Home Page updated: September 3, 2007
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I took this picture last year about 25 miles northeast of Sheridan, a few miles into Montana on State Highway 314, just past the coal mining town of Decker (population 96). The contrast of colors seemed more like a painting than reality, so I used Adobe Photo Deluxe to create the “crackle” effect you see to convey the mood of a painting. The area where I took the picture is remote enough that a woman who was passing by stopped her car to make sure that I was o.k. when she saw me fighting my way through some roadside brush to get a good vantage point for the photograph.

As it does in many places, Labor Day weekend marks the unofficial end of summer here in Sheridan. Several forest and grass fires have burned in Wyoming this summer, the majority in August. The most dramatic fire around my area was the Little Goose fire, which burned for several days. I was standing in my neighbors’ yard, 25 miles north of the fire, when I took this picture on the day the fire was at its worst. Our firefighters did a magnificent job in protecting structures, with very few cabins lost to the flames.

Since the Fall of 2005, much of my energy has been directed toward an ongoing environmental issue that is literally across the fence from my house and two acres of land. Just click on the ENVIRONMENT button (above) to read about the controversial Indian Paintbrush Estates subdivision project on the new Indian Paintbrush Road, just off Swaim Road (County Road 56) here in Sheridan, Wyoming. The subdivision is a 51-acre, 22-lot real estate venture headed by David Scott Bliss of Bliss Enterprises, Inc. – DSB Investments, Inc. During the summer of 2007, developer David Scott Bliss (as Bliss Enterprises, Inc.) began publicizing two additional properties. One is Wildcat Run, the other Whispering Hills. On July 17, 2007, the Sheridan County Commissioners issued Permit Q-07-002 for the Fletcher Whispering Hills Bouley Quarry located off U.S. Highway 14.

For you bodybuilding nostalgia fans, click on the BODYBUIlDING button (above). Two articles have been added. One is “Mike Armstrong: Shaping Young Minds & Bodies Through Bodybuilding.” Mike won the Mr. Alabama title in 1974 and twice won the “most symmetrical” award at Mr. Western America contests. The second article is “Francis Sequeira.” The two-part article details how Francis, a 100-pound war refugee in 1942, became the 4th place winner in the Over 40 Category at the 1977 AAU Mr. Southern California contest at the age of 60.

For Minnesota history buffs, click on the new MINNESOTA button (above) to read The Miles of Yesterday: The Life Story of a Minnesota Woman, written by Olive Irene Hills Bliss in 1935. My mother worked for Mrs. Bliss in Mrs. Bliss’ later years. (I do not know if Mrs. Bliss is an ancestor of David Scott Bliss, the developer mentioned in the ENVIRONMENT section of the Wyoming Woman Website.)

And just in from Ric Drasin in California – these two pictures taken at the Labor Day 2007 festivities in Venice, California, where the grand opening ceremonies for the Muscle Beach Venice Walk of Fame took place. Bill (age 61), Ric (63), and Dave (64) are walking testimonials for the value of weight training. Bill Grant, the 1972 WBBG Pro Mr. America and 1974 IFBB Mr. World, was honored with the dedication of his own bronze plaque, which is permanently mounted at the new Walk of Fame.

Irene L. Hause
Sheridan, Wyoming
September 3, 2007