Go find your mittens so your fingers don’t freeze slip on your big boots pull your socks to your knees Dig out your best scarf wrap it round yourself tight the snow has arrived here it came in with the night. I’ll put the roast in the oven and heat the milk on the stove [...]
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It came in with the night….
Posted in Photos, Poetry, tagged cattle, life, Nature, North Dakota, outdoors, photography, photos, poetry, ranch, ranch life, scenery, snow, Veeder Ranch, winter, writing on December 1, 2011 | 21 Comments »
Why crafting gives me a wedgie…
Posted in Photos, Special Stuff, tagged crafting, humor, life, Marriage, photo jewelry, photography, Pieces of the Prairie Photography and Gift Show, shopping, stress on November 21, 2011 | 24 Comments »
Well, the cold has settled in at the ranch, making everything look all cozy and sparkly and holiday like. Which is nice, but it reminds me of what I should be doing. Like, I should be making my Christmas shopping list. I should be scrubbing the toilet. I should be looking up delicious and complicated [...]
A new quiet chorus repeats…
Posted in Musings, Photos, tagged fall, life, musing, Nature, North Dakota, ranch life, seasons, Veeder Ranch, winter, writing on November 15, 2011 | 7 Comments »
If I could fill my blank page with words that made up the most perfect ending to a season that has given us her all, glorious and blue, green and orange and wildflower purple and full of life, I would give to the wind a voice. And he would speak deep and coarse about the [...]
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 [...]
October Rain
Posted in Musings, Photos, Ranch Life, tagged autumn, fall, Jessie Veeder, life, musings, Nature, North Dakota, October, photography, rain, seasons, Veeder Ranch, weather, writing on October 26, 2011 | 217 Comments »
There’s nothing more spectacular than a season change. And around here, we all have the chance to get up close and personal with the shifting of breeze, the cool down or warm up and the new colors the big guy decided to paint with. So when I feel the shift, when I hear the leaves [...]
Waiting for the cold…
Posted in Musings, Photos, Ranch Life, tagged Cowboys, fall, family, horseback riding, horses, life, musings, Nature, North Dakota, October, outdoors, photography, ranch life, season change, seasons, Veeder Ranch, weather, writing on October 21, 2011 | 13 Comments »
It’s late October and our windows have been closed for weeks, sealing our houses up against the chill that this month lays upon the nights. And we button up in the morning as we step out to start our cars, or saddle a horse, or feed the livestock or take a jog while the streets [...]
It’s all about autumn…
Posted in Musings, Photos, tagged autumn, fall, musings, Nature, North Dakota, outdoors, photography, ranch, ranch life, seasons, Veeder Ranch, writing on October 5, 2011 | 12 Comments »
Fall is one of those fleeting seasons around here. The kind that doesn’t get much attention because everyone is busy digging out their wool caps and puffy coats in preparation for what’s to come. But boy, this fall, this season, has been truly spectacular so far around here this year. Just like the rest of [...]
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 [...]
Alone and breathing in Theodore Roosevelt National Park
Posted in Community, Musings, Photos, tagged adventure, autumn, badlands, bison, Home, life, musings, Nature, North Dakota, photography, scenery, seasons, Theodore Roosevelt National Park, wildlife on September 26, 2011 | 27 Comments »
Well fall came dancing along in all its glory around here and we sure didn’t need the calendar to tell us so. Just like the uncharacteristically warm weather, the leaves on the trees were not about to take the subtle approach to the season change. Overnight the ash leaves turned from greed to gold, the [...]
Wherever you are…
Posted in Musings, Photos, tagged family, healing, hope, life, Nature, North Dakota, photography, writing on September 20, 2011 | 10 Comments »
Wherever you are. However you are hurting, or sighing, or rejoicing, I hope you have loving arms to hold you tight, to wrap around you and move you… if you are low…. or if you didn’t think you could possibly be higher. I hope those arms lift you, if just a little bit…a little bit [...]
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