Monthly Archives: October 2013

Happy Birthday Jamie

Today is Jamie’s birthday!  Here’s a little trip down memory lane…. And then there is all too common eyes closed, teeth gritted “please stop taking my picture” face. But in her defense, look at the rest of family.  We don’t … Continue reading

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The Days After Atlas

Please note that my family’s ranch is in central Wyoming.  We received about 2 feet of heavy wet snow but the storm did not affect us the same way that if affected eastern Wyoming and western South Dakota and Nebraska. … Continue reading

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Following Up on Questions

To say that I was overwhelmed by the response to my last post would be a big understatement.  All weekend I kept thinking “if I had only known how many people were going to read it, I would have done … Continue reading

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Questioning Cattle Deaths in South Dakota

I’ve been reading through blog posts about the aftermath of last weeks winter storm in South Dakota.  I came across a couple of news articles on CNN and NBC News sites.  And then I did something I never, ever should … Continue reading

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What Atlas Did to South Dakota

Last week a severe winter storm, Atlas, hit hard out west.  It hit eastern Wyoming and western South Dakota especially hard.  In my last post I said “it wasn’t like the blizzard of ’49”.  But I didn’t know what I … Continue reading

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We Interrupt Fall to Bring You the Dead of Winter

It snowed a bit back at the ranch.  Actually, it snowed quite a bit.  The most it has snowed in October in quite some time.  According to KTWO radio the final tally was 11.3 inches breaking the previous record from … Continue reading

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Shipping and then Snow

A couple of weeks ago, back at the ranch, it was shipping day.  I would love to tell you that this post is filled with pictures and stories from that day.  It’s not.  I didn’t receive a lot of pictures … Continue reading

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