Another favorite. “Ernest Greet and Shiver” What a horse Shiver was! and doesn’t it make you wonder… how’d he get that name?
Tag: history
Cool
I feel like I didn’t accomplish much today… They weren’t very physical, I guess! I started to scan some of the old family photos… after figuring out the best way to do it, it went fairly fast. Scanning at a higher dpi slowed the process down extensively, so I didn’t. I imagine I may regret…
Boysen Dam
For any Wyoming history buffs out there… Here are two photos I found interesting. Boysen Dam is south of Thermopolis, Wyoming. Construction began in 1946. It is a rockfill dam, eventually reaching a height of 220′ and length of 1,143′. The crest of the dam is 30′ wide, but the base is over 900′! That’s…
Old Photos
Gah! I’m SO disgusted with myself! I wanted to enter some photos in Casper’s Wild West Photo Fest like I did a couple of years ago… and I kept thinking the entries were due the last of August. I looked at the form today, and the deadline was yesterday. I AM SO MAD AT MYSELF! …
Reminiscing
My father-in-law, Johnny, had an older brother James E. Greet, who wrote down some of his “reminisces” in 1991. I glance at the book every once in a while, and I always enjoy his tales about this Red Dirt Country. “There was the summer that the folks lived on the mountain claim with my older…
Ghostly Remnants
On Bull Testing Day, our veterinarian was late. We had an hour to kill, so I went in search of items for my Creativity Door. I headed towards the “old shop”. The OLD *OLD* shop. The one that used to be the blacksmith shop, and the one whose ghost whispers around the sod roofed bunkhouse….
Wordless Wednesday – “History Trip”
For Wordless Wednesday… a short trip into history… Our unique bunkhouse with team and wagon(s)! Leaving our barn behind… **** October 24, 2011 Minute Movie: Roadtrip October 24, 2010 It’ll Work October 24, 2009 Good Girls October 24, 2008 No entry.
Way Back
I recently received some old photos… and I LOVE old photos! So, from the Way Back Machine… Look at the pretty little Herefords Greet Ranch used to raise… And even further back… this country was built with good horses! **** October 11, 2011 Feel Inclined October 11, 2010 The Hands of Greet Ranch (one of…
Surround Yourself
Yesterday, a woman and her husband stopped in… Someone who had worked on this place back when it belonged to the former owner… Back when our children were little, babies, and being born… Back when I was SO SO SO happy to have people MY AGE finally around the “neighborhood”. Back when we were learning…
Sad Tale
First, I’d like to say “HI!” to any new readers out there in Blogland. This weekend is BlogHer ’12 in New York City. Since I managed to be chosen as one of their Voice of the Year (visual) winners, more than a few people might see my name/blog for the first time! Welcome to Wyoming!…
Wordless Wednesday – “Beauty/Beast”
A pic of my beauty taken about 15 minutes before I found my beast! **** November 16, 2010 Self Promotion and Conflicted November 16, 2009 Meet “Pate” November 16, 2008 Old Girl
Since Way Last May, Amen
Bison. Bison antiquus. Bison occidentalis. Bos. Guess what. Since I went to college, back in the dark ages, they’ve messed with what I remember about the classification of our dear departed buffalo. (Heaven knows it’s not because I recall things from that long ago INCORRECTLY!) Suffice it to say, 12,000 years ago, what Folsom man…