Red Boat
Square Top - Green River LakesThis morning after breakfast Betty and I took the dogs for their last ATV ride together, out around the field and back home. Betty set up the timer on her camera and got some pictures of us all with the machine, since we didn't have much luck getting any photos while we were out tootling around. In a few days when she gets back home and emails them to me, I'll put one on the blog for you to see.
She left her little ingenious very flexible digital Gorilla Pod camera tripod for me as a hostess gift. Also gave me a beautiful hand crafted lap quilt that was Amigo's blankie. I may put it at the foot of the bed where Sparky sleeps and it will look a lot better than the odd sheet I have there now. However it's way too beautiful for a dog blankie.
Before Betty left, Maxine called and said she and Helena wanted to come over and would bring lunch tomorrow. Helena is doing a huge project of starting at the southern border of Sublette County and gathering the history of all the homesteads. She has started on our side of the county (east going south to north). Helena writes wonderful history interviews and columns of the past. I promised iris bulbs to Maxine, so will try to get some dug up before they get here.
THEN....Kay called from Riverton and got my messages about Betty and I coming over to pick up my art materials that Kay has kindly been keeping for me since WAA convention in May - remember I forgot a bunch of my stuff then. Betty and I thought we might drive over to Riverton and pick it up a few days ago, but Kay was up at a great art workshop in Dubois and just got home. She said Jerry is coming over from Hudson to paint plein air at Big Sandy Openings tomorrow, and he wondered if he could have a bed here for the night. And he can bring my stuff. I said of course, and that dinner is at 6. So now am rushing to get the beds changed etc. Kay said Jerry invited me to go with him on Friday to paint. I will see how I'm feeling energy-wise by then.
THEN.....Betty called on her cell phone and all I could hear was - I'm south of Big Piney and crackle crackle cow crackle fence crackle highway crackle can you blank. We tried but there just wasn't reception. I said did you hit the cow? and thought she said no, Thank goodness, but wasn't sure at all. In 20 minutes or so she called again and we could talk. The cow was caught and struggling in a fence gate and she wanted me to call somebody to get it out. She was afraid someone would have a wreck and get killed if it got onto the highway. But a young man came by and was able to open the gate and let the cow back in its pasture.
Tomorrow is sounding pretty busy with ladies for lunch, two meetings in Pinedale for the Art and Conference Center - one at noon and one at 7 pm, the TV receiver repairman, overnight guest. I was planning on taking a long nap. I cancelled the early meeting and not sure now I can make the evening one either. I'll let you know.....in the meantime I'll keep plugging along here.
By the way, first thing this morning the phone repairman called to say that they had our phone system working consistently now. He said lightning had hit the tower on Mt. Airy by Pinedale again, and they had to get some "cards"...?? But we should be all set for the phone working now. He mentioned something happening in Daniel at the same time as the lightning, and I don't know what that is about.
Joe is busily painting the wooden ceiling of the back porch.
The ranchers are beginning to bring the cattle in from the mountain pastures now. Richie's brought another little bunch in to the fields here next to us this morning. See Gina's blog, horseback41 in the sidebar on the right if you want to read about cowboying here at this time of year. She's got some good stuff.
