Painted Buffalo

... squirt gun!  They were happy kids. So we got over to Aunt Christine and Uncle Walter's house (Maxine's cousin, Arlene's sister) in Buffalo. It was so wonderful to see them too!  The kids did really well at their house.   They took us ...

... they had been painted on the background of the foothills. About two hrs south of Calgary is the historic site called Smashed in head buffalo jump, this was the location the local indians (natives) have used for over 5,000 yrs it is reputed to be older ...

... who were wearing old Nazi helmets. It's a bit weird seeing Burmese people in their skirts wearing swastikas. We passed a man riding a water buffalo too. He was a really nice guy and let us take his picture. He was also kind enough to let me pet his ...

... After the top, it was again steep down the other side and they were forced to run down! Anyway, we are now at the Painted Buffalo in Jackson, a very pleasant motel, an independant. They even have a buffalo on exch bed! However, they are not complimentary, ...

Set off early from the Painted Buffalo, and made our way to the Teton National Park. Great, the entry booth wasnt manned so we got in for free! Drove up to Jenny Lake, which until yesterday no one seemed to have heard of. However, yesterday they all told ...

... out. It is a cute little town and we walked up and down the main street popping in and out of stores and checking out the painted buffalo that were around town. We stopped at the Naked Winery to do a wine tasting. It was fun but we weren’t too ...

... Bricktown of OKC for an afternoon of strolling by the canal and visiting little shops. They encountered the native, but rare, painted buffalo as it grazed on the square outside the baseball stadium. Upon advice from a local Nick and Chelsea decided to ...

... two countries aren't so different. During the return drive we were entertained by the evening's sunset performance. The light painted the surrounding hills golden, then rose and then mauve before deepening to dark purple. We drove past small ...

... leaf vein pattern, lots of ellies including babies in fact almost everyone trotted their babies out for me..... Bushbuck, giraffe, buffalo, impala, puku, zebra, hippo, waterbuck, crowned plover who do deep knee bends in agitation when they see the car, ...

... from elder relatives and superiors. The festival celebrates the victory of the goddess Durga over the forces of evil (personified in the buffalo demon Mahisasura). The full-moon marks the end of Dashain. It is going to make getting around the country a ...

... nbsp; It may take weeks for one aspect of the building to dry but eventually the walls are then mortared and painted.    Building constructed during British era.   Education is another subject that takes top priority.  THE HINDU ...

... the animal's soul the soul of the deceased human can proceed into the afterlife according to traditional beliefs. When I thought the buffalo had already died, he regained his consciousness and rolled over in his own blood, moaning in agony. Whenever he ...

... sang it at the church dedication service. So Pitts wrote a song for a church that wasn't there and the congregation had painted the church brown without ever hearing the song...amazing! (My favorite rendition is done by Tennessee Ernie Ford.) Finally made ...

... a hot breakfast porridge of peas, lentils, wheat and grasses each day. Since the family observed a strict Hindu vegetarian diet, the buffalo represented a vital life source - almost all the family's daily intake of fat, protein, calcium, etc came from the ...

... was nothing growing on the trees, so it was difficult to imagine what they were, but there were definitely very many, with buffalo often grazing within them.  Some gold stupas came into view and a little later, a Hindu temple appeared within ...

... very important man in the village. We drive through the most beautiful countryside – rice paddies terraced up the mountains, buffalo wading through the fish paddies, Tarogan houses everywhere and mountains surrounding us. We get to the village up a ...

... The town was a former fishing village. Wedged in between cliffs with a small port on the Merditeranian was a village with pastel painted houses, old ladies sweeping their doorsteps and small boats bobbing in the water. The food here, as in all of ...

... crowd drawing ever nearer to the altar.  When the buffalo had reached the center the music reached a frantic climax and the buffalo was positioned securely over the altar.  Four old pole-axes were raised far into the air, and the men looked to ...

... entirely of these traditional houses, even though mostly now have corrugated-iron roof. The houses are painted and carved with animal motifs, and buffalo skulls very often decorate the front, symbolising wealth and prestige. The remaining days i was ...

... of the roof and the lone woman owner was working with the cabbages and onions in her garden. I watched a woman leading a water buffalo on a rope through the fields from the window in the shower. Hasta was happy that there was a television on ...