Author Archives: Susy

I cam across these and thought they would be nice to share on this gray November day. Spring on the “ranch” in 1975 plus a few of Weaver Bally area.

On July 6th I wrote that we were out at the ranch and the children and I had come out the previous afternoon. Bob had stayed in town working on the base piece for the bridge abutment. I made homemade … Continue reading

May 28th Got bread started. Bob was home sick in bed. Wrote a letter to my parents. Clarke and I went to the library to run off a copy of an article to send to my parents. I took some … Continue reading

Clarke rode on the tractor with Bob down almost to where we cut the tree yesterday. Then Jeff rode for about ¼ mile, doing most of the steering. Later, Rebecca had a ride. Bob dragged the root and stump down … Continue reading

On a Saturday, Florence and Leonard got back from Mexico looking tanned and relaxed, bringing hats for the boys and a necklace and bracelet for Rebecca. They ran into snow coming over Buckhorn Summit. Friday I had met with Bob … Continue reading

February—bits and pieces Rebecca gets well. Jeff smashes his fingers in a door. Drove to Big Bar in a rainstorm to go to the Forest Forum meeting. Had to go by Proffitt’s and pick up the film on Golden Trout, … Continue reading

On a Sunday Linda Ohde did childcare while Bob and I went out to the ranch, picking up Darrel S., who bought property in Big French Creek up toward the Upper Ranch. He wanted to access through our place and … Continue reading

After the Christmas social life—breakfast at the Ohdes, dinner with the grandparents, a dinner on the 23rd with the Joneses and my brother and family—things got back to more-or-less normal. I got Linda Ohde to come and do child care … Continue reading

Jeffrey was starting to learn to ride his bike. We didn’t have much flat ground in the backyard but enough to practice. If Jeff reads this he will remember the “sticker” incident. Persistence. I made a trip to Fresno with … Continue reading

Jeffrey had a good birthday. He got lots of camping stuff and Scott Muir stayed overnight at the ranch. Scott gave him some trucks. The rest of that week was really busy. That Tuesday we dropped Scott off at the … Continue reading