I know. I know. I took off without officially telling you where I was going… even basically what the Sam Hill was going on! But if you noticed my tweets on the left sidebar… you had a clue. I’m at Victoria’s home… helping with the twins! I wanted to blog. Really, I did. The first…
Wordless Wednesday – “Otter Creek Fog”
For my Wordless entry this week… Fog lays along Otter Creek on a “cool” Wyoming winter day… **** December 7, 2010 Warm Fuzzy December 7, 2009 Brave Sadie December 7, 2008 Reprieve
Replacement Heifer
The home made branding iron heats in the cedar fire. The snow melts backwards in ridges. The heifer clangs into the chute. The iron is pulled and a “0” appears on the heifer’s hip. Born in 201*0*, it is now forever imprinted on her hide. She holds inside her black self, fantastic genetics, a good…
Dala or Notdala
Tonight was the Open House/Silent Auction at the Library. I was in charge of decorating… and true to form… at the last minute, I’ve been trying to finish up some tree decorations for our “Scandinavian” tree. I made dala horses, well, *MY* version of dala horses. They are typically red. Mine are blue. And white….
Forlorn
Lucas is lost in his own fog… Well, his own breath, at least! I couldn’t keep up on foot with the heifers and guys on 4 wheelers… so my poor boy just watched as they left us behind. It still amazes me he’d rather stay with me than go work with the guys… especially since…
A Different Perspective
We retagged our replacement heifers today… making them “official” members of our cow herd. You know the drill… getting new large tags and new numbers as opposed to their little tags that matched their mommas’ numbers… an age brand (this year it’s a 0)… and a nice new green tattoo. I’ve documented this in the…
Grand Lady
The guys blew to a bull sale way up in Montana the past two days… and I’m not a fan of spending 12 hours in a pickup… so I managed to entertain myself by decorating my house with no interruptions! I’ve had a wonderful time! Although I did put up a few decorations last year,…
Wordless Wednesday – “A Day Late”
Duh. Wordless Wednesday. On Thursday. Whatever. **** December 1, 2010 Wordless Wednesday – “Those Cleopatra Eyes” December 1, 2009 These Men (One of my favorites) December 1, 2008 OOPE Day 3
Snowflakes
It was a crazy day at the library today… getting ready for our Open House and Silent Auction. I had purchased some new ornaments for our tree this year… I think the last ones I bought were 7, 8, 9 years ago? It’s been a while anyway. We’ve switched from maroon and gold Victorian to…
Ah, Well…
Did you miss me yesterday? Most of you seemed to remember we had a trip to Billings planned… which we accomplished. But that did put us home close to 1 am… and I’m simply not functional at that time of night. Therefore, no blog. You figured that out though! Victoria and the boys are doing…
Cheers!
Here’s another project. The idea is from a Girl Scout friend of mine. She keeps all the corks from her wine… and actually makes a *cork* board from them. I had to ask for donations to get enough corks. Maybe I should up my wine intake! I’ve planned to do this one a long time,…
Let’s Listen
It seems like this has become a DIY blog of late… But between cookingbakingcleaning and cleaningbakingcooking, I have had time to play with some ideas that have been simmering for a while! Finally… after almost a year of owning a shadowbox… I managed to create a display for the Antlers Quartet… My grandparents’ original records,…