Monday September 17 2007

One of the first things that happened this morning was that Joe got the old living room wood stove out of the barn where it's been stored for three years now. I know it's that long because I've been hanging the Art Show in the Barn with it in there, and its been a potential hazard for tripping over and someone getting hurt besides junking the place up and making it hard to see the paintings there. We've tried all this time to give it away because it is still good especially for a shop or something, and have had no takers. But tomorrow it's going to the dump. He used the front end loader on the tractor and nylon tow straps to lift it out of the barn and in to the pickup. We also put in the large picture window that had been in my studio before we put new windows in. It has been sitting in the front yard for about as long as the stove has been in the barn and Joe kept forgetting to put it in when he went to the dump. Thank goodness they are both "out of here".

Got a message from Sandy at the phone company that our whole phone system is down, and they are working on it. The dial tone has been off and on all day, so I didn't think it was a good idea to get on tech support for the TV and loose the call after likely sitting there on hold for who knows how long. Sandy said they were ordering parts for the system and it should be up and going tomorrow. The picture above shows our phone antenna really well. That is where the signal comes to and then goes into equipment that is in the shop that converts it essentially to being a regular phone. As time goes by, you are likely going to hear me talking about getting some new type of phone because what we have is becoming obsolete - what exactly is unknown at this point.

This antelope was just outside our front gate this morning when Betty and I left to go on a picnic. She also got good pictures of him, and also of a large herd that has been just behind our buildings in back. She was getting good practice with her new camera. I think this guy is an outcast from the big herd now that its breeding season. The head buck must have kicked him out, but he doesn't want to go too far.

Big Sandy River

For several days I've been trying to get ahold of a friend in Riverton who got the things I left after the WAA convention in May and kept them for me, and we would have gone over there today and picked them up for something to do. We could have gone to a few other places sightseeing that Betty hasn't been to. But even though I've sent her messages one way or another I haven't heard back, so maybe she's gone right now. I hope every thing's o.k. there.

So instead of another long day in the SUV, Betty and I packed our lunch, took lawn chairs and about 11 a.m. went down to the Big Sandy River with the dogs for a picnic. It was pleasantly cool, with a breeze. We stayed enjoying the day and the sound of the river and letting the dogs get in the water until about 2 p.m. before we came back. We have been going so steadily that I was fairly tired today and we did the easiest thing. I really enjoyed the river. There was a leftover casserole so made some blueberry muffins and dinner was easy.

Today the article and photos for the Art Show in the Barn have been posted on http://www.pinedaleonline.com/news/2007/09/ArtShowintheBarnthro.htm About a quarter of the paintings are shown. It's under PINEDALE LOCAL I was pleased with the way it turned out. It will be there for a month, and then it will be archived and anyone can search the archives to see it in the future.