Two months of drought… and now rainstorm after rainstorm! 1.92″ and all of that in the past few days. I set out my GoPro… the skies were dramatic and a storm was blowing in. Perfect for a time lapse. But once again, my memory fails me and I’ve been sitting here trying to figure out…
Salsa
28 pints of salsa later (plus 3 pints of tomato sauce)… I’m done. Except for all those tomatoes on the vine under the big blue tarp… ugh. I’m almost to the point of letting the frost take them… but I know I will just can some plain ol’ tomatoes when they’re ripe. But not today!…
Enter Freeze Warnings
Blessed by rain… And now enter the cold front and freeze warnings! There is snow on the mountain. My tomatoes are covered, the ripe ones harvested… My windows are steamed from the heat of my salsa making endeavours. My Black Prince tomatoes are delicious, but their black color looks “off” when made into salsa… I…
Rain Days
Finally. Rain. Lots of it. An inch and a half as of this writing… which is great moisture for a dry steppe country like Wyoming. Rain days are vacation days for ranchers… go to town on a rainy day, and you’ll see your neighbors. We were going to be prepping for preg testing on Saturday……
#TBT: Six
Happy sixth birthday to Quinlan!!! It’s flown by so fast… and you’ve brought so much joy to all of us in these past six years!
Wordless Wednesday – “Mountain Blues”
Mountain Blues puzzle
A Little Wet
We will be weaning tomorrow… and in preparation, we water down the corrals. Dust can be your enemy when calves, already stressed from leaving their mothers, breathe all that dust into their lungs. They can easily get sick… and, possibly, die. This time of year, especially this year… Wyoming *is* Dust. The corrals at home…
The Big Tipi
Another adventure… This time to Lost Cabin, Wyoming for a tour of The Big Tipi, aka J.B. Okie’s mansion. Known as the Sheep King of Central Wyoming, he was an intelligent businessman with big plans. I’ve driven past this house FOREVER… Well, ever since I’ve been married… and have wondered about it. I’ve wanted to…
Chickies
A few pics to make you grin… They’re sure growing!
That Barn Again
Wooohoooo, a day to play… at Born in a Barn over by Sheridan! I’ve gone many times to this event, and have enjoyed them all… For someone that doesn’t like to “shop”, I can spend all day at things like this… It’s a real Pinterest party full of talented people and their crafts. My favorites???…
#TBT: Sex in the Country, Revisited
So, it’s been quiet and just “different” without Dally around. As her Guard Dog position warranted, she was Number One Barker to alert me when anyone drove by… even Brandon… six times a day… Lucas and Eden are MUCH quieter without her. You think you see her… running along the fence… sneaking behind the couch…