The Finale of Mother Nature’s Dance!
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Mother Nature’s Dance
I am sorry I didn’t post last night. I am sorry I didn’t post last night. I am sorry I didn’t post last night. A. and V. and Vernon and I were caught up in a dance with Mother Nature last night. We had a little too much of this going on… Just at sundown,…
Memories of Snow…
When I took this photo the other day… I yearned for those snowcapped Big Horns to share a little chilly breeze with me… I’ve been painting in the heat… Moving cattle in the heat… Mowing weeds in the heat… Sorting piles of junk necessary metal pipes/bars/angle iron/flat iron/etc/etc in the heat… Wasn’t it just a…
Rain
Don’t know how the ships at sea feel… but the .4″ of rain here has created mud and soggy hay. Don’t laugh… .4″ is a fair rain here… we only get 14″ in an entire year here! I don’t know if I’ve ever mentioned it… but my father-in-law, Johnny, is a NOAA weather observer… he’s…
Eye on the Sky
As I mow my grass… round and round… back and forth for the three hours it takes me to accomplish this deed… I keep an eye on the sky. This is the view from my front porch looking west… the rimrock should be familiar to you by now! This is not normal for 10 am….
High Winds
The storms that continue to dampen this section of Wyoming are often accompanied by high winds. Wyoming has even had some tornadoes of late, one becoming an internet sensation. While we are a windy state in some areas, Ten Sleep manages to be quieter than most. Until the other night. Boy… when my tire swing…
Summer Dresses
Taken May 3, 2009. Taken May 19, 2009. While the cottonwoods are the last to don their summer dresses, the willows and boxelders have shown up early for the dance. The Big Horn Mountains have released their temperamental moisture levels in a kind and beneficial manner. Spring has arrived.
Past 24 Hours
Day before yesterday we had snow in the morning, it switched to rain… then the sun came out.. then this hailstorm was accompanied by thunder and lightning… all in 12 hours… Wonderful Wyoming! Last night coming home from painting up at the Mills place, these three toms were busy fighting and strutting. By the time…
Open
As the sun sets, I often switch to sepia or black and white to use the contrast. This little reservoir in the badlands gave me the perfect opportunity to play. This one turned out to be my favorite… and “Open” seemed like an appropriate title. The badlands aren’t that “bad”… as you can see in…
Flat Light
If you live in snow country, you know what Flat Light is. It is the inability to distinguish depth because the light is flat and doesn’t reflect normally in order for your eyes to perceive contrast and shadows. Flat Light comes with cloudy skies, snow falling, and snow on the ground. Watch ski races, and…
Blizzard
As we were working at the Mills Place, Daniel peered out an open window and said, “Storm’s coming!” And within minutes, the blizzard arrived. I headed home for lunch and snapped this photo hoping that you could see all the wind currents swirling the snow around. It didn’t turn out as well as I had…
Ooohhh… Wyoming Wind
Tucked away as we are, sheltered from traffic and people and other disturbances, it still comes as a shock when the infamous Wyoming Wind blows. Now I basically grew up in Casper, Wyoming (since I was 12), and it is famous for its wind. Gusts in the 50’s and 60’s aren’t unusual. For simple fun…