have a boo-tiful Day

Happy Halloween everyone!

fosty Needles

Fogfrost needles on the birdhouse roof. Thick fog all day created little needles of frost all over everything exposed to the gentle flow of moisture from the south. Fragile, yet they grew to 1/2-3/4 of an inch long.

pumpkin Bombing

First, you get up your courage to fly a glider. Next, you put a pumpkin in your pocket or the cockpit or somewhere. Finally, you take off on your flight, find the target and drop the pumpkin. Closest hit to the bull's eye wins this stunning handcrafted trophy! Today's the event day, it is a lovely sunny morning, with no wind. Safe travels, flyers.

mums the Word

Back from busy.

meet the ThunderBlizzard

drift out back door, shoulder high on left side

Friday front yard

Monday

Monday morning

our pines, neighbors' fence underneath, squashed

Sunday

glacial blue

Thursday

Friday

Power back after 56 hours, some folks still out. Trees down, no school, roads blocked, plows out, sun is shining. Thanks to our electric co-op folks who worked through the storm and are still working to get heat and light back to everybody. It has been quite a weekend for the beginning of October! See www. rapidcityjournal.com for lots of pictures.

september on the Prairie

east toward the Badlands

west toward the Black Hills

Western South Dakota

Short grass prairie
2 more days till October

scenes from the Festival

The 1st festival we all had jackets and mittens on, the 5th was a gorgeous fall day with little kids running through the fountain at Main Street Square!

orange festival Giants

9-28-13 Rapid City

It took a fork lift to move these babies

The Methodist Church Ladies sold yummy stuff

customers

The prize went to one of the biggies in the photo that weighed 955.8 lbs!

self Portrait

9-15-13

Songs in the key of Starling.

44N 103W

lunchtime at the Pond

Cleopatra was udderly relaxed, but everybody else was working on lunch :o)

cleopatra in her saturday Bath

I think she is sitting on her asp.

heat Wave

It is our first week of school, temperatures have been between 90 and 100 all week.  Many of the school buildings in our district are not air conditioned. As a result, we have had early dismissal every day since Tuesday, due to heat emergency. Of course, we had snow days in late April this year too! South Dakota is the land of infinite variety, sometimes all in one day!
This lady had the right idea this afternoon, head for the water! She is the lucky one, the city pools closed 2 weeks ago, so our kiddos aren't so lucky!

more life at the Fair

Central States Fair and Rodeo

August 17-25

Rapid City, South Dakota, USA

seen at the Fair #1

Despite 90F temperatures, the lady blacksmith was totally focused on the project she was creating. It was fascinating to watch her work the iron over the forge and anvil, especially creating the smooth curves. Blacksmithing isn't just about creating shoes for horses.

what do the fashion police say about This?

My ranch kid friend says Hawaiian shirt and Spurs is not in the cowboy handbook!  The horse must be embarrassed!

why are barns Red?

Meade County, South Dakota

Red barns?

 Red paint was the cheapest you could buy, there is an awful lot of square footage of barn siding to cover! It became fashionable in the late 1800s because it contrasted so nicely with your beautiful white painted farmhouse. It showcased your prosperity.

the sunflower field Series

Ziebach County, South Dakota

August 13, 2013

44.98 N   101.66W