OK, local folks and relatives, I need a little help on this photo. I know this is the old highway where today the bridge is impassable over Crooked Creek. But what I know as the “school house” sits further south and it’s a log structure. What/whose house was this? Where did it move to, or…
Category: Throwback Thursday
#TBT : Written Insights
I continue to paw through old paperwork… and it’s tedious… but every little bit there’s a gem with written insights into the early days of this ranch. I’m going through old checks… from the 1930’s. First thing you notice… 70% of them are written in PENCIL. Pencil! Many are for what today would be very…
#TBT: Cardboard Treasures
As Johnny continues to clean and organize his basement, more cardboard boxes full of “treasure” have appeared. For instance, right now we have a box full of letters and cancelled checks and other papers from 1933-1949. The letter tells of the attempt to purchase 40 acres from Mr. M., as it would square off a…
Wordless Wednesday – “Frozen Waterfalls”
Frozen Waterfall
#TBT: Oh, Else
If you haven’t been here long, you probably never got to meet Elsa. I’m really sorry for you. She was sweetness and grace, loving and quiet (most of the time). It’s been six years today that I lost her. The post I wrote about her passing is one of my favorites because it tells of…
#TBT: New Highway
So strange to look through old photos and realize the road you drive on daily, (without thinking about it, accepting its presence) was actually built not that long ago. Well, duh. I mean, you know it when you think about it… but still… it’s fun to see some highway construction photos… And the view I’ve…
#TBT: Sudden Tears
I’m watching old home movies lately for kicks and giggles. I started looking for a video of my mom playing jacks… but just kept on watching. It’s awfully fun to compare my grandkids to their parents “back in the day.” I was leafing through pics of my mom… and came across this one. I instantly…
#TBT – Indian Dress
So many of you liked my cradleboard I made, I thought I’d share my Indian dress I also made back in the day. It now hangs on the wall in my Indian room. A neighbor helped me with the design and beadwork. It is actually two pieces so I could wear the top with jeans…
#TBT: Burton Girls
Looking back even farther than last week… I must have been in college!? Unbelievably, in a week, my mom will have been gone for nine years… but she made me laugh the other day! I can still hear her voice! Left to right, my mom, Jerri Underwood Burton; me! (In pigtails and baseball cap); my…
#TBT: Cradleboard
I made a cradleboard for Victoria, oh, so many years ago! By looking at this photo… she wasn’t the only one that looked so very, very young!
#TBT: Book Discussion
Well, this doesn’t really qualify… but I’m leading a book discussion on January 15. The book is First White Woman in the Big Horn Basin by Paul Frison. Imagine being a lady’s maid in 1883, traveling to the Far Western Wilds of Wyoming, falling in love with a cowboy… marrying him, then living the rough…
#TBT : High Waters
My sister shared this with me today… Who’s that little cowgirl with THE MOST AWESOME RED COWBOY HAT? Hey, I like hats… but I must say, I prefer my custom hat from Greeley Hat Works MUCH BETTER than that red classic! We’re standing in front of my dad’s boat, the “Charlie Brown”. “Charlie” for my…