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 [...]
Posts Tagged ‘winter’
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 »
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 [...]
Instigator…Idiot…Pug…
Posted in Pets, tagged adventure, animals, dogs, Home, pets, porcupine, pug, ranch life, Veeder Ranch, winter, writing on January 23, 2012 | 27 Comments »
If I were a pug with one eye I would tread lightly in this world, understanding that my life is hanging on the fact that my remaining eye, well, remains. If I were a pug I would have put pen to paper in my journal to detail each gory detail about how, exactly, I lost [...]
When your nostrils freeze together…
Posted in Ranch Life, tagged Home, humor, life, North Dakota, Veeder Ranch, weather, winter, writing on January 19, 2012 | 12 Comments »
If you live up here where January can be a real bitch sometimes, you’ve probably noticed weirdly familiar things happening to you and the bodies of those around you. I say weirdly familiar because it’s been awhile, but you are suddenly very aware that you’ve felt like this before, sometime, in a frozen land far, [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
Where are the words for this?
Posted in Family, Musings, Photos, Ranch Life, tagged family, frost, Home, house building, life, Love, musings, Nature, North Dakota, ranch, ranch life, winter, writing on December 15, 2011 | 18 Comments »
You know that saying, ”When it rains it pours?” Or how about the other one, “Bad things happen in threes?” I’ve used these before to describe overwhelming events in people’s lives and in my own. I have said these phrases out loud to declare war on an unpredictable life, to show my exasperation at a [...]
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 [...]
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