Yet another picture that reminds me how blessed I am to live in the country...Life is good!
Ranch Roundup
New Year’s Reflections
I love the start of a new year....the feeling of starting all over again with a clean slate, the...
Useless ranch hands
Every creature on the ranch should have a purpose...the chickens provide eggs & meat,...
Mornings
I really hate to admit it, but I am NOT a morning person. When I lived in NY, I would get up at 5:30am to commute in to lower Manhattan. I would walk my dog with the sound of traffic always present, get dolled up in an Ann Taylor suit (I do miss...
First ranch births
We have 3 barn cats, Annie Oakley, our orange calico, Darlin' Clementine and Calamity Jane...I can't tell these last 2 apart so they are basically known as "Kitty". We started with 4, but Wild Bill, our orange cat, was killed, not in a card...
Bread
I love fresh bread. Moist, dense, tasty whole grain bread. The problem comes in once we move out to the ranch we will be 1/2 hour from the closest supermarket and an hour from Whole Foods who's bread I adore. So I decided a bread machine was just the thing. I spent...