Snow plastered against the deeply creased cottonwood bark. Sandhill cranes noisily announced their return. The back door of the shop is braced against the drifting snow. An antelope skull becomes gruesome with snow fur. And…
Tag: weather
Classic Springtime
The snow is barely gone and another blizzard is raging outside, what was starting to dry up here will be mud again tomorrow. Classic of springtime around here… Some of our bulls graze by the old granary while remnants of winter hang on the shadowed hillsides and draws. This was two days ago… tomorrow morning…
Wonderful/Whew!
We attended Vernon’s uncle’s birthday party this afternoon. It was Uncle George’s 100th birthday! That was quite the deal… the governor of Wyoming said so!… and it was lots of fun visiting with everyone. Spring has hit hard here… every little slope, drainage, gully, wash, draw, ravine, and rut has water pouring down it. Enough…
Looks Cold to Me
It started off at -21 here at my house, -30 up at the other place… but by afternoon, it had warmed to 20! It was our day in the hills, meaning we had to make the loop in the badlands to check water. I’ve been wanting to go along for a month, and get you…
Resilient Video from the Atlas Blizzard
What a wonderful, busy, fun Christmas we had! I hope yours was equally blessed… As we celebrate this time of peace and joy, I found another resilient video concerning the Atlas Blizzard. Oh, how blessed we are! It is courtesy of “I Am Angus” on RFD-TV.
God Bless Them Everyone
It’s time for an update… Though reports have quieted down about the Winter Storm Atlas that hit the plains in October… there’s still a few new links floating around. Here are the latest ones… Jenn Zeller, who blogs as The South Dakota Cowgirl, wrote a great article for Progressive Cattleman entitled “Recovering from a battle…
Why Wouldn’t We?
Four degrees. Slight breeze handing us a wind chill of -5. Slick roads and ground blizzards. Of course, we went to town today… why wouldn’t we?
Divine
We worked cows again today… first we gathered the willow and boxelder patch next to the creek that we call the Double Crossing. (That’s where we left them yesterday.) A mile home and we put them in the corral. Since it’s not a big day, and the weather was cool (cooler than I was prepared…
Wordless Wednesday – “Swirling Wraiths”
Colors in the clouds… swirling and spinning wraiths in the sky… Happy Halloween!
Minute Movie: Out of the Snow
More rain and snow today, just when we were getting dried out from the last storm! I want to thank everyone who has shared, tweeted, and linked to my Atlas Blizzard story. It seems we are spreading the news and making people aware of the tragedy in the Black Hills. You guys are great! Tonight…