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Rodeo Recall

Each pair of well-worn boots has a story. This one is about some wild rodeo rides.

Sitting in a corner, waiting to be brought out again, this cowboy wears his good boots only for special occasion. They must sit and await that time.

The notion of Manifest Destiny was largely a governmentally convenient philosophy to justify westward expansion in the United States.

Horses were a source of currency with Native Americans.

There are possibly as many versions of the “true” story of a historical event, as the people who lived it.

I climbed Medicine Wheel Mountain with my watercolor supplies in a backpack, and enjoyed a beautiful afternoon of painting at the site.

I’ve had some inquiry as to seeing a larger view of this: attached

The Big Horns are the backdrop for this amazing field, and it makes for a truly unique and exciting afternoon.

In Spearfish, an old rule of thumb, is not to put anything outside in the garden or planting beds until the snow is melted off of Crow Peak.

Spearfish Canyon in Early Morning Fog.