New Deck

Dave and Brian installed our new deck this week. Next Monday, weather permitting, they’ll put on the final finish. Winters here are tough on decks but this one should last.

We also got a new hot tub cover installed. This deck is almost ready to rock so drop by on the 4th of July and we’ll flip you a burger!

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Victor Fire

A house fire last Monday in Victor took the life of one of our neighbors. George Hoffman lived with his dad in this house along the highway. The fire broke out around 2:30am and the story I’m hearing is that both got out initially but George went back for his dog.

His dad Michael lost everything in the fire. There is a donation page Here

The clouds appear to pay homage to George…

Update: Article by Jeannette Boner Here

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Freak Storm

A weird windy storm blew a bunch of boards off our deck yesterday. We sent the hunter cat out to evaluate the damage and determined that she has a great sense of balance. :-)

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Walmart

I’ve got a new program in the works that plots Points of Interest onto a map. Here’s a snapshot of Walmart locations around the country:

You can run the app Here

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Mothers Day

We went to my sisters house for a terrific Mothers Day brunch today. While everyone was cooking and prepping, I did what I do, play with my camera! :-)

Here’s a moving flickr image with ocean sounds. Hey, it’s relaxing…

Here’s the food: A ham cheese egg and broccoli casserole, buttermilk biscuits, bacon, and scrambled eggs (an issue with the eggs and a toaster oven, but they were great).

And finally, here I am playing with my sisters dog, Nana:
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Happy Mothers Day!

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Dry Farms

We were coming back from a Walmart expedition in Rexburg today and I stopped to take some photos of the insanely spacious land that exists out here.

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Piper Paper

Piper loves to lay on the daily paperwork that flows from my fax. Sometimes it lands on top of her and she uses the temporary cover to meditate on cat things…

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Baby Giraffe

The strangest thing happened today. One of Steph’s handmade giraffe’s had a baby.

Very cute…

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Dry Creek

It’s been an early spring and a slow melt so far, bringing Teton Creek to a grinding halt. Last year at this time Teton and all the other tributaries were roaring.

There was a lot of water on Hwy 33 last year, all the way thru early July that made for tough driving and the construction of some new water relief systems.

Not this year…

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Live Now!

This Stop Sign with Character is at the intersection of Ski Hill and Teton Canyon Rd. Up the hill to the right lands you at Grand Targhee, down the hill to the left leads you back to civilization, and behind you is miles of wilderness and bears in Teton Canyon.

Anyway you go from here leads to adventure, and Live Now is right on!

Much better than Stop

Click below for a map:

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Pierre’s Plaque

Just after passing over Teton Creek, heading south out of Driggs, there’s a plaque on a rock in the turnout area. I’ve lived here six years, stopped here numerous times, but never checked the thing out. Maybe you haven’t either, so here you go:

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Spring Snow

There is an old adage here in Teton Valley: never leave your hot tub bathing suits on the glass table because you never know when it’s going to snow!

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Backwards

Upper Mesa Falls, backward.

Water flowing backwards with horses.

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Guard Dog

Jess shot an Instagram of Riley sleeping today and of course I had to grab and tweak it.

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Tavros & Gamzee

Steph’s been working hard on her two new Plushie creations. They’ve been designed and created from the ground up, as a birthday present for her niece RayLee.

Tavros

Gamzee

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