Yesterday we awoke to the first dusting of snow on Casper Mountain. It’s right on time. We usually see our first higher elevation snow by October 15. It heralds the coming of winter, but it won’t be a slow, steady, predictable arrival. In Wyoming the changing of seasons usually happens in fits and starts. I…
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Busy as a Bee
Late summer brought on that old familiar feeling. Bittersweet. Summer is almost over, and fall is on its way. Autumn may very well be the most beautiful season in Wyoming. The wind quiets down. The nights cool. The skies are brilliantly, painfully, blue. Every sunny day (which is most of our autumn) is one more…
National Public Lands Day
This Saturday, Sept 24, is National Public Lands Day. You can find volunteer activities to support the management of public lands here. Wyoming is about 48% public land, meaning over 46 million acres of Wyoming is ‘owned’ by the citizens of the US and managed by the Bureau of Land Management, the US Forest Service,…
Glass Eyed Pony
Glass eye Wall eye China eye Clydesdale eye Cotton eye “When horsemen speak of a glass-eyed horse, they refer to an eye that is any color other than normal [brown], but the eye is usually some shade of blue. A ‘china eye’ is blue, a ‘wall eye’ is part blue and part white, and a…
Sometimes It Gets Worse Before It Gets Better
It’s true of: 1. Training young horses 2. Training young stock dogs 3. Cleaning the house
Wyoming State Fair
We took the short drive to Douglas, Wyoming to catch the Friday night rodeo at the Wyoming State Fair. The state fair has a small town atmosphere where you feel the permission to slow down, view the displays (AMAZING display of hand made quilts), sample some ‘fair food’ and watch the rodeo. Our night at…
Water Quality in the Arid West
Rural Property in the Arid West: Water Quality Rural property owners in the arid west often face water quality issues. The rock strata holding our ground water often results in saline and alkaline water. If you are a rural property owner with a private well, you should regularly test your water. If you are considering…
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