We Remember. **** September 11, 2011 Of All Days September 11, 2010 Closed Captioning September 11, 2009 Nine Eleven September 11, 2008 No entry.
Upon the Ground
The gate post was wrapped in smooth wire. The barbed version was saved for the gate and connected fence. Tacked with fence staples was an decrepit sign, illegible due to occasional rain, fiercely driven snow, and brutal wind that sandblasted the words into the cosmos. Although this day was respectable, she’d met each variety of…
Quick Shot
Up the mountain we went today! These cows have been in what we call “The Partnership” pasture. This time of year is a bit late to be headed UP the mountain, but with our overabundance of larkspur in our mountain pasture (it’s kinda pretty, but deadly poisonous to cattle, until it’s dried up) we have…
Just Wait!
I didn’t take one picture today. Guess I’m saving it all for tomorrow, as we gather “The Partnership” Pasture and move that bunch of cows up the hill. It’ll be a full day of cowboying, so I should come home with tons of photos! Tonight I’m going to be a sissy and just head for…
Definitely A Blessing
The past three days, I’ve had a visitor. While I’ve had to dress up and work at the Ten Sleep Library, my visitor has donned work clothes, gloves, and air mask… and he’s shoveled out my chicken coop/studio! YAYYYYYYY! My sweet sweet nephew, R., came up on his way to Billings and has sweated and…
Many Blessings
While ranch work consumes the guys, as usual, and I march off to my day job at the library, bits and pieces of blessings flow around us. First, remember these, my Red Dirt shirts I made to benefit the Washakie County Library Endowment? They were sold at a silent auction fundraiser. The characters of Henry…
Wordless Wednesday – “Trailing Sheep”
For WW this week, as we crossed the Big Horn Mountains yesterday, we passed through this large band of sheep trailing to new pasture. This is a lot of wool and mutton! **** September 5, 2011 Labor Day… Yeah, About That… September 5, 2010 Something You’ll Like September 5, 2009 Pregnancy Testing Video September 5,…
We Amaze Me
Gee, Carol, how many horses can you fit into your horse trailer? Well, today, obviously a few more than the six we usually squeeze in there! OK. I’ll say it first. You might be a redneck if… Instead of getting a car hauler, you decide you can fit a Ford Ranger into your 16′ horse…
Rag Rug Tutorial
September 3, 2011 YawnYawn September 3, 2010 Labor Day or Holiday? September 3, 2009 Mountain OOPE September 3, 2008 No entry.
Notable Accomplishment
Honestly, I don’t do too much when I have company… A few meals… Some diapers… You know? But while sitting around visiting, letting the kids listen and watch to “Smule”, I found another neato app for my iPad. (Of course, neato and iPad, are of the same generation of vocabulary, right?) It’s called Notability… and…
Fresh Air Partners
The storm yesterday did wonders… The brilliant blue sky that is one of the hallmarks of Wyoming has returned! The varied pageantry of clouds fluffed and scurried and skimmed and floated… just like old times. For today, there was no dreaded smoke, no haze to dampen spirits. Ah, *this* is Wyoming, “Where the air is…
C’mon, Isaac
There were actually rain clouds in the sky today… and a smidge even fell out of them! I should have taken a photo… it’s the first rain we’ve had in… uh… hmmm. yeah. Hold on a minute, yes, yes, I do believe I have a photo… I can vaguely remember pouring rain… for days. But…