Tag: orv alveshere
The UPHILL PART of SKIING
-By Orv Alveshere-QUARTER MILE OVER SNOWBANKS; WE’RE OVER THE HILLBehind the barn rising high above, was a 60-foot hill;Estimated to be thirty-five degrees, it...
YOUNG COWBOY’S SPECIAL CHRISTMAS GIFT
-by Orv Alveshere-JINGLE BELLS AND WINTER RECREATION INVIGORATIONYouthful ambitions and plans caused a hurrying of most ranch choresTo allow time to ride ponies or...
YOUNG PLOW’BOY AND OLD HORSES
-By Orv Alveshere- DRAFTING A DRAFT HORSE DRIVERIt was on the 5th, I visited with Dad.He told me of recollections, he had."Yes, it was...
THRESHING MEMORIES: WORKING AND SOCIALIZING
By Orv Alveshere
THRESHING CREWS: HUMANS AND HORSESSome threshers might have been to the point of sleepwalkAs teams of horses pulled hayracks from shock...
QUIRKY, MOM’S PETULANT PET GOAT
-By Orv Alveshere-family's long train ride to coastal town Wilmington *Gramp's heart trouble Gram raised Mom and girlsGramps pulled Mom from ocean by hair...
AIRBORNE WHEN WE HIT THE HAY
By Orv Alveshere
FALLING BEHIND IN HAY WORK
Gramps said decades ago, horse-drawn hay rakes gave drivers a horse-tail view.
A 1 person job. When using tractors,...
RURAL YOUTH MADE SUMMER PLANS
-By Orv Alveshere-ENAMORING EVENTS AND PERHAPS SOME TEARSOn the last day at small country schools there was a celebrationBuzzing with laughter. Most would return....
HISTORY LIVED AND SPOKEN HERE
-By Orv Alveshere-
COVERED WAGON TRACKS IN THE SANDS OF TIME, 1895
“Horses and covered wagon brought me here,” the octogenarian said.
Determined, he staked a...
MARCH WHITE-OUT SNOWSTORM…SCHOOL’S DISMISSED
--by Orv Alveshere--ED LOST SIGHT OF HIS HOUSE, BUT NOT HIS GOALEd came to third grade in a one-room school…on his skis.He bundled in...
Making Wooden Christmas Toys
I’M CALLED A WHAT?
Some of the fondest memories and joys Are of constructing wooden Christmas toys. “Open Your Heart” programs, I remember, Sponsored year after year in...
The Ballad of the Billfold
by Orv Alveshere
CELEBRATING THEIR FIRST CHRISTMAS EVE
A couple was married in ’34;
The Depression made ranching very poor.
At Christmas they drew other family names;
That custom...
IDEA OF SKUNKS NEXT DOOR STUNK IT’S NOT WHO, BUT WHAT...
IDEA OF SKUNKS NEXT DOOR STUNK;
IT'S NOT WHO, BUT WHAT YOU 'NOSE'
-By Orv Alveshere-
Faded red grainery ninety years old has tilted,
Harvest grain sold...
Runaway Horses Kept From Appointed (Seeding) Rounds
Runaway Horses Kept From Appointed (Seeding) Rounds
Montana Mustang Had a Messed Up Mind
When we read the quote, “A time to plant and a time...
ECCENTRIC EQUINE EXPELLED
ECCENTRIC EQUINE EXPELLED
-By Orv Alveshere-
HORSING AROUND IN SCHOOL
A lady bought a very gorgeous horse
And she paid for a ‘finishing school’ course
Then she trailered him...
LOST BETWEEN BARN AND HOUSE IN A BLIZZARD
LOST BETWEEN BARN AND HOUSE IN A BLIZZARD
-By Orv Alveshere-
SNOW CAN FIND YOU: CAN YOU FIND THE HOUSE?
Luckily he had just arrived home to...
CHRISTMAS TITLE
CHRISTMAS TITLE
By Orv Alveshere
-GREEN SCENE GIVERS-
I have Christmas mem’ries where parents gave each, one special gift.
Paying for land and livestock, it was a world...
BAKING DISORDER
BAKING DISORDER
-By Orv Avleshere -
My mother made buns that were the world's best;
We chose those homemade buns and left the rest.
Sometimes she's up and...
CONVOLUTED DISAPPEARING ACT OF THREE RIDERS
CONVOLUTED DISAPPEARING ACT OF THREE RIDERS
-By Orv Alveshere-
HOW’D 3 HORSES DISAPPEAR WITH 3 RIDERS?
In our early teens we literally lived for ‘half-past’ Sunday.
We would...
Muddy Creek Saloon was Robbed
Muddy Creek Saloon was Robbed By Mounted Thieves Dressed in Black
Five riders paced nervously ‘round the bend;
Now, what message would their black attire send?
The...
FIRST GRADE ANTICIPATION AND EXPECTATIONS
FIRST GRADE ANTICIPATION AND EXPECTATIONS
By Orv Alveshere
GREAT DEPRESSION AND DUSTY ‘30’S HEATS UP
On a very dry August day the scorching harvest sun bore down...
FIRST CATTLE DOG WAS MY BUDDY
FIRST CATTLE DOG WAS MY BUDDY
-BY ORV ALVESHERE-
YES, I DID KNOW “JACK”
Some guy argued with an acid tongue and gave a personal attack.
I was...
Will July 4 Fire Go Down to the Wire?
Will July 4 Fire Go Down to the Wire?
By Orv Alveshere
THREE-STORY BUILDING BUILT TO THEIR SPECS IN 1912
A homesteading couple had built a farm...
