Dear Summer, You always take so long to arrive - all spring the kids are wiggling and squirming in their seats, watching the skies and wishing for wide open spaces, hot days with ice cream and beaches. It's almost as if you know you'll barely have a chance to unfold your beautiful, green skirts and [...]
It's that time of year again. When the cows need to get pushed up the range where they happily munch their way back down to us... over and over again. The weather switches from sunny and hot -- to pouring rain in a blink. The fields are vibrantly green and the big new pivot makes [...]
These days the cold has a more of a slap than a snap to it. It's not quite the freezing, turn your cheeks to stone kind of cold - but one that reminds you very clearly that Winter is coming. The hair on the cows is all thick and burly, and the calves are getting [...]
Once upon a time, there was a farm. It sat huddled between big scrubby mountains far from town, and enjoyed it's view. It was surrounded by incredible beauty, and all kinds of creatures. There were fish in the river, and cows on the fields. Horses that wandered and coyotes that howled. It was a busy [...]
Normally, it takes one person to lead a pony, but as you can see from the above photo, it takes at least three when the cousins come to town. The more hands on the lead rope the better. Some of the best parts of farming are when family or friends come to visit. Everything that [...]
