For a jigsaw puzzle of the burn, go HERE.
Category: Wyoming
Big Job
While I was on burn pile duty… Vernon was busy cutting pipe. We buy used pipe and cut it to size to use in fences and corrals. He built a makeshift rack so he wouldn’t have to bend over… He does just a few at a time. It’s a rather big job… And for those…
Burn Pile
In 2020, a large cottonwood fell over next to Johnny’s house. Luckily it missed his house, but it made him nervous, and soon, those cottonwoods next to the barn were to come down. What do you do with humongous green trees? You put them in a pile. Green trees don’t burn… so you wait. And…
Happy Happy Blogoversary
24 minus 8. I never had a clue in 2008 I’d still be writing in 2024, but here I am, still chugging along starting one more year of telling stories and taking photos. I find it somewhat interesting that everyone is enjoying the stories of Johnny’s brother, James Greet, these first few days of 2024….
Going Home
I met our neighbor’s cows going home…
Reminiscing IX
One fall, we moved down to the Ray Brown cabin on Canyon Creek, the second place above the mouth of Canyon Creek, where it empties into the Nowood (Creek). (Note to readers… I’m pretty sure he is talking about the place where I live now). This was accomplished by team and wagon. The crossing was…
#TBT: Moonset and Sunset, v.2.0
This was first published January 17, 2014. I’ve been kicking myself for not going out and trying to take moonlight on snow photos last night… it was absolutely, brilliantly, gorgeous! So when I headed to work this morning, I had my camera in hand, hoping to catch a shot of the moon on her lustrous…
Wordless Wednesday: “Summer Recalled”
I thought we all deserved a break from this freezing weather (our low was -36). For a jigsaw puzzle of this summer flower recalled, go HERE.
Reminiscing VIII
Stories from James E. Greet. ”A word about buffalo wallows. The only ones that I was aware of, were up in the mountains. They were located in a gentle drainage that would fill the wallow with snow water and not silt. No doubt, the buffalo were plagued with ticks and lice, along with their heavy…
Reminiscing VII
I have heard dad tell of how one summer when there was enough rain to keep the grass green and enough water in the buffalo wallows that the sheep herders never had to go to water with their sheep. They also complained that their lambs’ droppings weren’t hardening up the way they liked for traveling…
Reminiscing VI
Stories by James E. Greet. We went to Grandma’s for Christmas one winter. I was probably three or four years old. It was about nine miles up the mountain to Grandma’s. Mom drove the team and buggy. The buggy didn’t have a top, but mom wrapped us kids in plenty of quilts, and I don’t…
Reminiscing V
Stories from James E. Greet. “One morning, mom wondered if there were any fresh wagon tracks on the county road past our gate, and she sent us kids to go see. George and Marjorie said yes, there were. They tried to explain to me how they could tell, but to no avail. I could see…