While Vernon worked on the mountain, I had plans to mow on my yard or check out my garden… but it was HOT. My riding lawnmower is out of commission and the parts haven’t even shipped yet (one week later – c’mon Cub Cadet!). And running my push mower wasn’t appealing. I headed inside, did…
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Right In Front of Me
When you’re standing around for a few hours, you don’t have much opportunity to take varied photos… but in front of me was a team… Lorelei would come help me move a pen of calves and then stay and talk with Vernon. Heaven knows what they talked about. They were keeping a close eye on…
Historical Photo: Edna
My favorite photo of Johnny’s mother, Edna. Then there’s this one… That’s not a chicken she’s holding! Then, she played fiddle at various dances… That’s her in the back… She was also quite the photographer. She sounds like a cool lady!
Fun with Tools
It was an opportunity day… after lunch, five grandkids needed something to do… and I debated. Finally I thought of a long overdue project. Next to my fire pit was an area of old firewood, dry Christmas trees, tall grass, thistles, and an old bench seat destined for the fire pit. We drug out hand…
It’s Your Day!
Happy 35th birthday, Brandon!
Historical Photo: Horses
In old photos, I’m drawn to the dogs that have joined their humans, the horses that people rode, and the clothing or tack that appears. This week, here are three horse photos that appealed to me. This first photo is Ernest Greet, 1911(?). What a huge horse! Then there is three of the Greet brothers…
Historical Photo: Elmer
Since everyone loved the historical reminisces of Vernon’s uncle that I published for a while… I thought maybe you’d enjoy some historical photographs as well. I’ll give a name or location if I have one and I’ll try to choose some interesting ones. Please chime in with things you notice or corrections if I label…
Oh, the Pig Show!
It was Quinlan and Lorelei’s day at the Washakie County Fair. Now we’ve been to the Beef Show before, but not the Pig Show until today. Rocket and Rose are Hereford pigs, colored like Hereford cattle. Quinlan was on first with the FFA kids. The first timers compete with the experienced hands and what chaos!…
Fairly Well
The Washakie County Fair has started… and suddenly, as Vernon says, we are a 4H/FFA outfit with a few cows on the side…. The horse show was today and then next week we will be attending the pig show (Quinlan and Lorelei), the sheep show, (Jaxon and Lacee), the beef show (all four), the bred…
Work
You know you’ve been working as a family for days when kids’ photos start looking like this… Quinlan: Asleep on the hard, hot flatbed… Lorelei: Asleep on the four wheeler while trucks are being loaded. Reagan: Asleep in my mini truck while we were pairing out… (and, yes, it is a blurry photo…) I know…
Happy Independence Day
Lorelei is Ten Sleep Rodeo’s 2024 Princess. I captured her in a solemn moment while presenting the colors to the audience. I hope you enjoyed your Independence Day!
Our Reminisces
I wish I’d been recording while these three reminisced their own stories the other day during our lunch break. It went kind of like this… I’ve added some input as well.