Brittle Blue
For those of you who don’t know what -39* looks like… this is a pretty good photo of it. The creek, where the ice is out of it, is much warmer than the air… and it creates low lying fog along its...
View ArticleCalving in a Blizzard Video
I managed to throw together a video for today’s blizzard. We were lucky and haven’t received near the record amounts of snow across the state. We’re counting our blessings!
View ArticleImpressive
While the snow we had just received is quickly disappearing, Vernon and Daniel decided to zip up the mountain to see what conditions were like. They snowmobiled clear up to our mountain corral. We’re...
View ArticleRare
I can’t remember the last time I saw one of these. I tried to find my post about it but I had no luck. The rare, spiked snow porcupine. It must be coming out of hibernation.
View ArticleA Little Rain
I hauled most of my craft items to the Ten Sleep Brewery this morning. I sold a few things… Then a friend and I decided to blow over the mountain to Buffalo and check out their greenhouse and buy some...
View ArticleClouds and Swallows
Clear, brilliant blue skies build cloud after cloud, each one darker than the last. At some magical tipping point, the clouds release their darkness and a localized spot will receive lightning,...
View ArticleMusic of the Meadowlark
Though it threatened, no rain fell here today. The wind decided to blow instead and the road is quickly drying from its persistent breath. We helped Brandon with his cows this morning, then took a tour...
View ArticleWhy Do I Garden in Wyoming?
There’s a smell to it… a smidge of ozone from the lightning, an icy coldness, a mown grass scent multiplied with different leaf and stem scents, wet earth, and muddy water. This morning was spent...
View ArticleAdd Your Own Adjectives
Typical for those in the ranching/farming occupation… if it rains… since you can’t work in wet fields or travel on slick muddy roads… you go to town! Vernon and I headed to Buffalo. With all the rain...
View ArticleFirst White Layer
Wowza. Two point two inches of rain in the past day and a half! We’re not very used to that much rain at once. This has definitely been a great year for moisture and it has changed the look of the...
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