Last time I was here assisting Victoria and Matt with their newborn twins, I fed and burped and changed their disposable diapers… It was like riding a bicycle, it all came back to me. This time it’s a bit different, I have a few things to learn. Victoria has become a fan of cloth diapers….
Winners and Winter Travel!
I zipped around my house this morning, trying to get the basics done… A roast in the crock pot… Some printing was completed of my blog entries now that I have both ink and paper at the same time! A few things picked up and put away. A suitcase packed. Yes. I ran away from…
Wordless Wednesday – “Gate Chain”
There’s not much time left to win your Very Own Copy of the Red Dirt In My Soul 2012 Calendar… or those spiffy new baseball caps… so… hurryhurry! A rusty chain holds the gate closed… **** February 1, 2011 Feeding One Video (wow… I win on creativity with this title!) February 1, 2010 No…
Holy Cow, Another Contest and a Winner!
One more day to enter the Calendar Giveaway… I believe this is getting fun! If I could afford it… I seriously would just GIVE them away to EVERYONE. But I do have a budget… and a bank account that must stay in the black! It’s great to see this interest in them though! Keep on…
Let’s Keep On Celebrating!
Whoa, baby! You guys are doing great! Keep it up! Sixteen comments here… and quite a few over on Facebook! There’s still plenty of time to enter the calendar giveaway! Let’s keep on celebrating… For the 100th person to subscribe to this blog (and I’m within shouting distance of 100!) I’ll send you a Wyoming…
Calendar Giveaway!
Well, January’s about done… and I’ve meant all along to celebrate this month since it’s my blogoversary month! Time to have a contest! I’d like to give away a 2012 Red Dirt In My Soul Calendar… because… gee, I have a few left!! To make it even better… I’m giving away two! Let’s make it…
Sweet Ride
Betchya thought the only people around here with cool rides were the adults. You know… Dodge pickups, horses, my Durango… Nope. Quinlan’s got a pretty spiffy outfit… a JEEP, as a matter of fact! I was impressed. It handled the mud and ice and snow just fine! Definitely a Sweet Ride! **** January 28, 2011…
Community
After a trip to town, Vernon and I stopped by Ten Sleep School for a couple of high school basketball games. Oh, the memories that brings back! My kids played basketball and football and track… Small towns love their sports! To be part of the community… I really think you need to attend these games……
Minute Movie : “Bovine Breakfast”
Every morning across this country… men and women leave the comfort of beds and warm houses and head out into the cold and snow and ice and wind and mud. With pitchforks and feeders, tractors and hay wagons, wheelbarrows and four-wheelers, they haul breakfast to their anxious audience. They pitch alfalfa hay or peanut hay,…
Wordless Wednesday – “Buffet Line”
The cows enjoy their hay buffet! **** January 25, 2011 See You Tonight! / BoomTrax January 25, 2010 no entry January 25, 2009 Centennial January 25, 2008 a fox visits
Treasure
Today in Ten Sleep, we celebrated a 90 year old matriarch’s life. Her family and friends will miss her. Her presence will echo in Ten Sleep for years. You think about her life and how it has changed over the past 90 years… NINETY! A tip of the hat to you, M., may you…
Why Are Muck Boots Called Muck Boots?
QUESTION OF THE DAY: Why are Muck Boots called Muck Boots? I wouldn’t know. Neither would anyone who worked our corrals today… all seven of us were so outfitted in those nice tall black boots… Surely it had nothing to do with the inches of liquified manure that was spread over the thick ice. Or…