Unfortunately, I had the chance to be Big Trails Dispatch once again. A small lightning storm blew through just after supper, with a few nice CRAAAAACKS on top of us. When the phone rings about two minutes later… your first response is “craaaaaaap”. (Sorry about the vulgarity there…) The guys soon rolled on to the…
Tag: weather
Edward H. Stoll Award
I’d like to quote the US National Weather Service, Riverton, Wyoming because my father-in-law, Johnny, won an award today! They said everything quite well! “We were truly honored today to present a special award to Mr. John Greet of rural Ten Sleep for his 50 years of service as a volunteer cooperative weather observer. Mr….
Soggy
Rain! Holy cow, it’s like we live in Seattle or something!! There’s local flooding around parts of the state… Thermopolis, Kaycee, and the creek is as full as it can get here. More rain and parts will start getting flooded. We had plans to give the heifers we are AI’ing their Lutalyse shot, but held…
Mother’s Day
Still no chicks… rats! I thought it would be perfect if they arrived on Mother’s Day! We did get snow… not much, but there’s plenty of wet slush in the rest of the Cowboy State. Here, it really started just up the road… My lilacs may feel this storm… I hope you enjoyed your Mother’s…
Enjoying Ourselves
Rain. We’re up to 1.34″ so far, with more predicted! There’s also a huge snowstorm going to hit eastern Wyoming, although it is supposed to miss us. Hopefully, everyone over there has their livestock in a sheltered spot and plastic over their tomatoes if they’ve planted them already. My chicks were due today… but since…
Rainclouds
More rain. Snow predicted tomorrow. A day spent babysitting… Last chance for questions for my next Q&A… post ’em now!
What a Difference
This photo was taken on March 8th. And towards the field… Today, it looks like this… What a difference a week makes!
Winter Scenes
Two days of absolutely gorgeous weather and the snow is retreating fast! I’ve taken the twins out in the morning to go sledding because by afternoon, the snow is more mush than snow and it’s hard for three year olds to slog through mush. Victoria and the boys did leave this afternoon though, which gave…
Not Tonight
My father-in-law recorded -31˚ last night. We skated by with only -17˚. Shows what living closer to the creek will do for you in winter! As a result, we kept a closer eye on the heifers… they can go at any time, although they should wait just a bit longer! I was ready to crawl…
We Are Here
There is a heaviness, no, a solemnity, about new fallen snow. Glaringly white, made tolerable by squinting even with sunglasses, it lays quietly across fields and fences. Character lines around my eyes can be blamed on this brilliance, more exist now than ever before. The exurberant sense of new exploration fights against the sobering blanket. …
Minute Movie: “Snow Day”
We woke up to 4″ or 5″ of pretty white snow… and a few more inches by 10 am, and a couple more by noon… When I ventured out to haul more water and feed to my coop ensconced chickens… my yardstick read anywhere from 10″-16″. The girls were happy to have me replenish their…
Reward
Mother Nature had to remind us again that it is FEBRUARY. Three inches of fresh snow this morning… nice, wet, springtime-like snow… perfect for snowballs! I may or may not have thrown some… At least the 50˚ weather this past week melted pretty much ALL of the old snow, so there’s no ice underneath. Brandon…