Last Day of Class

I don't know if you can see them, but when I went out to the garage to get in my Jeep and drive into town for my last day of class with the Korean teachers, I heard the strangest sound.  I went outside and looked up, and there were hundreds of Canada geese flying overhead.  I yelled to Noah to come outside, and gave him my camera (I was taking it with me to class for a final class photo).  He was able to snap a few shots of the birds flying overhead...don't know if you can see them that well, but here it is anyway.  They just kept coming in waves and waves.  Hundreds of them.  And were are so loud!  They honk constantly as they fly (all of them at the same time!)  You'd think they'd lose their voices!  It was really cool...had to share!!!

Even though I'm not teaching at the college anymore, I was lucky enought to get to teach one class to the Korean teachers this semester.  I did an Intensive American pronunciation course with them, and as is my long-standing tradition (unbroken in 25 years!)  I took an all-class photo on the last day.  These guys really didn't want to do it, but I appreciate the fact that they humored me.  Here we all are:

YAY!!!  We finished!!!  (Can you spot me without my buckskins on?)

Waldo's Christmas Present

Waldo was such a good boy this year that Santa came extra early with his Christmas present.  Poor Waldo is such a big guy, he always hang off of his dog beds.  So, Santa brought him a nice, new Jumbo Dog Bed from the Sierra Trading Post.  Here's Waldo right after I met Santa outside & brought his new bed inside for him.  I made him lay down on it, and you would have thought we were going to beat him...he didn't like it at all!!  However, about an hour later, he was all snuggled down & we haven't been able to get him out of his new bed ever since.  He doesn't even come upstairs to sleep with us anymore...he prefers to stay downstairs in his new bed.  So, needless to say, this present was a big HIT.

And Alfie thinks it isn't too shabby, either!!  Isn't that CUTE!!!

Shooting After Thanksgiving

The day after Thanksgiving, we invited some of the Korean teachers to our house for some food & shooting.  Most of the teachers traveled out-of-state over the holiday weekend, but some got snowed in, so we thought they might like to have something to do to take their minds off of their ruined vacation plans.  Here's a photo of David with a couple of spent shells.  Noah had given them to him to take back to Korea  as souvenirs (a lovely idea), but I was afraid it might lead to unpleasantness at the airport, so David decided to settle for a picture instead!!

Thanksgiving 2010

Thanksgiving Dinner was a quiet affair this year (as always), just Noah & myself.  However, as I enjoy cooking a Thanksgiving meal, we had quite a feast:  turkey, stuffing, cranberry sauce, orange praline yams, apple pie & my homemade dinner rolls.  Delicious!  And dig that view!!  Not too shabby.  You oughta come and join us next year...you're always welcome!!

Love,
Buckskin

Jack-o-Lanterns!!

Shirleyshot came up for a visit during the fall, and while she was here, I hooked her up with a Korean conversation partner.  (My company trains English teachers from overseas who come to the US to study for 6 months at a time).  Shirleyshot's conversation partner was Sophie.

One day, Shirleyshot invited Sophie over to the house to carve some Jack-o-Lanterns.  Sophie came along with two of her friends:  Eunjeong & Sunny.  After a very brief pumpking-carving tutorial, the ladies got to work making some great Jack-o-Lanterns (by the way, all of these pumpkins came out of my garden):

After the Jack-o-Lanterns were finished, it was our turn to try something new:  Korean pumpkin pancakes.  I've got to tell you now, I'm a FAN!  They were delicious!!  Here are some shots of the ladies at work in the kitchen:

What a fun afternoon!!  I'll never forget it!!  Thanks, ladies!!  (Oh, by the way...you can see the back of Shirleyshot in the photo above.  She never let me take her picture the whole time she was here, so you've just got to take my word for it that she was even here!!)

More Hunting

Another day, we went hunting in the truck to the North Fork (of the Shoshone River) which flows out of Yellowstone.  We were hunting elk again, but never saw any.  We did see a large number of antelope, however, and here's a pretty good photo I was able to snap of a nice buck.

It started raining while we were out, but after a brief squall, it started clearing quickly.  Next thing we knew, there was a beautiful rainbow over the reservoir:

And then the clouds started rolling away behind the mountains.  I don't know if this photograph can really capture the beauty & the vastness, but here goes anyway:

And that pretty much concluded that hunting trip!

Hunting in Meeteetse (October 2010)

It was a beautiful, warm fall this year...but unfortunately, the beautiful weather made for very poor hunting conditions.  Noah did not bag a single animal.  We've got no meat for the winter this year--so very sad.  But that's not to say that Noah didn't do a LOT of hunting.  He did.  He just wasn't successful at bringing down any game. 

One evening, I went along on a trip to Meeteetse.  We were hunting for elk, but we never saw a one.  We did see a few deer, who took one look at us & ran for it.  Stopping every now and then to see if we were still there:

We hiked for several hours, but never saw any other animals.  We even went up into a steep draw trying find something, but no luck:



Even though we didn't find any elk, we still had a great hike.  We didn't get back to the truck until almost dark, but it was a lot of fun. 

And that's all I have to say about that! 

It's me!  Buckskin Lily!!

Sorrry...Been Really BUSY!!

Wow!!  Sorry it's been so long, but I've just been super busy & haven't taken the time to sit down and work on my blog since September!  That's really bad...can't believe it's been 3 months!!  Well, I've just downloaded all the pics from my camera, and am planning to spend the next few hours catching up.  I hope you all enjoy and that you have a VERY Merry Christmas!!!

Lots of love,
Buckskin