Dear Husband, Good morning. As I write this I imagine you on your way to work in your red pickup, your warm cap pulled down over your ears, a little of your scruffy hair escaping out the sides. Or maybe you’re there already, digging into the jobs you’re good at. I lost track of how [...]
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Dear Husband…
Posted in Family, Musings, tagged Veeder Ranch, family, photography, writing, Marriage, husbands, valentines day, Relationships on February 13, 2012 | 17 Comments »
Are you warm yet?
Posted in Musings, Photos, tagged animals, Home, musings, Nature, North Dakota, photography, ranch, ranch life, seasons, Veeder Ranch, weather, winter on February 10, 2012 | 9 Comments »
Uff da, it’s kinda cold here in Fargo. It’s normal for February, but with all of the 50 degree temperatures we’ve had in January, we’ve been spoiled and confused about what season we’re living in. Which makes today’s -32 windchill feels a little mean. Yes, today in Fargo it’s winter indeed and I am happy [...]
Magic frost…
Posted in Photos, Ranch Life, tagged frost, Home, horses, life, Nature, North Dakota, photography, seasons, Veeder Ranch, winter on February 6, 2012 | 29 Comments »
A glorious weekend settled in here at the ranch, confirming my theory that everything’s better with frosting. So it was my delight to wake up and find that on Saturday morning everything was frosted. Finally. This is my favorite winter weather phenomenon, but with the unseasonably warm temperatures we’ve been enjoying I haven’t seen much [...]
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 »
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 [...]
How you spend your weekend…
Posted in Musings, tagged family, happiness, Home, horses, life, music, musings, Nature, North Dakota, philosophy, photography, ranch life, Veeder Ranch, writing on January 9, 2012 | 11 Comments »
Weekends around the ranch, no matter how well intentioned and thought out, are usually pretty unpredictable. Where some families have a nice and lovely routine that includes pancakes in the morning, taking kids to practices, catching a movie and maybe going out to eat with the family on Sunday after church, around here we try [...]
Oh January
Posted in Photos, Poetry, tagged January, life, musings, Nature, New Year, North Dakota, photography, poem, poetry, ranch, Veeder Ranch, winter, writing on January 4, 2012 | 21 Comments »
Oh, January you’ve changed haven’t you? Casting long shadows against gold, green and blue tempting us with light jackets and unlined walking shoes Oh, January…what did you do? To your silky white snow drifts your wind frozen and wild? You used to be reckless, now what are you? Mild? You’re a hot, sultry vixen and [...]
A Cowboy Christmas reminder…
Posted in Ranch Life, tagged Christmas, Cowboys, family, holidays, Home, life, musings, North Dakota, photography, ranch, ranch life, seasons, weather, winter, writing on December 22, 2011 | 13 Comments »
Well, it looks a little like a Charlie Brown Christmas around here, but husband and I did it. We got a tree…or something that looks like it might have come off of a tree somewhere. And it finally smells a little less like the small brown stinky present the pug left on my carpet last [...]
Three hundred and fifty-some days a year…
Posted in Musings, Ranch Life, tagged Home, life, musings, Nature, North Dakota, photography, photos, ranch life, seasons, sunrises, sunsets, writing on December 13, 2011 | 14 Comments »
We are honing in pretty close to a new year and ringing it in by, you know, bringing in a new house. It seems to be a pattern for us, making big changes at the end of the year. Three years ago we closed on our first home and spent the next two years renovating [...]
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 [...]
Turkey, ping pong, a cheeseball and memories…
Posted in Family, Musings, tagged cooking, family, holiday, life, Love, North Dakota, photography, ranch, ranch life, seasons, Thanksgiving, writing on November 29, 2011 | 12 Comments »
I hope the holiday weekend was good to everyone. I hope the sun rose bright and warm and flooded your kitchen with streams of light while you or your momma or your gramma or pops or sister or mother-in-law basted the turkey and rolled up their sleeves, saying something like “whew, it’s warm in here [...]
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