On my recent visit to Casper… I flew by Hell’s Half Acre just outside of Powder River, Wyoming. Unable to shut down my blue streak… aka… my patriot blue Dodge Durango… I vowed I would capture it on my return trip. And I actually remembered… Back when I was a child… this roadside stop was…
Category: Family
Fresh Air
If you were observant… you might have noticed on my twitter update… that I had taken the weekend off and gone to Casper… After updating puppy photos on Friday… and swiftly packing… I threw my bags in the Durango… asked Lucas to jump in… filled up with gas… and drove off. Why? Because my kids…
Ritchie’s
Monday… and I got the day “off” to do laundry and dishes… and find my floor under the mud and dog hair… yecccch! The guys drained the water tanks on the Mesa, gathered up salt feeders, and captured 3 heifers we’d missed on our gather the other day… but they didn’t need my help. Usually…
Little Remnants
When the mountain buffalo roamed the Big Horns… so, too, did their predators… That day as I took photos about weaning and a reeking dog… I walked around looking at the ground for evidence of these predators… Here was evidence! A flake of chert… trash leftover from making an arrowhead or point… debitage! In fact……
For It Was a Place of Joy…
Before this weekend’s activities… I was going to share barn pictures. Let’s get to it! This barn used to belong to D. and M. when I came here almost 30 years ago. I helped brand their calves… I ate in their yard… They were not a story to me… They were real. D.’s father had…
Boys Interrupted
My boys came home last night… That was the reason I wrote my entry EARLY last night… So that I could visit with them after they arrived last night… Too bad I forgot to hit the “publish” button last night… I’ll blame it on the boys interrupting me! Tonight Daniel is working on his laptop… It…
Nine Eleven
Out here… we won’t forget… Though everyday life goes on… we won’t forget… Through high winds and hailstorms… she still flies high… we won’t forget… She’s in the background of all we do… we won’t forget… We’ll teach the young ones… they can’t forget…
Sepia Shipping OOPE
Before my eyes slam shut and I lose consciousness… I’ll share my sepia flavored OOPE photos from today’s mountain excursion. My favorite flavor! The plan must be made… the 30 old and open cows… and the 24 heifers… and 1 errant steer… must be loaded onto the semi for the sale on Tuesday. The calves…
Fifteen Years Ago… and a few Days
I have to continue the story from the other day… the day A. and I spent dusting off our vintage memories… sharing them with her husband V. … (Their blog of this is at alivincedath.blogspot.com) because… because… dammit!… that Girl Scout camp meant SO MUCH to me and so many other girls! I bawled and…
Fifteen Years Ago…
Yesterday my friends arrived from New Zealand. A. and her husband, V. Now… as some of you may know… time sure flies by… A. and I worked together at a place once known as Girl Scout National Center West. It was the ultimate camp for Girl Scouts back then… much like the Boy Scouts’ Philmont….
Red Tail Hawk Floating
Yesterday was my 28th wedding anniversary… wow. wheew. For many years we poured Warbex on this day… don’t know why it worked that way… but I’m very glad we don’t do that anymore… Warbex is a pour on insecticide for cattle. It worked great… it just smelled bad. Warbex (or that day) used to give…
Centennial Gift
You are probably getting tired of hearing about our Centennial Celebration, but, you know, I really want to share every minute of it with you! Hang in there… we’re almost back to everyday life… One present I wanted to share, besides Red Dirt in My Soul, is the framed photo I gave to Johnny. A…