This was first posted November 10, 2008. What began as an invigorating hike morphed into one of those meandering strolls, like Lucas and I experienced here. But instead of Lucas being exhausted, it was me! I feel so good lately, I go out and try to do activities like I did before my PE incident. That…
Tag: Throwback Thursday
#TBT: Ah, the Romantic Life…, v.2.0
This post was first published October 20, 2008. I’ve heard it many times. Heck, I used to believe it myself. How AWESOME your life must be… you live on a *RANCH*! Well, it is true MOST of the time… It is the small percentage of times when you are doing things like today, that most…
#TBT: Exertional Rhabdomyolysis, v.2.0
THIS WAS FIRST POSTED OCTOBER 3, 2008. HONESTLY, ONE OF THE WORST DAYS I EVER HAD. Sounds yucky, huh? Well, I can attest with my hand over my heart, tears in my eyes, and a sinking heart, that it is much more than yucky to witness. What is it? Basically it is when your dog…
#TBT: Here They Come… There They Go, v.2.0
This was first posted September 25, 2008. My sister took this picture for me… I love it. Here we all are, well, my sister and my husband are both following us with the pickup and horsetrailer… But look! It’s US! After a long day of cowboyin’, we ride for the corral, shadowing a puny feeling…
#TBT: Gotta Go, v.2.0
This was first published September 15, 2008. Sometimes, just sometimes, when Vernon says he has to run to the other place for some odd quick job, I just gotta go. I gotta stop looking out my living room window. I gotta breathe some clean air that doesn’t smell of fried potatoes and laundry soap. I…
#TBT: Wildfire
Wildfire… Nah. Unfortunately, not the Michael Martin Murphey song. As I drove to work this morning, the smoke from the Fishhawk Fire outside of Cody was rolling in. Cody is 2.5 hours away from me… so no worries here… It reminded me of our biggest, closest wildfire we had waaaaaay back when my kids were…
#TBT : Oh, Daddy, v.2.0
This entry was first published September 9, 2008. FINALLY! the rain and cold has left us and seemingly the first nice day we’ve had since Labor Day Monday was yesterday. We’ve received almost 2″ of moisture since then, so we shouldn’t complain, but I do miss sunshine! Itching to get out and about, the dogs…
#TBT : The Best, v.2.0
This was first posted August 24, 2008. Mankind has developed great, wonderful, and stupendous inventions throughout the centuries… modern medicine, farming methods, space exploration, chocolate, milkshakes, and without a doubt, the best invention of all is nothing less than a hot shower. I spent the day with good friends, exploring and riding trails on our…
#TBT : Cousin Visit
Yeah. I was a dork. What was I, ten? I don’t know… I do remember loving that orange windbreaker… Notice John Patrick, the cutie with a mouthful of candy. We’ve seen each other only once in the intervening years… but, Facebook is good for getting in touch with long lost relatives. He took a jaunt…
#TBT: Tired and Muddy v.2
This post was first written July 19, 2008. It has been a year since Butcher’s Foothills Elsa has come to live with me onthe ranch. At first glance, she was small but quick, slightly nervous, definitely prone tobarking in situations that make her nervous, lost, looking for love, and willing to pleasesomeone since she had left her Oklahoma…
#TBT: So Much To Tell 2.0
Another repeat post from 2008. I talk about how it rained and rained and snowed… That we’d had over 2” of moisture… it sounds so eerie since this year we have had 3.6” of rain this month! Flooding had begun. That hasn’t happened here yet, but all that white snow on the mountain will come…
#TBT: Branded 2.0
I’m about out of historical photos… though I’ve held a few back for later down the road. I thought maybe I’d go back into the history here on Red Dirt In My Soul… back when it was simply an addendum entitled “Overlook” on my Rimrock English Shepherds website. The website is gone… seven years of…