One of the places that sells my wood burned spoons also sells the most wonderful journals. I’m always a sucker for blank journals… the potential! I should go take a picture of them… honestly, I’d buy many! What this lady does is take old books… cut off the spine, and use the covers for the…
Author: Carol
Character
I haven’t been in this cabin for YEARS, but I’d say it still has its character!
Libraries Rock
We look forward to our Wyoming Library conference every year. This year included Debra Fox, “Finding Your Moxie”. Various sessions on a wide variety of topics… my favorite was the Escape Room/Break Out session. You have to figure out clues to unlock your box… learning along the way. Then I won an Advanced Reader Copy…
Science Your World
I’m back from our library convention… But before I launch into that… I just have to share the exciting news that Victoria was honored to be chosen as the STEM Secondary Educator of the Year for Wyoming!! (STEM stands for Science Technology Engineering Math… and Secondary means for middle/high school). I am extremely proud of…
#TBT: Read
Headed to the Wyoming Library Association conference… Somehow this seemed appropriate!
Wordless Wednesday – “Rancher at Daybreak”
Rancher at Daybreak
Queen
The Wyoming Library Conference is coming up… and Washakie County is donating a basket for their fundraiser. This year’s theme is “Bee Happy”. (Photo not my own) My tiny contribution is… of course, a wooden spoon.
Changing Colors
Now that cow work is temporarily over for me, I’m trying to finish up some long overdue plans for my studio. I’ve been avoiding my studio lately… not because I want to, just because I can’t hardly stand to be in it! Remember my no name cat… and kittens… and feeling sorry for them in…
Ten Things You Might Not Know About: Moving Cattle
It looks easy, right? On television, the cowboys whoop and holler and gallop their horses after the running cattle, swinging ropes and making a round-up look sooooo exciting. Westerns used to be my favorite shows, until I married a rancher! Okay, they’re still my favorites, but now I know what’s realistic and what’s not. The…
NDAC
National Day of the American Cowboy. Began in 2005 by Wyoming Senator Craig Thomas, this day traditionally falls in time with Cheyenne Frontier Days. As the resolution states, the cowboy archetype embodies honesty, integrity, courage, compassion, respect, a strong work ethic and patriotism while transcending ethnicity, gender, geographic boundaries, and political affiliations. #theworldneedsmorecowboys The state…
Big Day to the Mountain
It starts early… and continues on… and then ends in a bog… and some final beauty…