If you haven’t been here long, you probably never got to meet Elsa. I’m really sorry for you. She was sweetness and grace, loving and quiet (most of the time). It’s been six years today that I lost her. The post I wrote about her passing is one of my favorites because it tells of…
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#TBT: New Highway
So strange to look through old photos and realize the road you drive on daily, (without thinking about it, accepting its presence) was actually built not that long ago. Well, duh. I mean, you know it when you think about it… but still… it’s fun to see some highway construction photos… And the view I’ve…
#TBT: Sudden Tears
I’m watching old home movies lately for kicks and giggles. I started looking for a video of my mom playing jacks… but just kept on watching. It’s awfully fun to compare my grandkids to their parents “back in the day.” I was leafing through pics of my mom… and came across this one. I instantly…
#TBT – Indian Dress
So many of you liked my cradleboard I made, I thought I’d share my Indian dress I also made back in the day. It now hangs on the wall in my Indian room. A neighbor helped me with the design and beadwork. It is actually two pieces so I could wear the top with jeans…
#TBT: Burton Girls
Looking back even farther than last week… I must have been in college!? Unbelievably, in a week, my mom will have been gone for nine years… but she made me laugh the other day! I can still hear her voice! Left to right, my mom, Jerri Underwood Burton; me! (In pigtails and baseball cap); my…
#TBT: Cradleboard
I made a cradleboard for Victoria, oh, so many years ago! By looking at this photo… she wasn’t the only one that looked so very, very young!
#TBT: Book Discussion
Well, this doesn’t really qualify… but I’m leading a book discussion on January 15. The book is First White Woman in the Big Horn Basin by Paul Frison. Imagine being a lady’s maid in 1883, traveling to the Far Western Wilds of Wyoming, falling in love with a cowboy… marrying him, then living the rough…
#TBT : High Waters
My sister shared this with me today… Who’s that little cowgirl with THE MOST AWESOME RED COWBOY HAT? Hey, I like hats… but I must say, I prefer my custom hat from Greeley Hat Works MUCH BETTER than that red classic! We’re standing in front of my dad’s boat, the “Charlie Brown”. “Charlie” for my…
#TBT: 2008 Solstice
Looking back after our recent 40˚-50˚ days… to 2008. It was -30˚ that day… yes, I typed *minus*. Eighty degrees difference! I much prefer these, and though we have snow on the ground, it doesn’t seem very Christmas-y. Here’s the link to that day… and check out the next day’s as well… young Dally at…
#TBT : Butter
Another of Johnny’s old treasures that he passed on to me… Written in my mother-in-law’s hand… “Grandma Arnold’s butter mold” How many times did she use this wooden mold, I wonder? Also in the collection… a butter paddle for working the last of the buttermilk out of the butter. I need to get some fresh…
#TBT : Marmalade
Among the items Johnny gave me was this. This one pound marmalade jar could be dated anywhere between 1880-1920. As far as I could tell in an hour of research, was that these were very common, and often saved to be reused after the marmalade was long gone! Johnny’s story was that one time, as…
#TBT: Repost : A Good Day
I was scrolling through some old posts of mine… this one is from November 30, 2009! I enjoyed it, thought you might as well… The crisp morning crept slowly out of the darkness. Sparkling glitter cast by Jack Frost caught the tepid rays of the early morning sun except for the creekbottom. It would be…