While I’ve been safely ensconced in my house, well, for the most part… or somewhere else, the guys have cut, raked, baled, and stacked all the pollen loaded hay surrounding my house! I’m always very appreciative that Vernon now makes a point of doing these fields first. Grass pollen usually ends up ruining the month…
Sheep
Lest you think all of this Big Horn Mountain country is full of cattle, here’s a few shots of some sheep we drive through going up the mountain. This used to be great sheep range and millions of pounds of wool and mutton have been produced in the Big Horns. There aren’t many sheep ranchers…
Simple Little Thing
It’s a simple little thing… one bracket for my bedside solar light. Bit by bit, my little place is gaining personality. I’m in no rush, so when something feels right, I make it happen, and when I saw this little bracket, I knew it’d be perfect. What doesn’t thrill me is the circuit breaker box….
Mountain Bluebells
Mountain bluebells are everywhere…
Throwback Thursday: Shooting Star Gallery, v.2.0
This was first published June 15, 2015. Mountain Pasture: While yellow flowers dominated the lower elevations, the top of the mountain was championed by shooting stars… first, lining the edges of buffalo trails, then in shy portrait… followed by eye popping vivid setting, and lastly, pink petals in black and white.
Wordless Wednesday: Tiny Home
A house wren has built her tiny home outside my bedroom window. Enjoy this jigsaw puzzle HERE.
Notion
Don’t ask me what I’m going to do with it. A pin? A necklace? A sun catcher in my window? I don’t have the foggiest notion…
Replenished
Vernon is fixing fence on the mountain, and I have the very, very easy job of dropping him off at one point, and driving around to pick him up at another. With rainstorms coming weekly, the country remains brilliant green with water running down cow paths. The buffalo wallows are full, then slowly empty, only…
Simple Projects
Minor projects of the day… A fire pit partially completed… more rocks to haul. Two benches simply made… but needing planted in the ground since they tend to be tipsy. And lastly… a small and simple wood holder for my wood stove…
Accomplished
Well, I did something today I haven’t done in a long time… I volunteered to help Daniel farm his new ground under his pivot. Now I’ve driven tractor to help feed but it’s been quite a while since I’ve actually pulled any equipment. After a detailed round of instruction from Daniel, I was on my…
Proof
To continue from my story on Tuesday… I had met elk on the way in, (see Tuesday’s post), and I arrived at my Special Place. I unloaded my supplies and food, settling in with what I needed for my overnight stay. I kept looking out the windows, but no elk appeared in the distance. They…
Throwback Thursday: Unsung Heroes, v.2.0
This was first posted June 5, 2015. Cowboys get all the attention… Good looking, talented guys on horseback… the Quintessential Romantic Cowboy. But at brandings, there are some unsung heroes… the Vaccinators! Usually, but not always, they’re girls. Not because girls can’t wrestle, Victoria and I have both put in our time holding calves, but…