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 [...]
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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 »
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
The thaw-out ritual
Posted in Family, Ranch Life, tagged animals, family, Home, horses, life, North Dakota, outdoors, photography, ranch life, Ru, spring, writing on March 21, 2011 | 18 Comments »
It was great day to be alive at the ranch. The sun was shining on the buttes, melting away the snow and revealing the ground, the sweet, muddy, brown ground that is certain to burst with green in the coming months. Nobody could wait. Not the birds… not the deer… not the antelope… not the [...]
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