I saw this horses fancy footwear back in September, I think my horse was jealous……You have to admit, leather boots are pretty sexy. Especially with the buckles and slightly worn appearance. Come to think of it I think I may be a wee bit jealous of his footwear too! 😉
As y’all know, my darling family and I are in hot pursuit of a bull elk at this moment. Prior to leaving for Colorful Colorado I prepare by making and freezing large amounts of food. Cooking in a Dutch oven over an open fire, while romantic, is not exactly practical. Last year I manged to…
Every year, during the latter part of October, my family makes the 17 hour journey to the state of Colorado in hot pursuit of the wapiti. Not only do we take ourselves, we take a friend or two plus 6 horses, 2 canvas wall tents, 2 wood burning stoves, as many coolers are we can…
Today was a special day! My little sister, who has been globe-trotting for about 5 years, flitted down at home base for awhile and came to walk with me. I rarely take people with me when I walk, and have never taken another adult, so I made sure she knew how lucky she was! (that…
Looking out across the pasture behind our house you might think we had an epic hail storm or weird fall blizzard. There are mushrooms EVERYWHERE. Which makes me super-duper happy since I think mushrooms are the neatest thing on earth. I slipped on my muck boots, grabbed my camera and traipsed thru the slosh to…
So while I was cleaning out the flowers beds (I use the term ‘flower beds’ very loosely by the way) I ran across some completely cool creepy crawlies. And they told me they wanted to be photographed while having their cozy homes disrupted and the universe as they know it, destroyed. Who am I to…
The circus came to town and I took Addie, admittedly pretty excited myself since I haven’t been to a circus in the neighborhood of 26 years. Heavens. I must confess, I found it really depressing. The animals all seemed well-taken care of and treated with respect but still, it was the most Depressing. Thing. Ever. …
I have a vision for my flower beds. In my mind they look like this…….. Organized chaos of color bordered by weed-free mulch, nestled around my home like a quilt of yellow, purple, orange, red, pink and green. When in reality (since I work full-time, home-school, blog, sell books, have chickens, go to church and…
The last hay cutting sends a beloved message to my soul, a message that autumn is here with winter nipping at its heels. Hailing in fallen leaves, crisp mornings and cool nights with scents of smouldering pine lingering in the air. The fields, dotted with square and round treasures, are silent. Leaning against a freshly…
While the first week of fall was gloriously cool, the second week climbed back into the upper 90’s. Running out of time to walk in the morning hours I headed out to our ‘back forty’ about 5 in the afternoon. And while it was hot and I was plagued by mosquito’s it was still nice…
The Wicked Chicken 