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A Lovely Friday in Blue 💙✨

What a beautiful Friday it is, and I couldn’t think of a better way to welcome the weekend than with this blue dress that makes me feel both confident and radiant.

Wine, Peace, and Ranch Vibes 🍷🌾

A little glass of wine, here in this lovely ranchito, and I honestly feel so, so good. There’s something magical about being surrounded by nature, where life feels

Exploring the Untamed Wilderness of Casanare, Colombia

In a surprising turn of events, a Tals found herself zapped by an electric eel during her fascinating journey through Colombia. Despite the shocking encounter, she

Tapped the Box Elder Tree today.

Last year I waited till the end of March it was still quite cold even then. But last year I pretty much missed the boat only getting 3/4 of a jug. So hopefully a

Road Trip To Get Corn

Scored some organic feed corn for the livestock. It was an amazing price and only a couple hour drive away. We have been looking for over a year.

Meanwhile Back at the Ranch: Moving Animals

Today wade full of activity. First we finished the new hog pen and moved the new sow and her babies into the new digs. They were loving it! Next we sprayed down

Meanwhile back at the Ranch: Making it Through Another Winter

It has been a couple months since I updated on our Ranching adventure. We have been dealing with the normal winter chores like breaking Ice in the water tanks, hauling

Cold sunset at the ranch !

Temp 13 windchill -30 f

Sun is setting on 2019 Happy New Year!

Here are a few of my favorite sunset shots from the ranch

Meanwhile Back at the Ranch: Working it.

The last couple of weeks we have been working it. We are preparing for the the winter that we know is coming. The calves are still locked up together separated from

Aaa and the Storm is Here

Storm isn’t keeping these guys from making their morning rounds. With Thanksgiving safely behind them they can rest a little easier. The Northern Black Hills and

Getting Ready for the Storm

We built a windbreak yesterday. It took us into the evening to get it done. We were preparing for the Blizzard that is now upon us. Winter storm Ezekiel is supposed

Happy Thanksgiving!

These guys come wandering through our yard every morning. They always stop and say hi to the chickens.

Geese hanging around

The neighbor to the north has a little pond that stays open till January. The geese hang out till then before heading further south

Meanwhile Back At The Ranch: Moving and Sorting

The Temps have been well below normal but We had 2 beautiful days Friday and Saturday. We tried to use those days as best we could. We built some wind break near

And Then There’s the Moon

The moon was pretty awesome too tonight

Sunset over South Dakota

Another beautiful Sunset at the ranch. 65 degrees today back to 0 tomorrow night.

Meanwhile Back at the Ranch: Cleanup day

We are cleaning up around the area where we want to build a small corral. Winter has already been rearing it’s ugly head and we need to work the calves before it

The Black Hills of Dakota from the ranch

The Ranch

It is always amazing out here!