Today was a glorious day! Pretty… Clear… Sunny… Perfect for a winter outing… so we took one! Located on North Buffalo Creek perhaps 12 miles due west of this place is the Dugout. (Johnny and Vernon hiking to the Dugout ruins) Known to all local cowboys of the early days, the Dugout was a well…
Sleddogs
Sleddogs My view when I arrived home the other night… An *almost* perfect scene… Think the REA would be upset if I buried all our power lines??? ******************************************************************************* I need to share these photos I also took on my way home. I “almost” walked over and talked to these people… You see, back in the…
Remember the Mills Place
Remember the Mills Place? Thanksgiving 2008, this is what the kitchen looked like. Avocado green metal cabinets. A dishwasher you couldn’t open all the way because it banged into the stove. Laminate stuff on the walls. Not airy. Not full of light. We meant to change that! Destruction was relatively easy. They put 1/2 inch…
First Walk
First Walk I took my first walk with my dogs this afternoon… LONG overdue… My first of 2010… My first since Christmas… My first for waaaaaaa-aaaaay too long! Can you see Elsa’s impatience and Boomer’s passive indulgence? But more, can you see Dally’s LOVE? (Lucas is already in the trees ahead) How about now??? Oh,…
Journey
I’ve returned. This journey was a difficult one, and I thank all of you who wrote, sent best wishes, and prayed for my mother and I. I found it inspiring and amazing that this little blog, set in the middle of nowhere, could receive the generous amount of good hearted wishes it did. When I…
Blessings to You
I hope the next few days are filled with family and friends… joy and patience… long hugs and sweet kisses… the touch of a gentle hand… laughter… love… I wish you and yours a very Merry Christmas. *************************************************************************** For you, my friends, I have to let you know… this may be my last blog for…
Wordless Wednesday – “Lion’s Mouth”
Poor Dillon’s head in the Lion’s Mouth”
So Long, Sadie!
Well, although little bitty Sadie will continue to grace my house for the next few days… She’s no longer my pup. Sadie gets to go to live with Matt Davis in Kaycee, Wyoming. I know, without a doubt, I’ll see Sadie frequently as she grows and ages. That will be a joy, seeing one of…
Enjoyable to Me
Chisum’s curiosity could have got him in DEEP TROUBLE and the SHOCK of his little life… But thankfully, the electric fence isn’t turned on this time of year! Believe me, I would have been yelling instead of taking his picture! A split second later, his wet nose was ON the insulator and fence wire. It…
Then There Were Six…
I had three pups leave today… Toffee goes to Arizona with Ginny and Tom Baker. Ginny says her cows regularly put them on the fence and she wanted an aggressive female. Toffee is that! Continually in dispute with brother Pate for Alpha position, Toffee is in the lead to do it all! She has great…
Time to Let Go
Well, I ignored any other calls for help today and literally “focused” on the pups today… 196 photos later… I’m satisfied. We went for a short walk over to the haystack… full of deer and rabbit droppings and other exciting new smells… tunnels… and fencelines. Then later a certain fat man came to visit… Today…
O.1538753 Seconds
First of all, here’s the photo of the young golden eagle from yesterday. My camera was left in the car and I was too lazy to walk out in the cold and retrieve it last night. I just hope he remains intimidated by all my dogs and the puppies don’t resemble fat little bunnies… ***************************************************************************…