The Bubles at Mud Lake Today's picture is posted because I'm writing about our high school years in The Book. It's a longer story than I would put in the blog, but we had a group of close friends and called ourselves The Bubles. Most of us have kept in close touch all our lives. In the 70s we had a mini reunion at Big Sandy Lodge. Shown in the picture are Lynn, Pat, Doreen and Betty. The dogs are Barney and Chico. I hope I haven't had this on the blog, but think I sent it out email before in case it looks familiar.
After dinner last night we had a fast moving blizzard go through. I thought it was the perfect reason to have a cup of hot chocolate, but before I could get it finished the storm was over. There was a nice sunset and the full moon rose huge and yellow, with another clear dazzling night. It was so bright it had me wondering if you could get moonburn if you stayed out too long. Those rabbits are still carousing around the yard too.
Jerry came and cleaned out our road with his pickup and plow again. The wind had drifted it in a little bit during the last week, and now it should be fine for going to Jackson next Tuesday, even if it might storm a some more between now and then. It doesn't look bad on the weather report though. Jerry, has anyone every told you how wonderful you are?
Joe went to town today to get truck parts. This time he will get the groceries he forgot before. The dogs and I stayed home. Since it is another gorgeous morning but colder again, we took a walk when it warmed up a little. Betty called this morning and we had our weekly visit. I washed the windows inside today. They look better. I sure like using those microfiber cloths to wash glass with. So much easier. And did a little housecleaning.
Today Raven was barking so I checked out what she was guarding us from, and with the spotting scope across the field there was a skunk running along the creek. Haven't seen one for many months. Hope it just keeps on truckin' out of the vicinity.
Then .... I looked out the kitchen window and the Richie's cows were in the field and I never saw them coming. So the cows are back. They will soon be having their calves and stay here until after the calves are branded in May. Then they go out on the desert pastures for a while.
Remember how I removed my name from a bunch of catalogs so they would no longer be sent to us in the mail through http://www.catalogend.com/ ? (I believe we are getting fewer catalogs already - they said it would take a month or so.) Now they have sent me ready printed cards with postage to send to junk mail places to be taken off their lists. How great - and easy - is that? They also sent a web address to go enter my info to get off the list for credit card and insurance card mailings. What a blessing it would be not to get all that stuff in the mail. It is http://www.optoutprescreen.com/ . So I went there and filled out the form to permanently opt out of this junk mail. I DID NOT send my SS# or my phone No. and it worked just fine.
For years the county population has been about 2000 and recently growing. Sublette County's population grew by 9.4% between 2006 and 2007, according to the U.S. Census Bureau. The estimated population is 7,925 permanent residents as of July of 2007, up 684 residents from July of 2006. Census Bureau data shows that Sublette County was the 5th fastest growing county among the more than 3,000 counties in the nation between 2006 and 2007. The county was also the second fastest growing county west of the Mississippi River, and the fastest growing county with a population under 19,000.
Two nights ago, astronomers observed a cosmic explosion so intense it was visible to the naked eye from a distance of 7.5 billion light years. I have never heard of the scientists being able to see something like this, until now.
http://science.nasa.gov/headlines/y2008/21mar_nakedeye.htm?list953085
