Monday, December 11, 2017

Monday Miscellany







Rather than getting right off with glowing reports about the "beautiful" ZAGS game we watched last night, I'll save that for later.  

This morning seems like a miscellaneous-type day.  So, that will be the focus.  

In the one-horned buck category, I want to document that somewhere there could be a nice "shed" out there for the shed hunters to pursue.

Either that or this guy got into a tussle.  

He didn't seem too concerned about our presence when we saw him on Friday.  In fact, I think I could have captured a variety of views during the time we spent admiring his anomaly. 

He lives at the Bison Range over in Montana, and I think he probably enjoys a pretty carefree life 'cept maybe when he looks in the mirror. 


                                                                                             --- Nancy Wright Photo

Then, there's the "I'll take care of you" situation in Upper Pack River where Miss Ellie who came home from Ronan with my little CB has found her new best friend.

That would be Peaches, who carries her age rather well.  Could be her stomach weights her down a bit, but for 25, she's pretty amazing.

This relationship kinda reminds me of the Foster-Liam friendship when Foster was actually bigger than Liam---for a couple of hours anyway. 

Nowadays, big proud Liam races around with little Foster, and little Foster keeps big, proud Liam pretty intimidated most of the time. 

I'm wondering if Peaches is doing the same with Ellie.  

Anyway, it' looks like a match made in Heaven. 


Photo stolen from Cindy Wooden's Facebook page . . . I'll do my "Hail Mary's" for penance!


Speaking of Heaven, seems like our Sandpoint friend Cindy is managing to get a pretty good pipeline toward St. Peter welcoming her through the gate via Pope Francis.

She posted this picture this morning, adding "This is the not-too-weird one from L'Osservatore Romano. (Nov. 26 flight to Yangon, Myanmar) with Josh, my co-editor for "A Pope Francis Lexicon," to be released Feb. 15 by Liturgical Press.

Yup, Cindy has been working on another book, associated with Pope Francis. Good luck, Cindy and Josh.  





Litte CB's new best friend circle is growing.  He spent yesterday in the large corral with Arty, Persi (pictured) and Mazy.  

All went well.  Seems he's fast becoming a member of the Colburn herd. 




Last evening we watched the ZAGS game at MickDuff's pub in downtown Sandpoint.  Toward the end of the game, we enjoyed a visit and a candy cane from Mrs. Santa and her sidekick.  

Mrs. Santa also goes by Susan Moon, and I've seen lots of pictures of her lately in various places, helping Santa greet people and handing out goodies. 

Thank you, Susan, for the Christmas cheer.  It was a nice interlude during a very nice evening. 





This final photo brought me to tears this morning.  It appeared in my Facebook private messages with a note from James Martin. 

James is a professor at Montana State University.  He also earned his Eagle Scout status in Bill's scout troop, and he sat in my honors English class as a sophomore at SHS. 

His mom Jean is a longtime family friend.  Lately, James has been working on a manuscript about the good ol' days of fishing on Lake Pend Oreille, where his mom and he have caught a fish or two of their own. 

Apparently, he found this slide among his family collection, so he passed it on to me. 

What a gift, especially in this Christmas season which reminds us so much of our parents.  

The photo was taken on July 4, 1956 near Jean's home on Jefferson Street in north Sandpoint.  Mother had probably ridden her mare Largo from home on North Boyer.

I don't know if Jean rode in the parade that day, but I'm guessing Mother rode alongside Catherine Racicot, who owned Largo's sire Danny Adare, also a bay. 

Catherine and Mother rode their two horses as matched pairs in parades and horse shows over the years. 

Thanks again, James, for providing us with another wonderful memory of a remarkable and beloved matriarch.

Now, to the ZAGS.  They have redeemed themselves from that tough loss against Villanova.  Last night's win over Washington was nothing less than "beautiful basketball."  

They're definitely back on their road to another phenomenal year, and we are looking forward to great basketball entertainment to come. 

GO, ZAGS!  Happy Monday.

  

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