Most Sundays we get together with mom and pops for dinner. After a week of work and crazy schedules followed by a weekend of chores and projects or travel, one of us decides that someone should cook a decent meal, pour some wine in a glass and make us all sit down. I admit, with [...]
Posts Tagged ‘North Dakota’
The boy on the hill…
Posted in Family, Musings, Ranch Life, tagged adventure, childhood, family, father, Home, life, Love, memories, musings, North Dakota, ranch, Veeder Ranch, writing on March 26, 2012 | 14 Comments »
Spring is springing…
Posted in Poetry, Ranch Life, tagged crocuses, Home, life, North Dakota, photos, ranch, ranch life, spring, weather, Wildflowers on March 23, 2012 | 8 Comments »
Spring is slowly springing on the ranch and I thought I would send you off into the weekend to enjoy it. Pick yourself some crocuses… Climb to the top of a hill… Count the birds that are finding their way home… Search for green things… Follow the winding, thawing, crisp cold creek… Catch the sunrise… [...]
The dangerous life of a Handyman’s wife…
Posted in Ranch Life, tagged construction, family, Home building, humor, life, Love, North Dakota, ranch, Veeder Ranch, writing on March 21, 2012 | 15 Comments »
So we’re in the middle of finishing that house that came down the road to our little valley at the end of December. And by finishing, I mean, we’re the ones responsible for the little things…like a floor, doors, steps, a master bedroom/bathroom and, well, a ceiling…pretty much all the basics that one might need [...]
From the top of the hill…
Posted in Musings, Photos, Ranch Life, tagged Veeder Ranch, North Dakota, Nature, family, horses, photography, writing, Home, life, musings, childhood, memories, ranch life on March 19, 2012 | 13 Comments »
Sometimes, when the day is coming to a slow close and my head is spinning with worry and lists, schedules and a pile of things that must wait until tomorrow and the dishes from a dinner of meat and potatoes sits waiting to be taken care of on the table, I slip on my boots [...]
A life (couple days) without dogs…
Posted in Ranch Life, Pets, tagged North Dakota, dogs, writing, life, adventure, animals, pets, pug, humor, ranch life on March 15, 2012 | 8 Comments »
Some days I’m not sure why I bother. Some days I wonder why the things that are supposed to be simple, things that other human people seem to manage properly without much sweat or confusion, don’t come the same kind of easy for me. Some days I wonder how most put-together people go through most [...]
It was a day like this…
Posted in Photos, Poetry, tagged Veeder Ranch, North Dakota, Nature, photos, ranch, poetry, family, writing, Home, life, musings, kids, seasons, pets, weather, fun, spring, ranch life, outdoors on March 12, 2012 | 4 Comments »
It was this kind of day a hug and kiss kind of day a put your pole in a puddle and fish kind of day You ran down the big hill for fun basked in the warm pre-spring sun It was a big stick kind of day a muddy crick kind of day a ketchup [...]
Multiple Personality March
Posted in Ranch Life, tagged animals, dogs, Home, horses, life, March, Nature, North Dakota, pets, photography, weather, winter on March 7, 2012 | 6 Comments »
Ahhh, March. You bring us one month closer to the promise of spring with your wild and unpredictable snow storms, your extreme warmth, your puddles and mud, little bit of rain, thawed out cow plops, cloudy and sunny and then cloudy again skies. All of your personalities keep us on our toes and undecided about [...]
For you child…
Posted in Poetry, tagged childhood, family, Home, Jessie Veeder, life, North Dakota, photos, poetry, Veeder Ranch, writing on March 5, 2012 | 8 Comments »
In this life we’re all made for something Holding tight and letting go Some things they are certain And some things we’ll never know So I wish you singing I wish you laughter I wish you free and running wild I wish you nothing but bright blue skies And warm breezes for you child
A winter breath in Theodore Roosevelt National Park…
Posted in Community, Musings, tagged adventure, animals, bison, hiking, Home, landscape, life, mule deer, musings, National Park, Nature, North Dakota, photography, photos, Theodore Roosevelt National Park, wilderness, wildlife, winter, writing on February 29, 2012 | 16 Comments »
I took a moment on a regular weekday morning, a morning when much of the state was preparing for one of our first winter storms of the season, to find some magic in the winter. I knew just where to go to find it. A place that was set aside just for us when we [...]
The animals of winter…
Posted in Ranch Life, tagged animals, cattle, dogs, Home, horses, life, musings, Nature, North Dakota, photography, ranch, ranch life, snow, Veeder Ranch, winter on February 27, 2012 | 12 Comments »
Well the wind blew winter in this weekend and I breathed in the frozen air, a kind of sigh of relief that the season didn’t skip us altogether. Nope, the snow and the cold made it just in time to keep us wondering if there will be lions or lambs trotting in for the grand [...]
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