Archive for November, 2011
Double Rainbow
Written by Rocky Mountain Woman on November 30, 2011 – 1:02 pm -This post is in honor of the letter “D” and part of Jenny Matlock’s Alphabet Thursday. For more delicious “D” posts, please click here http://jennymatlock.blogspot.com/
One morning last spring, I woke to this:
So I decided to try and find out what phenomena might cause such a beautiful gift…
Inquiring minds want to know…
Wikipedia (another beautiful gift) says:
In a so-called “primary rainbow” (the lowest, and also normally the brightest rainbow) the arc of a rainbow shows red on the outer (or upper) part of the arc, and violet on the inner section. This rainbow is caused by light being refracted then reflected once in droplets of water. In a double rainbow, a second arc may be seen above and outside the primary arc, and has the order of its colours reversed (red faces inward toward the other rainbow, in both rainbows). This second rainbow is caused by light reflecting twice inside water droplets. The region between a double rainbow is dark, and is known as “Alexander’s band” or “Alexander’s dark band”. The reason for this dark band is that, while light below the primary rainbow comes from droplet reflection, and light above the upper (secondary) rainbow also comes from droplet reflection, there is no mechanism for the region between a double rainbow to show any light reflected from water drops.
Cool, huh?
Posted in She Shoots | 30 Comments »Thankful
Written by Rocky Mountain Woman on November 23, 2011 – 6:54 pm -
Linking up to Jenny Matlock to give thanks. For more thankful posts, please click here
http://jennymatlock.blogspot.com/
A few things I am thankful for:
1. The beautiful Pink Lady apples I found today to make a pie for my grandchildren.
2. My old truck that just keeps on truckin….
3. I am thrilled that my local appliance store could deliver my new refrigerator today when my old one died a few days before Thanksgiving!
4. My friends and family, adopted and biological…always…
5. My job that allows me to take care of me and mine.
6. The crab apples my neighbor let me harvest from her tree.
7. My neighbors, I love them!
8. On line shopping.
9. My mountains. They inspire me every single day.
10. You! You all bring so much friendship and joy to my life…
Love,
RMW
Posted in She Loves | 19 Comments »Working Title – The Silver Queen – Chapter 7 Draft
Written by Rocky Mountain Woman on November 18, 2011 – 7:15 am -
It was late fall before John and the crew returned.
The Captain arrived a few days after the men with the news that the samples had yielded 96 ounces of silver. He had several cases of wine shipped in from California to celebrate their good fortune and they were sitting in the back of his wagon, wrapped in blankets to keep them from jostling too much.
“I’ll cook a special dinner to celebrate the strike and the wine”, Celeste said. She worked all afternoon making John’s favorite dishes, as well as Matthew’s and the Captain’s.
By early evening, the smell coming from the kitchen drew the men into the cafe. For a full ten minutes after they sat down, the only sounds coming from the table were the sounds of eating.
“We’ll have a load ready to freight out in early summer,” John said as he helped himself to another serving of cassoulet.
“I’ll make arrangements to have teams here in June to freight it over to the rail head at Echo. I’ve already lined up a buyer. Gentlemen and Lady, by this time next year we’ll all be wealthy,” the Captain said raising his wine glass to Celeste in a toast.
Later that evening, John asked Celeste what she wanted to buy with their share.
“I guess we should buy some land and build a real house. Rich people like us shouldn’t be living in a shack. I would love to buy a few nice mares to breed to Charger. We can always use some good horses and any we don’t want, we can sell.”
“I’ll work on getting the silver out honey, and you work on ways to spend the money,” John said as he nodded off to sleep.
Celeste laid next to her snoring husband and thought about the possibility that they might actually become wealthy. They had all of the necessities here in their little shack, but the idea of a few luxuries now and again was a pleasant one. She fell asleep feeling more content than she had in a long while.
After resting a few days, John, the Captain and Matthew went to Salt Lake City for supplies. Celeste was busy with the cafe and also a little uncomfortable because of her pregnancy so decided not to go with them. She asked John to leave word with Lucinda that she thought she had about a month or so before the baby was due and to expect a visit from her around that time.
By the time they returned, Celeste had decided this baby was going to come a lot sooner than she had anticipated. She didn’t want to wait until the last minute and have no help, so a week after John returned, she left him with the girls and took the wagon and team to Lucinda’s.
For the rest of this story, click the “She Writes” category on the right…
Posted in She Writes | 3 Comments »