Buff, Utah And The Six Degrees of Separation Indeed!

 September 20, 2024

   For the past two days I have been trying to remember the name of the small Utah town Ed Mell and I blasted through on our way back to Arizona after a plein air painting trip many moons ago. I finally got out an old atlas of ours and ran my finger along the border until I found it.

Bluff, Utah

   As we shot through Bluff—such a fitting name!—and came up over the rim on the south side of town, the red-ridged desert floor spread out behind us as did those distinctive Navajo country-flat-bottomed clouds and that is when Ed asked me to stop the car so he could capture a few pictures for later reference. I think it's safe to say he got what he wanted.

"High Clouds" Ed Mell, 1993

   On a related note, got this from Rooster Rob yesterday. What do you get for a guy who loves sombreros and a nice, full cabernet?

El Corko!

And it totally rocks! Speaking of The Rooster, we're working on a bunch of Rooster Reels and I think these suckers need a logo.

Daily Whip Out: "Crowing Rooster!"

   Here is a video we are working on.

Cowboy Slang Video

   This just in. Guess who's grandfather is on this well-digging head frame, probably showing off?

   If you guessed Benjamin Daniel Harshberger, you would be correct. According to Dan The Man, his grandfather lived in Bluff for a while before moving to Valentine, Arizona in Mohave County. And, here is Dan at the same site recently.

Dan The Man in Bluff, Utah

"It's a small world, but I wouldn't want to paint it."

—Steven Wright