This was first published August 31, 2015. For any Wyoming history buffs out there… Here are two photos I found interesting. Boysen Dam is south of Thermopolis, Wyoming. Construction began in 1946. It is a rockfill dam, eventually reaching a height of 220′ and length of 1,143′. The crest of the dam is 30′ wide,…
Wordless Wednesday: Classic Scene
For a jigsaw puzzle of one of my favorite and classic photos, go HERE.
At A Loss
I was hauling my weed eater around, trying to cut my ginormous weeds… and though it said only 83 degrees… I was COOKED. I grabbed more water and decided to go watch the guys sweat as they were working on our big corral. The alley looks amazing… and the pen to the right is pretty…
Crew
Vaccinating calves with the crew…
Mountain Jobs
The decision was fast… Vernon was going to check for sick calves on the mountain, did I want to go? Well, yes, but I wanted to stay and work on the foundation of my special place. Brandon volunteered Lorelei. And maybe Megan. Did I want help? Yea, most definitely! Within minutes they had agreed… and…
Present
Driving home the other day, a rainstorm was blowing in… scattered showers and lightning… and I saw this. I was instantly worried another fire had started… but as I watched, I noticed the “smoke” wasn’t rising. It wasn’t smoke, it was a big ash cloud from the previous fire two weeks ago. The wind had…
Double Digits
Gah! Meant to take a photo today… The most recent one will have to do… August 22, two 22 year olds got married… 44 years ago! Guess how old we are? It’s the year of the double digits! Happy anniversary to us!
Throwback Thursday: Ringbearer and Wedding, Sweet! v.2.0
I have to say, when I look back on these old posts, even though others had more comments or “likes”, I gravitate to choosing the ones with the grandkids from ten years ago! What a cutie Quinlan was! This was first published August 24, 2015. Somebody was impatiently waiting for his job to begin… Aha! …
Wordless Wednesday: Drillers
For a jigsaw puzzle of our water well drillers, go HERE.
Vantage Point
Fire update: Red Canyon Fire is now 113,925 acres with 28% containment. High heat and dry conditions aren’t helping. Tomorrow is supposed to be the hottest day of the year. The wind kept the smoke from us today but just shoved it farther north. As the sun set, Vernon told me to look out the…
Are You Done?
Red Canyon Fire update: 107,885 acres. Wind here is 10-15 mph out of the east, which is good for us, but I’m unsure of what it’s like for the fire. Smoke here at home was thick, but I worked a full day at the library and the smoke in town was not bad at all….
Surrounded
Though yesterday the smoke was blowing north, today the smoke surrounded us. It would get even worse than this. The Red Canyon Fire has jumped to 91,581 acres earlier today. Though it began over by Thermopolis, it’s expanded to get close to the Nowater Road which is on the edge of some neighbor’s pastures and…