Blogs from Bozeman, Montana, United States, North America - page 9

Shane (a fellow mathematician at MSU) and I took a nice hike up thru the Spanish Peaks by Ted Turners Flying D Ranch. It's a beautiful drive and it's right out of town off from Montana's most dangerous and deadly road, US Highway 191. It was a nice little ride in to the full parking lot of the Spanish Creek trail head and a short 3.5 mile hike up to the Spanish Creek water fall. Despite the large amounts of vehicles in the parking lot, we encountered no hikers on the way up to the falls, and only one train of pack horses and campers going up to the mountain lake for the July 4th weekend. The wild flowers (wild roses, sticky geraniums, lupines, blue bells, and more) were out in true form, unfortuntately the only ... read more

The title says it all. We're getting closer, day by day. Each day we put in a couple more hours, and each day that's one step closer to moving in. You can see all the things that are coming together. Now all the cabinets are in and we're waiting for the countertops to be delivered so we can install them. Once they're in, we're rolling! The plumbers will come back in and put in the faucets and sinks, etc. and hook up the water and we'll be able to get rid of the "Potty Princess" port-o-let! So, now we're painting ceilings. We've got one more coat on downstairs and it'll be done. Then we can clean the floor and bring the finish concrete guys back in to finish the concrete. And then it will be ready ... read more

So, the first picture is from the 23rd of April....we spent that day painting the green wall. Duncan as relegated outside so that we don't have any happy puppy tail swipes through the green paint. We spent that rainy morning/early afternoon at the Carpet Mill Outlet, picking out our carpet. We have a super plush neutral in our master, a nice neutral in the 'baked bean' room, and a nice, dark green in the 'chicory' room. They were having a big sale so we got a good deal. We also bought tile for the guest bath. It's really nice - called 'quartzite' so it looks like stone and even has some sparkle to it. The sparkle is definitely what drew me. We're still debating on our Master bath tile but we're getting closer to narrowing it ... read more

So, I'm going to try an experiment here. Everyone's been having trouble opening the pictures I send. I don't understand why because I put them in .pdf's so that everyone can see them and I can put comments on them. And everyone should be able to open them, acrobat reader's free. But maybe MSN does some weird encoding as I send them and that's why they don't come through. So, I'm going to try to put house updates and pictures here. It may not be a 'standard trip' but it sure has been a trip, an adventure like I've never experienced before. So, we are at the stage of painting. We have **most** of the upstairs done. All three bedrooms (except the closets) and the guest bath are done. The great room (kitchen, dining, living all ... read more

taxis omellette sandwhichs pagne outfits colors couper de caller(how do we spell that) kossam beverages in plastic bags camels on the street livestock on the street saying "fofo" to strangers the wild-eyed look in kids eyes and the ensuing cry of "annasara!" the warmth, not the heat motos the lizards at the cfca the cfca hama yussef the bread guys running boy roundabouts honking cars music shaking hips valpro kids prayer calls men being affectionate to each other men in bubus long greetings rue de martin luther king junior the dirty whitewashed walls hailing a taxi going to the tailor being accosted in the marche the marches 2005 the club not the year, ever onward the bats at dusk the sheep flock at the cfca abdul aziz condensed milk terrible african music videos ... read more