As most of Wyoming is digging out from a nice dose of snow, the storm, once again, missed us, giving us two inches the past couple of days. Not that I wanted more, but I’d prefer snow any day over ice. The trip to my chicken coop is a hazardous walk twice a day. Thank…
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Silver Lining
Seems like most of us are in the same situation. We knew it was coming and Wyoming’s Day Weather podcast was pretty much right on the money. I awoke at 6 am, theoretically to go to work at 7:30. It was an amazing 33*, warmer than when I went to bed at 22*. I logged…
Even Better
Thanks to the National Weather Service, we have a pretty good idea of what weather is headed our way. Ask any Wyomingite who Don Day is, and I bet 90% of them know! We listen to him on the radio and now on YouTube, forecasting and impacting our lives. I used to roll my eyes…
Say Goodbye
Say goodbye to one of the prettiest falls we’ve had in a LONG time. While the boxelders are past their prime, the cottonwoods run the gamut from barely turning to losing their leaves. One tree in my yard is green, another is sifting leaves onto my roof. They’ll both be hit with snow on Sunday…
New Award
The National Weather Service finally posted the award they gave Johnny last week. Fifty five years of weather observation! This was supposed to be given to him a year and a half ago… I was bummed I couldn’t make the presentation, but we had less than 12 hours notice! oh, well… It’s an amazing honor…
Trail Them Home
I know I shouldn’t wait until late to write, but it seems like I always do. We spent two days riding, gathering the badlands. We are missing just a few, and Vernon and Daniel searched again today and found a couple that belong to some neighbors but not us. There’s many a hidey hole out…
Happy Dance
It’s been so long… we don’t know how to act. Over an inch of rain since yesterday… and almost 2.5” for the month! It is a royal, muddy mess outside and everyone is loving it. There’s water running in the draws and puddling in the low spots. Tomorrow is supposed to be nice then more…
Snow
Well, we usually get an Easter storm… and I hope that this one counts as such. I awoke to this… and quickly decided that the guys might need someone to help haul baby calves to the warmth of the calving shed. I swiped off the 5 or so inches of snow on my Durango… lay…
It’s Nice
Honestly. 57 degrees today. 70 something predicted for Sunday and Monday then back to the 40’s with moisture on Tuesday. It’s hard on the baby calves… these temperature swings. But it is what it is… and besides, like Vernon said today… it’s nice to wear shoes again. Wearing snow boots or muck boots is amazingly…
Cold and Crafts
The temperature has been in the single digits most of the day, with snowfall of about 3”. Right now, we’re setting at -3 with a 3 mile per hour wind. I’ll certainly take it over the 99 mph wind gust measured down along I-25 today! Tomorrow’s high is supposed to be 3. Definitely not pleasant….
A Bit More
As calving season creeps closer, we keep an even closer eye on the weather if that’s possible. We should have been calving in January as nice as the weather has been. This last snowstorm was predicted to be either 1”-3” or 3”-5” depending on which weather app you wanted to believe. Thursday morning I measured…
Gathering Between Storms
I thought it was going to be UGLY. We knew this winter storm was on the way, but because of the appointment with our vet on Friday to preg test the last of our cows, Thursday and Friday were full. Saturday it rained (ACTUAL RAIN!) giving us .65″ in total. What that does to our…