One of the puddles in the back yard, yesterday.
Cattle and Fields at Jack CreekJoe went to the ranch this morning and drove right in. There's still a little drifts, but he got through that fine. He left the dogs home and took Joe the plumber with him. It sounds like he’s going to do a circulating pump that will have the water hot all the time. He already has the pump for it, bought it for something else and never used it. Joe (the plumber) is helping him, and guess Joe is paying him by giving him fittings that he has at the ranch. Wish Joe S. would take all that kind of stuff if he could use it. Joe has all kinds of valves, and pipes, and fittings and fixtures stacked up in pails and barrels and buckets. It would be good to give them to someone who could put them to good use. The cats hadn't eaten as much food. He says they are probably finding lots of mice right now. I hope that is true and maybe one of them isn't gone or something.
Kay called and offered to take my artwork to Cody for the Wyo. Artists Assn convention which is coming up starting this Friday. I appreciated her thoughtfulness very much. I'm not going to send anything if I don't go. I will just go day by day and see if I feel like getting a suitcase packed and going over. Ruth invited me to go along with her and to stay at a friend's house for the weekend - which would be nice. There is a sculpture class with all the materials provided, so I wouldn't need to haul in my supplies.
This morning Jackie from Washington called me and we had a really nice talk. I'd called and missed her maybe a week ago so she called me back. I got acquainted with her in Women Artists of the West and she was president and I was her VP a few years back. She is the one I mention every once in a while who has the wheat farm in Washington. Jackie is a wonderful gal, I just wish we were closer and could visit in person now and then.
Then a very nice surprise visit - Duene brought her cousin Alice Marlatt over this afternoon. They are on their way back home from being snowbirds all winter. I've known Alice for a long time. She is a sculptor and lives over near Shoshoni. They raised sheep and I think beets but are retired now. If you've been in my studio you would have seen the hummingbird door knocker sculpture that Alice made. And she made the "Iris" fountain that I have. She is one of those miracles - cured of lymphoma (I think that's the cancer she had) for several years now. She looked great and said she feels wonderful except for some nerve damage in her shoulder from the surgery. You can see some of Alice's artwork by going to her site from Duene's blog - which you can get to on the right hand side of my blog page. And wouldn't you know it never entered my mind to take a picture to record this event. Dang.
Had a busy day, did 3 loads laundry, mopped the floors, and vacuumed and cleaned so the whole place is clean again. We went to the Mexican restaurant for dinner. By dinner time I didn't think I could even warm up a plate of food and get the mess cleaned up. I tried a new menu choice - enchalada dinner, with beef, chicken and cheese, three enchaladas in a cream sauce. Joe had his same No. 1. After feeding the dogs the leftovers, fell asleep sitting on the couch when we got home.
Well, the dogs finally got humongous mud on their feet today and I had to give their toes a bath. They seem to have remembered and didn't give me much of a fight except Sparky wouldn't stand up and kept wanting to sit in the bucket. Raven was afraid of it last time, but pretty much o.k. now.
Debbie says she and Curtis will be here for a week on May 4. I'll be so glad to see them. They are going to help us get some more things done around the house, including bringing the materials and putting up a railing around the deck in back. They are hoping that the mud will be dried up by the time they get here so they can work out there. It was awful when they put the fence up last fall.
Told ya he balanced a ladder on his chin. The Pinedale Fine Arts Council presented Avner The Eccentric, Exceptions to Gravity, Wednesday evening in the Pinedale Auditorium. Avner Eisenberg used comedy, juggling, magic all without using one word during the performance. He also involved the audience throughout the show. Click on this link for pictures: Avner, the Eccentric (16 photos)
