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This is Tony, he is the head honcho of the place, Cowboy of old school. His word is the law. He says his hearing is bad and his memory is as short as his belly button, but try to say something in german in another room than he is in and he is gonna be yelling thru the house: “speak English” (and I think his belly button is longer than he wants to admit too!
:If you go out with him to work cows, you better be on your toes and pay attention, cause that’s business and he doesn’t mess around when it comes to the safety of human and animal.
Riding with him is the best experience ever. He knows the Pryor Mountains like the back of his hands, and he can tell stories about anything and everything. (Sometimes you have to be selective in what to believe and what not, but it´s always a good story!!! :-)
And then you try and keep dry on a hot summer day … yeah … good luck with that, he posses water pistols in parts of the house you (or I for that matter) don’t even know about J He cusses a lot about the dam computer, but he is on there every day to answer and read his email!
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This is Heidi, Tony’s alien wife, 0.5 boss and English butcher (says the cap that she got from her beloved husband). She likes to spent time with her hubby and the guests and takes care of the animals, rides, trains horses (groundwork with the youngsters) and likes to shoot … the dogs love her (presumably), cause she lets them come into the house from time to time. Some days she gets swallowed by the office and after that she is always glad to reappear. She mainly does the cooking at the ranch and sometimes her german influence gets the better of her. That´s when she spices up the meals with more than salt and pepper and she frequently gets into trouble for that. :-) |
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This is Kim, Tony´s little alien no 1, oldest daughter of Heidi. She goes toschool in Fromberg – 10th. grade, just got her drivers license and plays basketball on the Fromberg Falcon Team. When you are on that Edgar road after school is out, you better watch out! J She is an excellent flute player in Band, and has a horse called “Angel”, which is really not the appropriate name for that horse!! She works with another horse and would like to try to barrel race in rodeos! She likes to spent time with her friends, her horse and all the people she meets when we have guests here. You can mail her at this address and it may take a while, but you’ll get an answer … :-) |
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This is Leonie, Tony´s little alien no 2 (and yes, the government calls all of us aliens! Weeven have alien registration numbers!). She goes to school in Fromberg too – 8th. grade. She wants to have her drivers license, but doesn’t have a chance yet. She also plays basketball on the Falcon Team and you better get rid of that ball really quick when she goes for it!! She plays the Drums in Band and she doesn’t want to ride a horse very bad. She prefers a 4-wheeler or dirt bike (she is working on getting one). She loves to tease Tony (Tony: “Mess with the bull and you get the horns”) …. she gets the horns all the time, but turns around and does it right over. I really don’t know where she got that from … J She is on the computer very regularly and you stand a good chance of getting a mail back.... :-) |
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This is Duke. He is the boss of all the mutts around this place. He is the first one to be huddled and cuddled. The first one in the pool (or better in the water trough for the horses) on a hot summer day and the first one in line when we have a barbecue going on. He tries to sneak into the house when the door opens and he is the biggest chicken when somebody shoots a gun (thinks the sky is falling on his head or something). Don’t tell him he is not a human – he thinks he is! And his email is under construction! |
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This is Brandon aka “Stumpy”. He got here in August 09. He is the foreman of the ranch and responsible for the livestock. He is good at breaking colts to ride and being around cows is his life. He will be in our cow camp during this coming summer, having a close eye on our young heifers as well as any guests that choose to stay with him in our camp. He sais he is an excellent camp cook, which we will soon find out J. He loves to play little tricks on everybody and tries really hard to learn how to use his new computer, Microsoft Outlook in particular and how to manage his email. If you’d like to write to him, you might even get an answer … J
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This is Forrest aka “Boots”. He is 19, although he looks older but behaves youngerJ. Tony has to have a lot of patience with him, in which he not always succeeds. He tries hard – at times – and that is when he does really good. He has a nice calm hand with the horses and did a good job of riding one of our green broke youngsters. Stumpy gets really pissed at him when he brings live mice into the bunk house, because he forgot to take them out of his pocket after feeding the animals. You may ask how did they get into his pocket?? A legit question! He meets with Frank (one of our barn cats) in the grain bin and goes mice hunting. Then he puts them into his pocket to take them with him to the other cats in the quonset, where he lets them run again … any more questions?? He is quite well educated in computer matters and won’t have a problem at all answering any mails addressed to him …
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This is Travis. He grew up with Tony´s kids in Pryor and knows his way around here. He came back again last Christmas after many years of collecting experiences all over the world and he is staying at the ranch for a season, helping maintaining and building things up that has been neglected. He finds all kinds of jobs all around the place and has a lot of initiative and drive and if you want to play Texas Holdem (Poker) he is the one to teach you! |
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