bikes

jess and i took a ride yesterday
we did a nice timed action shot out of the driveway, huh

the right to bear arms

what do i miss most about america?
firearms.

i fired my 30-06 to start the morning off right.
no photos were obtained in my haste.
its my elk hunting rifle, a gift from my dad, it was his first elk rifle.
i didnt waste any time setting up a target.
i just blasted some rounds into the hill above the meadow.
these were about 120 meter shots from the garage over the meadow.
- mid range for rifles
- long range for a handgun

check out my dad's limited edition Wild Bill Hickock single shot 30-30:


yeah, H&H .375 custom, yeah!
its a hi-power rifle used for elk hunting in the wilderness.
more capable than a 30-06 if you run into a grizzly.





my father's .454 Casull.
the Casull is a side-arm used to fend off lions on safari.
good enough to take down the griz as well.
firing this handgun makes you a man.
it separates the men from the boys, anyhow.
its hand made in wyoming
Freedom Arms



i left the rest of my father's other pistols in the gun safe, though.
dad has a .38 special, a .45 magnum, and a few deringers.
Henry Deringer

story wyoming

last night the story fire department lit some fireworks, as they always do on the 4th of july, in the public park.
my father and sister and i were playing scrabble outside as darkness approached.
every now and then, a gust of warm air would wash over us.
i had wanted to go to the park alone to watch the display.
in the end, my sister came along on the back of my atv.
i loved the smell of the burnt fireworks.
i layed on my back in the grass.
she sat on a swing.

true patriot love, la-la la-la-la.

today, i am going to mix some cement and secure the deck foundation.
the support beams are fixed to the ground along a rock wall.
this rock wall borders North Piney Creek; thus our deck is directly over the water.
the snow melt and subsequent high water run off this spring season took its toll.
sections of the rockwall have been completely destroyed.
the river also bore its way underneath the wall in several places.
i look forward to doing some labor in this regard.


maybe ill get some spurs at kings rope and saddlery in sheridan.

FUGITIVE CAPTURED!

Early reports this morning have indicated that 'DUCKY' has been brought to justice in what some are calling a temporary disappearance, and others, an escape attempt gone wrong.

Ducky Behind Bars

Apparently, an unidentified individual did not go through his clean laundry from Sunday until today. DUCKY's jailer seems confident; when asked for a statement on restraining this highly motivated escapee, he responded, 'this ain't gone be no lucky ducky.' We may rest with confidence in the maximum security which DUCKY's new imprisonment represents. Scarily, the jailer is scheduled for an off-site beauty appointment (read: haircut) sometime this afternoon. We can only hope that DUCKY remains imprisoned unattended. Given the ghoulish appearance of the jailer in the below photograph from this morning, things should go well for him at the salon.

felicitys zbot and filmers turtle

wow, these two things mean the world to me.
i keep them right in front of me while i work all day long.
they get adjusted and moved around and played with between my keyboard and stomach.
they live on that little part of my desk there, and really make me a happy guy.

blue skies from my dreams

above my head

nothing but blue skies