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Have a Good Life Amigo!
“It’s not the strongest of species that survives, or the most intelligent, but the one most responsive to change.” ~ Charles Darwin There are days I hate change. Thank you very much, but I like my life...
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How Do Horses Spend an Afternoon?
One recent afternoon I went to feed Miss P. and couldn’t find her. That was unusual because lately she and her girlfriend Miss Chickadee hang out close to the gate. They’ve got the feeding time firmly...
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Hello Trees!
I have a long-term relationship with these two trees in the pasture. I’ve photographed them in every season. I’ve walked beneath them. I’ve taken deep breaths when I see them – perhaps the very...
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Becoming Papa
I wonder when the tipping point arrives. The point that turns a man who has never been a parent into a fully-fledged, card carrying grandfather. Into a man who would lay down his own life for an...
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Crossing the Badlands
“If you’re going through hell, keep going.” ~Winston Churchill I have badlands. Places I’d rather not visit, and yet being human and so very imperfect, I sometimes end up there. The badlands I deal...
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What’s Your Family’s Birthday Tradition?
Photo Credit: Bigstock Photos We just celebrated my husband’s birthday. And only a few weeks earlier, we did the same for my sister. And here’s the thing, each of them has a favorite cake. A cake that...
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Relaxation is Who You Are
“Tension is who you think you should be. Relaxation is who you are.” ~Chinese Proverb Rick and I are just back from a weekend getaway. It’s amazing how refreshed we feel from just a few short days out...
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Real Friends
“A real friend is one who walks in when the rest of the world walks out.” ~Walter Winchell I’m big on friends, but then I guess you already know that. Relationships, friendships, people are what ring...
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View From the Top
I was perched on the rungs of the fence one afternoon, looking out at the pasture, pretending to carry out an important task. Searching for horses, checking the health of the grass in the pasture....
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Twenty-Twenty Hindsight
One recent afternoon Pepper and I were enjoying a quiet moment together. She was nibbling her grain and I was brushing out her mane which had become tangled from the wind. And of course, we were...
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Happy Anniversary
Some events are definitely worth celebrating. A twenty-year marriage is at the top of the list. Comparing these two photos made me smile. Yep – it’s the same two people. And given the circumstances...
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Have You Noticed the Roses?
Roses in my backyard. Here in northern Colorado we are experiencing an abundance of roses. A rose extravaganza. A “rosapalooza.” A rose marathon. Everywhere I look, these beauties are blooming their...
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A Story about Fence and Fear
The true title of this post if Pepper were writing would be: The Rolling White Scary Thing That Could Kill Me Last Friday we were doing the usual around noon-ish.Pepper had her pan of grain and...
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Happy Fourth!
Pepper and Chickadee, AKA “The Golden Girls” hope you have a happy, restful and SAFE 4th of July. Back tomorrow with more tales from the pasture.
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The Houdini Horse
We had quite a storm last Friday evening. Rain fell sideways accompanied by hail, and a microburst of wind that took trees down in some parts of town. The pasture where Pepper lives is one of those...
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Embracing Solitude
It is only when we silent the blaring sounds of our daily existence that we can finally hear the whispers of truth that life reveals to us, as it stands knocking on the doorsteps of our hearts. ~K.T....
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Perfection
Sometimes, by nothing other than pure dumb luck, you take a photo that is so deliciously gorgeous, you want to weep. Or jump up and down and cheer. And to me this photo of our sweet girl is exactly...
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Live Every Day
“If you learn to respond [to this day] as if it were the first day in your life and the very last day, then you will have spent this day very well.” ~Brother David Steindl-Rast...
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Monsoon Clouds
It’s been a somewhat rainy July which isn’t all that unusual for this part of Colorado. It’s called “The Monsoon Season.” Funny in a way because this is the high desert, and compared to places where...
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Turkey Mama
When we went to buy feed the other day, we met the turkey babies. They were huddled in this crate, waiting to be transferred to their more spacious homes. They were noisy. And upset. They were...
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