As of today, we are in Arkansas, 171 miles along, 37% done. Since we started, I decided to look up which Trail of Tears my ancestors actually were on. We’re rewalking the Trail of 1830/31. Come to find out, my great great great grandparents were on the Trail in 1833. Leroy (Lee) Griggs, who was…
Warmth
When you offer good friends free access to your huge pile of firewood, they repay you by cutting an extra load of logs! Which gave me something to do today… I’m thrilled I finally have a bit of wood put by… cold weather is coming.
Sundog Skies
While I went off to work at the library, everyone else went gathering and sorting our heifers. All photos that follow are taken by Megan, since remote photography is not one of my superpowers. Mornings have been chilly of late, in the 20’s, so there’s usually a frost on the ground. You can easily see…
Throwback Thursday: A Little Boy’s Hands, v.2.0
This was first published November 23, 2015. One day, when the twins were here, Wyatt found some plain wooden blocks. I had a plan for them at one time, creating a puzzle set of four blocks, like ones I’d made for Jaxon. Wyatt played with those blocks ALL DAY. Well, I decide I was going to…
Wordless Wednesday: Miss Indy
For a jigsaw puzzle of Miss Indiana… go HERE.
Freeze Branding
I helped Daniel and Tessia freeze brand. Freeze branding is much different than hot branding. The irons are placed in liquid nitrogen so that the metal forms ice on the handles. The cow or bull is shaved. Wiped down and sprayed with alcohol, the appropriate numbers are selected and held in place. The brand is…
More and More
While Vernon races to get as much of the pipeline built before winter arrives, I have my own projects. The downfall to two huge cottonwoods in your yard is the large amount of leaves. Thankfully, the Wyoming wind does help blow some of them away… After years of raking and hauling leaves away in a…
Update
I went to Trivia Night at the Ten Sleep Brewery last night. Our library team was leading until the end when we had bad rounds… it was fun anyway…. After getting home, I sat down and fell asleep… and when I woke, there was no way a blog post was going to happen! The first…
Majestic
After a visit with Daniel and Jaxon who were putting the discbine to bed for the winter… I had to put in my steps for the day, so off I went with my companions. One or more cats always accompany my traveling troop… She looks rather majestic, doesn’t she? **** Choctaw Trail of Tears Journey/199,658…
Throwback Thursday: Sky for Shingles, v.2.0
This was first published November 13, 2015. I tried to finish up my studio movie, surrendering my artistic attempt at including side by side pictures of before/durings/and afters. You get just a simple movie… as soon as it decides to load… which looks like early morning. Gah! So, let’s return to the past few days……
Wordless Wednesday: Light
For a jigsaw puzzle of the streaks of sun and light, go HERE.
Veteran’s Day Show
It’s Veteran’s Day but it’s also my sister’s birthday. I baked her a chocolate/coffee cake and we went down to eat supper and visit with my nephew who is here visiting. We were busy watching for deer and trying to figure out how the Jeep knows to dim or brighten the headlights on dirt roads……