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 [...]
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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 »
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 [...]
The generations…
Posted in Family, Ranch Life, tagged childhood, family, generations, Home, Homestead, life, North Dakota, ranch, ranch life, Veeder Ranch, writing on August 24, 2011 | 26 Comments »
So we have been in the middle of making house plans this summer and have faced the big decisions about where we should put it, what kind of view we want from our front porch, who is going to build it, who will dig the basement, what is our budget for windows, how many bedrooms, [...]
To be alive…
Posted in Family, Musings, Photos, tagged adventure, family reunions, life, musings, Nature, photography, scenery, summer, vacations, wilderness, wildlife, writing, Yellowstone on July 26, 2011 | 12 Comments »
So here I am in Red Lodge, MT getting ready to climb into husband’s new pickup with him and my built-in-best friend and take the trek with a camper up Beartooth Pass and on into Yellowstone Park for our family reunion last week. I was excited to set my eyes on the magnificent views of [...]
This is my dad
Posted in Family, tagged childhood, cowboy, dads, family, Father's Day, Home, life, Love, musings, ranch life, writing on June 20, 2011 | 15 Comments »
This is my dad. You may have met him here before in various circumstances. I talk about him a lot, you know, cause I’m his side kick. I guess I always have been. He’s been the harmonica to my guitar, the harmony to my solo, the encouragement behind the uncertainty, the swat on my horse’s [...]
My built-in-best-friend
Posted in Family, Ranch Life, tagged family, Home, life, little sister, memories, musings, North Dakota, ranch, ranch life, Veeder Ranch, writing on June 10, 2011 | 11 Comments »
My little sister is home for the summer and things have sure brightened up around here. I mean just look at her. Look at those dimples. Look at that smile. Look at those kissable cheeks… ..doesn’t she just literally scream, “aw well, shit happens, life goes on…let’s go have a beer.” Awwww. So cute. I love [...]
She chose us
Posted in Family, Ranch Life, tagged family, Home, life, Love, Marriage, memories, mom, mother's day, musings, writing on May 6, 2011 | 23 Comments »
I like to imagine my mother before I knew her–before she became a mom for the first time to my big sister and wife to my father. I like to imagine her long straight hair, jeans that hugged her ballerina legs, her high heels clicking along the pavement on her way to a job she [...]
I don’t know if he’ll be a cowboy…
Posted in Family, Musings, tagged baby, family, Home, life, musings on April 8, 2011 | 14 Comments »
I don’t know if my nephew, Little Man, will ever be a cowboy, but I know I am already making plans to buy him a pony. I don’t know if he will ever sing and play guitar on stage under concert lights or around a campfire late at night, but I know I have some songs [...]
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