Well, we are nearing the end of January and outside my window the sun is trying desperately to peek through the blanket of clouds and I feel, at 45 degrees, at any minute this brown, damp landscape is going to erupt in colors of green and orange and pink and purples. What a weird winter [...]
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On a green January day…
Posted in Musings, Photos, tagged Home, January, musings, Nature, North Dakota, outdoors, photography, ranch life, seasons, Veeder Ranch, winter, writing on January 30, 2012 | 11 Comments »
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 [...]
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 »
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 [...]
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 [...]
Quick, change your season!
Posted in Musings, Photos, tagged animals, dogs, fall, Home, horses, life, Nature, outdoors, pets, photos, pugs, ranch life, seasons, weather, writing on September 15, 2011 | 21 Comments »
So I hope yer termaters were covered last night, because there was a frost. whimper, whimper…sigh…sniff. Yup. There was a frost. I saw it with my own eyes when I woke up, rubbed out the crusties and scrounged around for the dog food only to collapse in a heap when I noticed that the water [...]
The top of our world…
Posted in Community, Photos, tagged friendship, hiking, landscape, North Dakota, old homesteads, outdoors, photography, scenery, Table Butte, Western North Dakota on August 11, 2011 | 15 Comments »
See those buttes, way off in the distance in this photo? Yes. You see them? Good. I love those buttes. They are like the backdrop to this little painting we live in here at the Veeder Ranch. They are always there in the distance, reminding us of our neighbors to the north, reminding us that [...]
Bravo to the magic hour…
Posted in Musings, Photos, Ranch Life, tagged animals, cats, Home, horses, life, musings, Nature, North Dakota, outdoors, pets, photography, photos, ranch life, summer, sunset, Veeder Ranch, writing on August 1, 2011 | 20 Comments »
It’s been pretty scorching hot around the ranch these days, and I’ll tell you it’s not because of the sexy outfits I’ve been wearing to stay cool. No, that’s not it at all. It’s just typical late July/early August for you. But you have to appreciate a place on the map where in the matter [...]
On bulls and husbands
Posted in Ranch Life, tagged cattle, Home, horses, humor, husbands, life, Marriage, men, North Dakota, outdoors, ranching, work, writing on July 29, 2011 | 11 Comments »
See that foot up there? Yeah, it’s resting on the recliner right now, exactly where it and it’s friend, Lefty, are not supposed to be. Where are they supposed to be? On the floor while I sweep something, put something in the laundry or rinse a dish or two in the sink. Better yet, they [...]
Please get here soon…
Posted in Photos, Poetry, tagged animals, horses, Nature, North Dakota, outdoors, photography, ranch, spring, weather, wildlife, writing on March 30, 2011 | 10 Comments »
Crawl in slow the warmth the sun ice to slush water to dust my skepticism into trust that you are on your way and somewhere under white and gray flowers hold on tight and wait to bloom please get here soon please get here soon
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