It’s snowing again… another four or five inches and more coming down… at least it’s warmer! Let’s do this! Marilyn: Going back to my question of a couple days ago, I am wondering what kinds of gear is “standard” when you are spending a whole day “in the saddle” – thanks! Hmmm. A little variation…
Author: Carol
Icicle
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Magic Colors of Morning
The magic colors of morning. Pastels paint with wide strokes, the mountaintops in sunlit pink, the valley fog a grey soft sigh, the fresh snow a blistering cold purple hue, hints of baby blue in the east. The Canada geese tuck beak under wing. The frosting on cedars. The squeak of snow underfoot. Black cows…
MUCHMUCH
It’s -16 out there. Nothing like a good chill in the air to keep you inside working on unfinished projects! Still unfinished… but progressing enough you need to see the update! When I was first thinking about moving into this house, I took photos of everything… the other people were in the process of moving…
Stayin’ Busy
Borrowed back my nail gun for a few quick touchups in my studio… I’ve started reworking the nest boxes (remember this used to be a chicken coop in one of its past lives!) to make room for a large cabinet eventually coming from Tess’ basement. I figure you can never have too much storage… So…
Fingernail Moon
Our Super Bowl Party was neither super nor a very happy party… but cheers to the Seahawks and to our Denver Broncos… we’re still fans! and thrilled to have you as AFC Champs at least! A fingernail moon descends through the frigid sky… -30 at Daniel’s this morning with 6″ of new snow. Must be…
Lucky 81
I made a trip to Tess and Daniel’s house today, attempting, though not quite succeeding, at cleaning out one last room! On the way, I spotted the guys at the calving shed with the tractor, and I stopped by. Sure enough, they were messing with steer #81, a little guy who’s been having problems. Ten…
Horse Adventures
Sheila, thanks for pointing out my great find I wrote about yesterday is a woman’s sewing rocker! I didn’t know that, and of course, immediately googled it and yup… there it was! There are some on ebay for those of you who are wishing for one of your own. Thanks for educating me! It was…
Perfect Fit
On my Cheyenne trip last fall, we hit a few antique stores and flea markets. I left with a few items, some old timey looking canisters, a turquoise blue pitcher, and this. This was tucked away behind some other furniture and I knew instantly that I wanted it! The price was $40, and it was…
Wordless Wednesday – “Minding His Manners”
**** “Those we love don’t go away, They walk beside us every day, Unseen, unheard, but always near, Still loved, still missed, and very dear.” Thanks to my sil for this quote… To my mom… I miss you still. Jerri U. Burton, July 9, 1931 – January 29, 2010
Wowza
OK. I took the morning and finished those two boards! That wall is done! The boards were workarounds existing crooked boards, so there was a lot of crawling up the ladder, fitting, sketching, crawling down, sawing, sanding, grinding, then going back up and re-fitting. I then spent time sawing up scrap wood so it’d fit…