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Ghostly Remnants

Posted on October 29, 2013

On Bull Testing Day, our veterinarian was late.  We had an hour to kill, so I went in search of items for my Creativity Door.  I headed towards the “old shop”.

The OLD *OLD* shop.

The one that used to be the blacksmith shop, and the one whose ghost whispers around the sod roofed bunkhouse.

bunkhouseHalf of this was a hired man’s living quarters, the other half the shop.  It’s kind of like our own little time machine!  I *love* adventuring in here… there’s little treasures everywhere.

The original vent hood for the forge is easy to spot, other objects have gathered around the forge to comfort him in his days of forced retirement…

blacksmith forgeBoxes and rope, cans and bits, a spring here, a mystery tool there, pitchfork tines and drill presses.  Wrenches for wagons, wooden barrels, milk cans, leather harness stiffened by sweat and time and Wyoming dry air.

The logs resonate with history, with the beginnings of this ranch… before power tools and battery run tools… when it all began with a dream, a man’s strong back, and a good team of horses.  It is filled with horseshoes…

horseshoesThe rafters are lined with them.  The bench scattered with them.  On shelves and in drawers.  Labeled with names of long dead horses for future reference that never came.

Tuckers shoesOh, the stories this place could tell!

Most visitors might see a few labels and boxes and rusted metal from long ago… but here breathe the Ghostly Remnants of The Dream.  The Dream that became this ranch in the dramatic red hills that we call Home.

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16 thoughts on “Ghostly Remnants”

  1. Rhonda says:
    November 1, 2013 at 2:26 PM

    I loved this post. One of the best ever!

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  2. MaryB says:
    October 31, 2013 at 4:06 PM

    This is cool.

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  3. Mary says:
    October 31, 2013 at 1:01 PM

    How cool is that?! Fun!!

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  4. darice says:
    October 30, 2013 at 10:01 PM

    🙂 Those old places whisper in our hearts–thank you for a great insight.

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  5. Barbara says:
    October 30, 2013 at 4:16 PM

    Hi Carol, Was that the bunkhouse at Johnny’s place or the new place you and Vernon are on?

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    1. Carol says:
      November 2, 2013 at 10:49 PM

      It’s the old one at Johnny’s…

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  6. oksana says:
    October 30, 2013 at 1:18 PM

    love, love, love this post – thank you for sharing!!

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  7. Sharon Drake says:
    October 30, 2013 at 9:09 AM

    Oh my , what a wonderful part of your life and history to have the dugout cabin. It reminds me of my life history. My 3 times Grandparents were one of a few families to start a town in southeast Kansas , Independence, Ks. he had first saw mill and one of the first grist(flour) mills. One of the families built the first log cabins from the saw mill. Before they could seal up between the logs , during one night their baby woke and crawled out between the logs. They found him out side sleeping.
    Thank you for sharing your past . By the way, Your “cabin’ looks great. Your ancestors would be proud.
    Getting lot of rain the last 2 days. Of course not good time, the farmers are trying to get soy beans cut, but they are glad for the rain. We have been sooo dry for 3 years. We will gladly take the rain. Sharon Drake, from south central Ks.

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  8. Linda Watson says:
    October 30, 2013 at 8:41 AM

    Beautiful.
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  9. ~the south dakota cowgirl~ says:
    October 30, 2013 at 7:50 AM

    I love it. Don’t you wish the walls could tell you all they’ve seen? they do in the sense of what remains, but what’s not there – the people, the predicaments, the laughter…
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  10. Kris Hazelbaker says:
    October 30, 2013 at 7:33 AM

    Boy can I relate to this one! We don’t have a cool log cabin that holds all of these things, but there is Grandpa’s old workbench in the basement (with pieces of horse harness hanging nearby), and more harness in the old oil house (along with a mostly-empty whiskey bottle in the cupboard there, and other ‘treasures’). And horseshoes everywhere. Reminders that this farm used to run strictly on horse power.

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  11. PATR says:
    October 30, 2013 at 6:11 AM

    OH! What fun it must be to sit and ponder the items in there. You have your own little museum. AND – that would make for GREAT calendar pictures……

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  12. Theresa says:
    October 30, 2013 at 5:34 AM

    I LOVE this history of yours that you shared so beautifully. Thank you!

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  13. Sandra Levy says:
    October 30, 2013 at 4:42 AM

    Great title for a book, “The Dream in the Red Hills.”I love what I just read!

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  14. Syl says:
    October 30, 2013 at 3:06 AM

    I love it! What a treat to have it in your own back yard.

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  15. Della says:
    October 30, 2013 at 2:44 AM

    What a treasure trove!! 🙂

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Carol, Wyoming rancher

Since 2008, I’ve kept this photographic journal of life on a Wyoming ranch.  I share ranch work, my family, crafts and DIY, my English Shepherd, Bravo, and a love for this land.  Enjoy this red dirt country!

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