Red Dirt In My Soul
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Hi, my name is Carol, and this blog is my photographic journal of daily life on a Wyoming Centennial Ranch... 100 years in the same family! Through my photography and writing, you'll discover the beauty of Wyoming, the hard work of ranching, the DIY projects that call my name, and a mix of creativity tossed in for fun!
Red Dirt In My Soul
2d ago
It was Jaxon and Lacee’s turn to shine in the Washakie County Fair Sheep Show. Again, I can’t tell you much about showing sheep… constant eye contact with the judge, always be on the opposite side of the sheep as the judge, lift the sheep’s head up and back to brace the back muscles so ..read more
Red Dirt In My Soul
3d ago
It was Quinlan and Lorelei’s day at the Washakie County Fair. Now we’ve been to the Beef Show before, but not the Pig Show until today. Rocket and Rose are Hereford pigs, colored like Hereford cattle. Quinlan was on first with the FFA kids. The first timers compete with the experienced hands and what chaos ..read more
Red Dirt In My Soul
4d ago
Vernon and his show lambs you saw yesterday… Today, Jaxon recreated the event ..read more
Red Dirt In My Soul
5d ago
Whoops. I was partially wrong yesterday when I said that Vernon and I had no experiences with competing at county fairs. Our kids didn’t. I didn’t. But Vernon and his sister (who is visiting right now) both took animals to the Washakie County Fair. Oddly enough, we’ve been going through old photos and guess what ..read more
Red Dirt In My Soul
5d ago
The Washakie County Fair has started… and suddenly, as Vernon says, we are a 4H/FFA outfit with a few cows on the side…. The horse show was today and then next week we will be attending the pig show (Quinlan and Lorelei), the sheep show, (Jaxon and Lacee), the beef show (all four), the bred ..read more
Red Dirt In My Soul
1w ago
When they text you to bring up more supplies to where they’re building fence… stop and think. You know that while grass down here is finished, grass on the mountain will be still covered in pollen. Take an allergy pill! But, no… Drive around taking photos to document things, because that’s what you do… and ..read more
Red Dirt In My Soul
1w ago
This was first published July 17, 2014. This morning I hosted Ten Sleep’s summer school on a field trip. Their focus is on… bees! I decided I could help with that! First was a talk on my lawn… where we looked at new and old comb and dead bees and brood comb and drone comb ..read more
Red Dirt In My Soul
1w ago
The horses wait patiently as the semis are unloaded. I don’t know why I like these versions so much… but I do. They have an entirely different vibe from just transferring color to a basic black and white. Over exposed. Grainy. Gritty. Not that I would take all of my photos like this… Wyoming’s beauty ..read more
Red Dirt In My Soul
1w ago
When six semi’s show up in your driveway first thing in the morning, you get the hint that you might have a big day. I chose to use a black and white filter. There’s definitely an old fashioned look to these photos. I’ll share more when I’m not falling asleep ..read more
Red Dirt In My Soul
1w ago
I taught a tie dye class for adults at the library Friday night. After researching some amazing artists on YouTube (there are some crazy talented people out there), I chose to do an outline of symmetrical shapes or animal heads in class. We used just the more inexpensive tie dye kits on pillowcases and bandannas ..read more