Dear Husband, Good morning. As I write this I imagine you on your way to work in your red pickup, your warm cap pulled down over your ears, a little of your scruffy hair escaping out the sides. Or maybe you’re there already, digging into the jobs you’re good at. I lost track of how [...]
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Dear Husband…
Posted in Family, Musings, tagged Veeder Ranch, family, photography, writing, Marriage, husbands, valentines day, Relationships on February 13, 2012 | 17 Comments »
Days spent like this…
Posted in Family, tagged family, Home, kids, life, Love, musings, writing on January 27, 2012 | 12 Comments »
I have been hanging with Little Man a lot lately. We’ve been chillin’, drinking bottles of milk, throwing snack foods on the ground, giving the kitties kisses, watching Mickey Mouse, practicing our walking skills and pooping our pants…wait…that one is just him. He is a blessing, a joy, a wonder of new accomplishments and experiences. [...]
A little about Little Man
Posted in Family, tagged babies, family, life, Love, nephew, ranch, Veeder Ranch on January 6, 2012 | 12 Comments »
Check out my date for the day: Yup, he’s a handsome catch. Don’t judge me ok. But when I get a chance to hang with my baby nephew, the first thing I do (after getting a smile and a hug) is dress him as a mini version of an adult character, like a cowboy or [...]
The list
Posted in Family, Musings, tagged Christmas, family, holidays, Home, life, Love, Marriage, North Dakota, outdoors, photos, ranch, ranch life, Veeder Ranch, winter, writing on December 20, 2011 | 9 Comments »
Christmas is right around the corner. Like, right there. I can see its sparkly ribbons and the ball on its Santa hat from here and I am finding myself a little anxious about the whole thing. I’m saying things like, I’m not ready! I have to bake something! I have to wrap the presents and [...]
Where are the words for this?
Posted in Family, Musings, Photos, Ranch Life, tagged family, frost, Home, house building, life, Love, musings, Nature, North Dakota, ranch, ranch life, winter, writing on December 15, 2011 | 18 Comments »
You know that saying, ”When it rains it pours?” Or how about the other one, “Bad things happen in threes?” I’ve used these before to describe overwhelming events in people’s lives and in my own. I have said these phrases out loud to declare war on an unpredictable life, to show my exasperation at a [...]
Turkey, ping pong, a cheeseball and memories…
Posted in Family, Musings, tagged cooking, family, holiday, life, Love, North Dakota, photography, ranch, ranch life, seasons, Thanksgiving, writing on November 29, 2011 | 12 Comments »
I hope the holiday weekend was good to everyone. I hope the sun rose bright and warm and flooded your kitchen with streams of light while you or your momma or your gramma or pops or sister or mother-in-law basted the turkey and rolled up their sleeves, saying something like “whew, it’s warm in here [...]
My husband is the only thing that makes me cool…
Posted in Family, Musings, tagged family, Home, humor, husbands, life, Love, Marriage, ranch, ranch life, Veeder Ranch, weather, writing on November 3, 2011 | 26 Comments »
Well it’s been pretty quiet here at the ranch. The sun has been shining giving us some beautiful days to work with, but it gets up a little later and goes to bed a little earlier. Just like me during this time of year, hunkering down and getting ready for the cold. Yes, we’ve swooped [...]
To always ride horses…
Posted in Family, Musings, Photos, Ranch Life, tagged adventure, animals, autumn, childhood, fall, family, horseback riding, horses, life, Love, North Dakota, photography, photos, ranch, ranch life, seasons, sisters, Veeder Ranch, writing on October 28, 2011 | 24 Comments »
Last weekend Little Sister came home for the hustle and bustle and celebration of Little Man. Have I mentioned that I love it when Little Sister comes home? Well if I haven’t said it sixty-thousand times already, I am saying it again and singing it softly to myself in a little tune I made up [...]
When the leaves blow from their branches, I will tell you…
Posted in Family, Musings, tagged autumn, baby, birth story, birthday, family, musings, nephew, photography, Veeder Ranch, writing on October 24, 2011 | 15 Comments »
Dear Little Man with the wispy hair, bright blue eyes and smile that sweeps wide across your face, lifting those squeezable cheeks toward the sky… This is your crazy aunty here, you know, the one that will do anything, including crawling around on the kitchen floor and underneath coffee tables, jumping up and down frantically [...]
The behavior of men and elk…
Posted in Family, Musings, Photos, Ranch Life, tagged adventure, animals, Elk, elk scouting, family, Home, horses, hunting, life, men, Nature, North Dakota, photography, Veeder Ranch, wildlife, writing on October 3, 2011 | 17 Comments »
Out here on these acres of ranch land there are things I know are there and places I roam everyday. I know there are cattle somewhere between the east and west pastures, if the sneaky animals haven’t found a hole in the fence. I know that if I let the pug out too early in [...]
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