The early morning sun finds us all snuggled warmly under our blankets, it's brightness slowly arouses our senses.   As much as we try, we can't keep it out of our eyes.   The rays prod relentlessly, pushing and tugging at us until we finally relent and climb out from our… Read full post »

I wrote this and never made it public. I found it today and decided to post it. Thanksgiving was the last Holiday I got to spend with Richard and it will always be a bittersweet time for me.


Richard died on February 10, 2010 late in the afternoon. David and I were… Read full post »

Like most of the country, we have suffered from a heat wave that just won't go away.   Today we had a bit of relief and I wandered out to the pasture to take some pictures.    Ricky was burning some brush in the back pasture and the horses and donkeys had come… Read full post »

I love to experiment when cooking.   The end results aren't always what I expect,  but my dear, loving husband always manages to swallow it all down with a smile on his face.... or was that a grimice???

 This recipe was put together because of some leftovers which included cream… Read full post »

As I walked in the door, carrying a armful of grocery bags, David came running over to me.... I thought to help take the load of heavy bags from me.   Instead he started blabbering about Foodie Tuesday and Walter Blevins and Enchiladas.

"Whoa Nellie" I said, as I struggled into the… Read full post »

Now for those of you who have read  I Don't React Well To Threats , you will understand where this post is coming from.   If you haven't read it, go read now!

 He should have known better.   I don't know why men are so dang hard to train.   They… Read full post »

My older brother, sister and I all went to the same school from first grade through to graduation.  It was a small Catholic School with a Parsonage, the Church and the Convent (which us kids called the Nunnery).  

 When I first started first grade, the nuns were covered from the… Read full post »

My mother is the one who passed her love of nature and animals on to me. All the time I was growing up, my mother was always taking in injured or abandoned wild animals and rehabilitating them to be released back into their natural environment later.

It was not surprising to… Read full post »

I just haven't felt like writing lately, but my dear husband asked me to write something in regards to training horses.   Specifically the difference between breaking and training.   So here goes:

Back in the 'good ole days' horses were broke.  The cowboy roped the untouched… Read full post »

When you live on a farm or ranch, there is birth, there is life and then there comes death.   Birth is a miraculous event that makes all of us smile and rejoice in life. 

 Then life guides us along on our path upon this Earth.  Sometimes the path is smooth… Read full post »

I went up and had lunch with David one day when we lived in Texas, and did a bit of shopping. I was talking with a couple of ladies while standing in line at the checkout counter when we started talking about traveling.

The two middle-aged women said that they had… Read full post »

Living in Michigan, one of the things I cherished was the chance to see the Northern Lights. Of all naturally occurring heavenly phenomena, few come close to a night with a magnificent northern lights display. Flickering curtains of dancing light against the dark skies, always amazed me, and entrance… Read full post »

I was going to do a sweet, first blog today, but damn it all, I am not in a freekin sweet mood.  I very seldom allow my anger to surface, but Dish TV not only brought it to the surface today, once there, they poked it and jabbed it and twisted… Read full post »