First round. What a difference, right? Haven’t taken one of the top painted… but it is! Two of the garage doors… BEFORE I scraped them and washed the windows and caulked around the windows (until I ran out!) The windows were SOOOOOOO dirty, they appeared to be frosted glass! Ick. I used my minitruck as…
Build Your Own Solar Oven
I’ve primed garage doors and windows today… using a brush the entire time since enough of a breeze was blowing, that my sprayer would have drifted all over my garage! I’ve started making a few SoapStones with the handmade soap from Miller Soap Company. Did I tell you about the scents??? Oh, my… they are…
Questions and Answers – August 2013 Edition
LightNING and rain passed north and south of us… Here’s hoping for no fire calls! Let’s get going! Marilyn: Questions: how do the doggies react during thunder and lightning? how did you select the name, “Dally”? Lucas was not scared of lightNING/thunder until I got Elsa. Elsa, as an Oklahoma dog, was SCARED of…
Wordless Wednesday – “Hemileuca Hera”
Hemileuca hera, also called the Hera buckmoth. Photo taken as I was riding last week, great shot for just leaning out of my saddle! **** Q&A tomorrow. LAST CHANCE FOR QUESTIONS!
Ten Things You Don’t Know About: Alfalfa
We are in the midst of haying season here, although temporarily slowed by equipment problems. With my monthly Questions and Answer Session coming up… I’ve actually been thinking about some topics that no one ever seems to ask questions about. Then it hit me… maybe I should give a short report on something you may…
A Few More Wedding Pics
For kicks… Tess’ gorgeous dress and her beautiful cowboy boots! Daniel, looking like an old black and white western moviestar… minus the sunglasses! All of us… minus the twins… their parents prefer not to post their photos online… and plus C. and T., Vernon’s sister and husband. Then just me and Vernon and the new…
Happily Ever After
Some of you have been waiting a while for these… Daniel and Tess’ wedding, Meadowlark Ski Lodge overlooking Meadowlark Lake, Big Horn Mountains, WY The “new” family! Outdoors… Happily ever after! Me? Pictures coming tomorrow! **** Any more questions for the Q&A? Post ’em in the comment section!
Headed for Bed
Well, I DEFINITELY feel like I accomplished something today! I started at 8 this morning, had a pop and some water on occasion, took 15 minutes to eat most of a sandwich, and went back out and finished painting my garage! The upper half. That entailed moving/climbing/repositioning and painting from the extension ladder. Whew. Holding…
Fire Starter
I canned the pitiful Minute Movie I WAS making, and replaced it with this one. Though this movie is much longer, this thunderstorm was IMPRESSIVE. Notice some things: My camera fades in and out of focus… I apologize for that. Some of the best lightning bolts are out of focus, but I left them in…
Refill That Tank
Today I worked a smidge on a Minute Movie from the other day… I managed to catch a lightning strike out towards the badlands on film… and oddly enough, the guys spotted a fire out that way this afternoon. I’m sure it’s not the same one, but I thought it would be a good tie-in….
Wordless Wednesday – “Back at Work”
Dally was thrilled to be back at work today…
I’m Grateful
For the past few days, thunderstorms have rumbled through… bringing a bit of rain, too much lightning for my taste, and winds up to 50 mph. From the Studio, it looks like this over our oat field. The moisture is GREAT, July has been very dry right here… though other storms have gone around us….