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| Rob and Mr Moose |
Morning, Folks! Dang it, when the calendar says summer, we
sure get to summer, don’t we? Rob and I just spent half the weekend out in the
garden getting the last of the darn weeds out of the veggie garden and it was
HOT! The weatherman had said it was
going to get up to 100 yesterday and thankfully it only got up to 98, according
to my thermometer. That was quite warm
enough, thank you!
We had a wonderful weekend, though. We decided to go up into the mountains on
Saturday morning to try to get a few pictures before the spring wildflowers
disappeared and were rewarded with a few glimpses of a couple of really nice
bull moose. We were really quite surprised that we even spotted them because
the mountain is already getting overcrowded (in our opinion) with campers and
four wheelers. One of the moose we found
was no more than 200 yards from a rather large contingent of campers and I don’t
think they even knew the big guy was there.
In Rob’s usual fashion, he patiently zigged and zagged his way to the
moose until he was nice and close to take some pretty awesome pictures. Mr. Moose seemed to be very intent on eating
a rather juicy crop of willows and was a lovely subject for the morning.
I couldn’t believe how warm it was up there, too. Usually,
it’s at least 20 degrees cooler up on the mountain, but this weekend it didn’t
really feel all that cool up there. I don’t think the wildflowers are going to
do much this year with all the crazy weather we have had. Sure, there’s flowers up there, but not the
gorgeous blossoming we’ve had in past years.
After photographing moose for a bit, we came back down into
town for the Living History Days celebration down at the Gatchell Museum
On Sunday, we arose early to try to beat the heat and get
the last of those darn weeds out of the garden. I’m happy to report that we are
now weed free for the moment! All we
have left to do is put down the last of the fabric in the garden to prevent
weeds from returning and we can sit back and wait for the fruits of our labor
to arrive. So far, the only harvest we’ve
got is radishes and kale but I have a feeling things will start producing
quickly with this heat. I have a whole cornucopia
of salad stuff growing on my deck and we’ve been having nice fresh salad fixing
for weeks now, yum! I planted butter lettuce in one of my pots back in the
spring and I’m so glad I did, it’s just awesome. Of course, I always have arugula going year
round, either indoors or out, since no one in Wyoming seems to know what the heck that’s
used for and puts it in little tiny containers to sell in the stores. I eat the heck outta that stuff, putting it
in salads, on my sammies, you name it, I just adore arugula.
Sherry and I are all ready for Peg’s benefit, which is this
coming Saturday now! We’ve been all over
town, gotten lots of great donations and will be spending this week getting
everything catalogued and ready for the silent auction. I sure hope we get a nice turnout for her so
we can help her with her living expenses. She’s off to Billings again today to see if she can have
that final drain removed. I sure hope
she’s feeling well enough to come to the benefit herself. I think it would do
her good to see how many people care about her. I have been overwhelmed and so
happy myself at the generosity of the folks around here in donating items. I
hear that she’s even been getting money donations in the mail from folks that
won’t be able to make the benefit on Saturday.
Makes me proud to live here, I tell you!
Well, get out there and show Monday what you are made of!
Have a fabulous week and make someone smile!
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