Category Archives: Daily Grind

General posts on various related topics.

It’s white again..

Another cold and wet storm moved through last night, leaving a blanket of early October snow in our canyon. This morning at dawn I heard what sounded in my dream like Ellie yelling “heyyyy”. When I woke up and looked outside I saw several mule deer, with one fawn yelling because it couldn’t reach the… Read More »

First Snow 2009

We have three inches of snow from a cold and wet storm that came through Utah yesterday. Still chilly out, but sun is shinning and it’s sure to be a good day. Here is a pic from our front porch this morning. That’s about 20 miles line of site to Alta, where chances are good… Read More »

Then I fell back asleep…

The other morning there was a mule buck with 8 points eating a plant on the steps, right out side our bedroom window. I watched him from 4 feet away through the screen. There was another mule deer playing with Ellie’s swing at the same time, in the moonlight. The buck eating the plant looked… Read More »

The Art of Observation…

…and how my wife saved us over $300 by Eavesdropping. Yesterday we went down to Babylon (Orem, in this case) to take advantage of the killer sales at RC Willey. Although I hate Babyon, I will say this: It’s worth the trip to this retailer on Labor Day if you want to save some serious… Read More »

A Trike..

Ellie got a new tricycle for her birthday. She stood up to get a better look at the rhythm dirt jumps, from higher vantage point, before she started sessioning the line 😉