November 15

There is a bald eagle sitting in this tree. This in an Indian encampment area on the North Platte River. Many Indian fire rings and arrowhead chips. I wanted to record the "no snow" landscape. It is very unusual for this time of year. The lack of snow and warm temps are making records. 

I went with George today to drain cattle watering systems. It is supposed to snow this week. 

It was fun to see the various pastures. I hadn't been here for years. It was nice enough to take the open Ranger vehicle. 

I was ferrying trucks and horse trailers for Chris gathering cattle on the Overland lease. You can't see this completely, as it covers a big area. The Indians must have used this large circle of rocks for some kind of ceremony. There is a big rock in the center, and many big heavy rocks set in a circle around it. Chris found arrowheads in this circle area. 

Kate had to borrow Todds warm hat when we were feeding the men. It is November 17 and the snow is coming today. 

The interstate is closed Laramie to Cheyenne. 

November 18. Waiting for the men to come for lunch. 

Lunch in the greenhouse again. It was so nice and warm. Pretty chilly outside. 

Fun with Dad

We are preg checking tomorrow, so the men are getting 700 cows in tonight. 

Liz has been waiting for her turn to ride. 

Such a beautiful November day. Unseasonably warm, 58 degrees or so. The kids didn't want to wear coats. 

Nov 11

We bought a new trailer to replace the older one. George is putting this one "out to pasture". He will dig a hole, burn it, and bury it. 

Moving on down the road!

Pulling it with the CAT dozer. 

Hard to believe this cowboy weighed 2.5 pounds about 10 years ago. Now he is about as tall as Grandma!

Grandpa decided to put another layer of plastic on the greenhouse. Quite a job!  It is 60' x 28' long. Had a couple ladders and the tractor loader. 

Way up there to get the plastic over the top, then to unroll it evenly. 

Holly took this picture of Will Page. 

November

Jerm and Amy and family came to visit. Fun times for the cousins. 

The pipeline sprung a leak so had to move cattle to water. 

So....I read if you cut the top out of your tomato plant in the fall, root the cutting in water (it took 4 days for multi roots to come) plant them, put in sunny window or under lights, you have tomatoes bearing during the dark winter days. 

It has been one week, already I'm getting blossoms. Much faster than seeds or small plants. We will see how it goes. 

Lizzie and Talee. Good friends!

Hunting again

George and his 2016 bull. 

Very neat scenery on this mountain on the backside of our ranch. 

Very steep country. 

Chris and George. Fun to hunt together. 

Admiring Grandpa's elk!

Family time

 Cousin Laurel has been in the far east, is passing through on the way to South America for 3 months.  Her mom, my aunt, is enjoying this week with her and visiting some family.

This is a lamp like the 10 virgins used in the Bible story.  Laurel told us about how they were used to bring light to a house and see where a person was going.   The 5 foolish were hoping someone else had taken time and money to buy the oil so everyone could have light.  It is so interesting as we have no real  idea what it was talking about. We just use a flashlight, or flip on the electric lights.  Houses over there still have no lights or windows in some places.

Laurel telling the lamp story.

The relatives that were able to come for supper.

My mom and sisters.

October 3rd week

The kids were excited to celebrate grandpa's birthday. Looks like I took the picture before they were ready!!

We took Dusty, Kate, and Liz to Denver to get his hard cast. There were some slick, snowy roads between Cheyenne and Laramie.