We gathered and shipped our big steers to the sale barn for auction tomorrow. I thought you might like to come along for the ride. It was a glorious spring morning in Kansas. Mid-April and knee-deep grass in places. Spring came a month early in the Heartland. T.H. is giving instructions to the cowboys (and […]
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Apr 2012
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Apr 2012
Last Friday was a “Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood” for me and Puncher and Paint. (And T.H. too.) We go out first thing to ‘work’ the steers we bought at the auction on Thursday. Puncher does the foot work. She brings them up from the back pens to the chute where T.H. is getting all […]
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Apr 2012
Several people have asked me what happened the ‘sore-eyed’ steer. How sweet. Thanks for asking. I would love to tell you. After we gathered the bunch and sorted off the 4 big steers and the ‘sore-eye’. The 4 big ones got loaded in the front and you saw the part where he tried to mother-up […]
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Apr 2012
OK. So Paint and I get finished gathering some steers for T.H. He sorts off some big ones to take to another pasture closer to home in order to get them ready to sell next week. One has a sore eye that needs to come home to be doctored. Small problem. They didn’t all […]
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Apr 2012
Spring came early in Kansas. Blessed Spring. And green grass. Puncher has more work/play to do everyday. We have been really busy sorting and moving cattle around. I am perfecting my “Hip Shots” technique while loading the stock trailer with her.I just hold my pocket camera at waist level, while it is set on […]
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Mar 2012
Play at Work
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I thought I would take you all with me on an afternoon of work/play for Paint, Puncher and me. I say work/play because it is ranch work. T.H. considers it work. I know it’s work. But for me, it’s what I live for. We unload at the pens and ride out to the cattle on a wheat […]
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Mar 2012
So ya’ll know how devastated I was at the breakup of my last relationship. I have tried a couple rebound relationships since “him”. They just didn’t work out for various reasons. Mostly because they were too close to my own age. (Too old, too slow,too arthritic, too grumpy, too fat) I’ve decided that being a […]
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Mar 2012
I’ve been traveling with Paint a little bit this winter. We haven’t really had a “winter” to speak of. That’s why I get to travel so much. No snow, no ice, no cold weather. Let’s hear it for global warming! Puncher, Paint and I have been slipping down to Oklahoma to some Ranch Sortings […]
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Feb 2012
I posted about this quilt a few months ago. At the time I thought it was the ugliest quilt ever made. As it turns out, it is the most favorite one I’ve ever made. I went on an Artist’s Retreat to Santa Fe in November, having just finished the top. I showed the blog […]
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Feb 2012
I have met so many wonderful, creative people through blogging. One of them is Crystal Harris Donnelly. She is an artist who expresses herself through the love of dogs and horses. Today I give you this guest post by my friend, Crystal. I commissioned her to paint a portrait of my faithful companion, Tip. […]
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