Happy 307 Day. March 7th is 307 Day here in Wyoming. We proudly post “307” everywhere, reflecting our statewide area code. Today, with spring unfurling a warm blanket, rapidly melting our snow, I took a hike. All around was liquid, ice into water, frozen dirt into mud. It gave me a chance to play with…
Category: Weather
Crystal Art
We had a few days of 50 degree weather. Too warm for this time of year. It actually RAINED on Christmas Day, only getting cold enough the next day for a bit of snow. Warmth and rain put a slick surface on everything. The clouds cleared off and brilliant, starry nights plunged the thermometer back…
Inside Day
When I went to sleep last night, I glanced at the 1.5” of snow on my front porch and thought perhaps that the predicted storm was going to miss us. When I awoke, I found out I was entirely wrong! While next to the house it only measured 7”, away from the trees and bushes…
Tomorrow
I was going to make a video from the Fifteenmile trip, but didn’t get it done. I made a short little time lapse video this morning, but it didn’t take a long video, and… I didn’t get that finished either. By noon, our gorgeous morning had socked in and started to snow. This evening, we’re…
#TBT: Ah, the Romantic Life…, v.2.0
This post was first published October 20, 2008. I’ve heard it many times. Heck, I used to believe it myself. How AWESOME your life must be… you live on a *RANCH*! Well, it is true MOST of the time… It is the small percentage of times when you are doing things like today, that most…
#TBT: Wildfire
Wildfire… Nah. Unfortunately, not the Michael Martin Murphey song. As I drove to work this morning, the smoke from the Fishhawk Fire outside of Cody was rolling in. Cody is 2.5 hours away from me… so no worries here… It reminded me of our biggest, closest wildfire we had waaaaaay back when my kids were…
Misc. and Up Video
Thanks so much for the well wishes for Merlin and I. You guys are sweet! I can hardly wait for the weekend!!! **** Hey, it’s been a while since I’ve done a Q & A… do you have any questions for me??? Post them in the comments! **** I’ll be heading out for a few…
Riding Under the Double Rainbow
Big Day. It starts early. In fact, it’s so dark, my camera won’t focus from my moving horse. Doggone it! This would have been a good one… The sunrise was spectacular. Did you notice the cowboy in the trees? But then, the other way? Oh, wow! Not just a rainbow… a supernumerary rainbow. It had…
Fired Up
I was going to babysit Jaxon, Lacee, and Reagan… and we had zipped over to Megan’s house to pick them up from her round of babysitting. We had just jumped in the side by side for the quick journey. Back at our gate, Vernon helped unload the older kids and while I adjusted Reagan in…
Aftermath
After the parade… After the rodeo… After returning home… Vernon was napping, and I was watching out the window at a darkening sky. I have multiple weather apps on my iPad. A quick click or two, and I saw the radar with an evil pink eye headed straight for us. A weather alert for severe…
Rain
It’s official. We’re now setting on 6.05” of rain for the month. Remember, we’re supposed to get 14” in a year. We kept saying, it’ll make great grass, it’ll be so green, there’ll be wildflowers everywhere. We kept saying it. And saying it. Grateful for the moisture. But, seriously, by the end… all we could…
Inside
All the action was outside today… but I stayed snug (and dry) inside. Yes. 1.50” since this morning. 5.61” FOR THE MONTH. Creeks and draws and every shallow depression running with water. It’s supposed to continue raining for another day. Flood watch in effect. Highways closed due to winter weather conditions and rock slides in…