy to see the end of winter and I made sure to pick up the pucks and the net as they will not float over the summer.