Remember my buffalo skull? I didn’t like that it blended into the wall so much, so I painted these wildflowers… Then I finally put them together! I kinda like it… you definitely notice the skull more! What do you think?
Mission
With the wildfire last week, my last fair entry for the kids wasn’t written… and now Victoria’s kids have competed in their county fair… so, I’m definitely behind! My plan was to try to make a video, but my first obstacle was not enough room to download the videos from my camera. Maybe someone someday…
Work and Help
I rarely fail to post everyday, even if it’s just a single photo, but last night I had a chance to spend the night on the mountain and I took it! Unless someone wants to gift me some Starlink service or I drive half a mile where I MAY get one bar of service, you’re…
Throwback Thursday: Long Day in Short Glimpses, v.2.0
This was first published July 31, 2015. Sat down and realized I was going to post a video of Eden… oopsie! That has to be started early in the day, and I fail. Here’s assorted photos from the mountain trail to make up for it… notice the height of the grass!!! Up and over a…
Wordless Whoops: Along the Fenceline
Well, so much for making raspberry salsa today, I forgot we were moving cows! It was a beautiful coolish morning with only a slight haze. While they are still calling it an active fire, it’s not very active from up top! They are hitting hot spots in the canyon with hand crews and helicopters, but…
Year of the Raspberries
I’ve made smoothies. I’ve made milkshakes. I’ve made two cheesecakes. I’ve frozen them. I’ve given some away. I’ve had people come pick. I’ve made fresh raspberry salsa. Today I made raspberry jam. Tomorrow I have plans to can raspberry salsa. And then I’m just going to keep freezing them unless I try fruit leather in…
Positivity
Well, that looks MUCH better! Jaxon and I went up to get a look at the big planes dropping fire retardant. We were disappointed but not really, that it was only helicopters and ground crews at work. The helicopters seemed to be dropping into the canyon on hot spots we couldn’t see. Once in a…
Nerve Wracking
While the fire died down last night, today it took off once again. It’s now listed at 4.000 acres. A Type 3 Firefighting Unit will be heading in, most likely releasing our “local boys”. We have an excellent bunch of volunteer firemen, but many are ranchers and there’s things to do! Many of them were…
Not Planned
Today didn’t go as planned… I was working on a project outside when a thunderhead built up and started popping with lightning. Two hours later, Daniel calls, wanting me to verify the location of the wildfire. Location can be very difficult to tell. Here, it looks like it was right above us… not miles away……
Look At That
Well, crumb, I left my camera out in the Jeep which is out in the garage and I’m not walking out there to get it! I’ll have to continue the Fair Report tomorrow, but I will say it was a very good day! I think I’ll just wait and share tomorrow. To give you something…
Beef
Oh, it was the Beef Show today… and three kids looked pretty sharp! (Quinlan’s steer died unfortunately.) We may be prejudiced, just a bit, but we thought they looked great! With one of Jaxon’s steers, the judge agreed, granting him Reserve Champion Black Angus Market Beef!
Sheep Show
Again… I have zero clue about sheep, but we’re there to support Jaxon and Lacee who do! Oh, don’t forget Reagan, who entered the Peewee Show… they don’t pick winners, it’s a “everyone gets a ribbon thing”… but don’t tell Reagan who had her Showmanship Skills lit up and glowing! Jaxon and Lacee each have…