J-Wild

Wednesday, January 14, 2009

The Wrangler

Seriously people she did not choose the web moniker
"The Wrangler" for nothing!


Personally, I prefer my animals behind an interactive, environmentally accurate, well protected exhibit, or on my plate with a nice glass of wine.

Planting daredevil seeds in my son, mom sent this picture to Levi in the real life mail and when he opened it he said, "Whoa....grandma is feeding a Buffalo!" They don't have longhorn steers in the Natural History Museum.

Mom does have a slight bit of defensive posture going on. If the steer decides to charge she looks ready to turn and run. However, if my brother Matt had been there is no doubt he would have tried to saddle that thing (see what I mean).

I inadvertently rode a Brahma Bull once when I was about 12 years old. I was at ranch just posing for a picture, when the thing decided to buck me off. Apparently my Aunt Rita saved my life by jumping in front of the bull distracting him enough to let my mom pull me out from underneath it before I got stepped on. Here's a picture of the bull (as I remember it anyway).

3 comments:

The Wrangler said...

I hope none of your readers call Child Protective services!

kel said...

did you not ride the bull in college when matt did? i thought you did, but i can't remember who all was in on that. i just remember matt was mad at me because my pictures didn't turn out.

Unknown said...

That is a steer and that is no bull. Very gentle animals.Damage occurs if you are too close when he swings his head. The ski scenes with Levi are great. Grandfather Brazos Bob.