Do a 180 and become a wind turbine tech – you know, the people that climb a ladder up through a vertical cylinder so that they can get their kicks by dangling hundreds of feet above ground from a harness! If that isn’t enough to give you a kick start, consider that you will get...
Evan old dogs want to ride sometimes – especially on warm summer days:-). And seeing the horse reminds me that I’ve set up time with professional trail riders to provide horse rides at the time of the solar eclipse in later August. I have a fantastic location secured to view it in the great Nebraska...
On a recent trip through the Nebraska sandhills, I stopped to see my friend James Marshall in the little ranching town of Arthur. James is a busy, professional hat maker, and trust me, he custom makes standard-of-the-industry hats! This picture of James shows you just a little of his shop and the equipment he uses...
As I look toward THE ECLIPSE, just a few days away, I’m reminded that I have several hotel rooms, at my disposal, in prime Nebraska viewing country. It’s not too late for you to reserve one of these rooms. I’m also reminded that wild life, such as this doe and her three triplets, are totally...
The appearance of the sun early this morning, as I looked out across sand hills with some fog layered in the valleys, reminded me that, in just a few short weeks, I’ll be watching the disappearance of the sun behind the moon, in the middle of the day, as I look out across sand hills....
I’m enamored with the patience of the fawn in the center of this picture lying up against our home this evening in Central Nebraska. It is waiting patiently – and probably has been since last night’s dark – for it’s mother to return to pick it up. If you can enlarge your picture, you’ll see...
Nothing speaks to the sandhills of Nebraska more eloquently than Baxter Black’s ode to the windmill “Sandhills Savior”! Baxter did himself proud with this one and, with his permission, I’m posting it here. Thank you, Baxter! The photo is from Thompson Land and Cattle, Inc. in the sandhills. Thanks, Christi! I challenge you to allow...
I think back to when I was a farm kid. We used really basic equipment. What you are about to see in this video is not “basic equipment”! That said, the use of GPS for planting and other farm operations is very common today, and yields huge benefits as it relates to production efficiencies and...
As I walked through this prairie dog town in Central Nebraska, they let me know I wasn’t welcome. Listen to the chatter on the video as they warned each other of the stranger’s presence. You’ll notice that the grass in the town is basically non-existent as they’ve destroyed it in order to see predators better....
Sun dogs don’t get much showier than these I photographed several years ago in a series of snapshots. Plenty of ice crystals in the air and frigid temperatures are the ingredients for this heavenly recipe. And, although coldest weather is over for now, I’ll be looking for this phenomenon again when that type of day...
