As I mow my grass… round and round… back and forth for the three hours it takes me to accomplish this deed… I keep an eye on the sky. This is the view from my front porch looking west… the rimrock should be familiar to you by now! This is not normal for 10 am….
Category: Weather
High Winds
The storms that continue to dampen this section of Wyoming are often accompanied by high winds. Wyoming has even had some tornadoes of late, one becoming an internet sensation. While we are a windy state in some areas, Ten Sleep manages to be quieter than most. Until the other night. Boy… when my tire swing…
Summer Dresses
Taken May 3, 2009. Taken May 19, 2009. While the cottonwoods are the last to don their summer dresses, the willows and boxelders have shown up early for the dance. The Big Horn Mountains have released their temperamental moisture levels in a kind and beneficial manner. Spring has arrived.
Past 24 Hours
Day before yesterday we had snow in the morning, it switched to rain… then the sun came out.. then this hailstorm was accompanied by thunder and lightning… all in 12 hours… Wonderful Wyoming! Last night coming home from painting up at the Mills place, these three toms were busy fighting and strutting. By the time…
Open
As the sun sets, I often switch to sepia or black and white to use the contrast. This little reservoir in the badlands gave me the perfect opportunity to play. This one turned out to be my favorite… and “Open” seemed like an appropriate title. The badlands aren’t that “bad”… as you can see in…
Not Puppies
They’ve arrived! Nope, not puppies… that was last week. This week’s celebrated arrival is my brand spanking new spiced up hickory kitchen cabinets! If you’ve been here long enough, you know we’ve been working on a kitchen remodel. There are tons of photos about it… demolition, new sheetrock, and lots and lots of mud. That all was…
Blizzard
This last blizzard stopped me from going to Casper and seeing my sister and brother-in-law. They are up from Texas… just in time to enjoy a few inches of snow and howling winds. Believe me, the winds can howl in Casper! Winds have been stronger than usual here… and there’s snow back on the countryside….
Even though…
Even though you’d think the entire ranch has come to a standstill to watch and ooooh and aaaah over Elsa’s litter of puppies… of course, that isn’t true. Thanks to Vernon and Johnny’s hard work, the cattle are still being fed… the calves are still being born… and tagged… and reunited with their mommas if the…
Two Days Old
They already look fat… how can that be? I try not to bother them too much… I check on them when I feed Elsa 3 times a day… which by the way, she and my other dogs have flat out rejected the Exclusive Chicken and Rice dog food I bought last week. I used to…
Sigh…
I had hoped to be able to post at least the beginnings of the birth process with Elsa. The snow storm did arrive, so I rolled out of bed and checked on her first thing. She was definitely nesting. She came out of the dog house long enough to say hello and then returned where…
Two Days and Counting
She is sitting next to me as I type. Her breathing is faster than normal, due in part to the heat of the house, but part is the squirming mass within her. Elsa is the jealous type. The one dog that will push others out of the way to get a pat if she thinks I’m…
Spring Returns
I imagine I could use that title “Spring Returns” multiple times… and I might! But after a couple of nights with below zero temps and 5 inches of snow, today’s temp of 20+ degrees and sunshine feels mighty fine! I admit though… I like this photo. I took it the same time I took the…