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Staying Home II: Butch Cassidy

August 17, 2010 by Montserrat {Cranial Hiccups} 6 Comments

Tucked in amidst the long days and nights of farm work there are a few days when a breather can be taken. This summer we decided we will be tourists in our own town. This is the second in a series of post chronicling our staying home.*********************************  Butch Cassidy, the famed outlaw of the west. […]

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Come Take a Walk With Me

January 14, 2009 by Montserrat {Cranial Hiccups} 20 Comments

Wednesday morning dawned cold and slightly foggy – perfect conditions for a light pogonip. ♦ pogonip ˈpä-gə-ˌnip noun a dense winter fog containing frozen particles that is formed in deep mountain valleys of the western United States. Origin: 1860–65, Americanism; < Shoshone paγɨnappɨh thunder cloud; cf. soγovaγɨnappɨh fog (with soγo- earth), yaγumpaγɨnappih fog (with yaγun- […]

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Some people . . .

May 25, 2008 by Montserrat {Cranial Hiccups} 17 Comments

. . . have all the nerve! Being Memorial Day weekend there are a lot of people out in our area with camp trailers, four-wheelers, etc. They usually keep to public land not causing any trouble. But then, THEN you get those who drink a little too much or decide they need more exciting action […]

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The Road Less Traveled

May 21, 2008 by Montserrat {Cranial Hiccups} 7 Comments

One of the many byroads on the way to our house. © 2007-2013 Chocolate on my Cranium, LLC all rights reserved

Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: Old West, Snapshots, Wordless Wednesday

Geocaching at the Windmill

October 8, 2007 by Montserrat {Cranial Hiccups} 2 Comments

We decided to do a little geocaching at the windmill. We found the exact coordinates but no cache. We think it was stolen. There are so many hunters that come through here. It was fun to get out in the beautiful weather though. Mr. Ferrer Rocher decided to start the windmill to see if any […]

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Hello, I'm Montserrat. I'm a farmer's wife, mother of eleven, homeschooler, chocoholic, music lover, and like to play a good game of Scrabble. You can read more about me here. . .

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