It was Lacee’s birthday the other day. On her list was a jewelry box. Hmmm… I happen to have some I was going to get creative with someday. I guess that day arrived. Instead of refinishing the entire thing… I just sanded the center off and decided to go with a wildflower theme. Lacee is…
Category: Family
Stay Curious
Anyone wanna tell these kids to slow down on the growing? We gathered to celebrate Lorelei’s birthday today. She’s 12! Amazing. Best of luck, kiddo… stay curious!
Enjoyable
I hope your Easter was enjoyable! My annual scavenger hunt was a bit different. Prizes were laid out and the hunt was for scrabble tiles inside plastic eggs. Having the final letter won you the prize. It made for lots of running, with the one egg at a time rule, but it helped work off…
Picnic and Fun Photos
An hour of fishing for Matthew, (no fish were caught)… Run Wyatt down to hangout with Jaxon… Lorelei and Matthew take off for adventures… Quinlan shows up for a picnic but I send him home to get different shoes rather than his brand new school shoes… Loaded up with dogs, kids, and food, we’re off…
Bear Money
Vernon and I attended a fundraiser for Ten Sleep Pioneer Museum to raise money for a special purchase. They are raising money for the taxidermy of a grizzly bear. Through cooperation with the Wyoming Game and Fish, the process has begun. All photo credit goes to the Museum. Remember my stories last year about “Bear…
Quiet Chapter
I was disappointed we didn’t find the remains of a dugout near the confluence of Crooked Creek and the Nowood River. Entering from the lower right, Crooked Creek is tiny, about as wide as Indy is long, but many parts of it are a good three feet down from the top of the bank. Vernon…
Lost to the Wind
It still stands fairly straight. Weather beaten. Tired. Dry. Chinked with a concrete mix overlain with split shingles. A scant 15’ by 15’. The corners are blunt ends, not dove tailed or joined in any way. A door. Two windows. A stovepipe. Floorboards have disappeared. With a bit of work, she’d be livable again. No…
Into the Soil
Vernon and I decided to explore for the Lord’s dugout and cabin. The story I posted here was a doozy and it made me wonder exactly where they lived. Locally, we call Lord’s Gulch as one that feeds into the Double Crossing, but it’s almost a mile from where I thought their cabin should be….
Lost Among the Wolves, III
I recently had a relative send me this old story published over 50 years ago. Since it’s reached its 50 year limit, I thought I’d share it with you over the next few days. It’s quite the story! Lost among the wolves by Mary E. Witherup in Wyoming Magazine, Vol VIII No. 2 June-July 1975,…
Lost Among the Wolves, II
I recently had a relative send me this old story published over 50 years ago. Since it’s reached its 50 year limit, I thought I’d share it with you over the next few days. It’s quite the story! Lost among the wolves by Mary E. Witherup in Wyoming Magazine, Vol VIII No. 2 June-July 1975,…
Lost Among the Wolves, I
I recently had a relative send me this old story published over 50 years ago. Since it’s reached its 50 year limit, I thought I’d share it with you over the next few days. It’s quite the story! Lost among the wolves by Mary E. Witherup in Wyoming Magazine, Vol VIII No. 2 June-July 1975,…
Yakoke
We did it! Today, Victoria and I completed our virtual walk of our ancestors’ Trail of Tears Walk! Whoop, whoop! Or Yakoke!