ranch and trail notes, mmxviii-xii-xxxi

(the donkey lives in a pasture on the way to the ranch - it was standing on a big pile of dirt and when I pulled over to take a picture it ran right up to the fence to say hi)

snippets, 12-30-2018

Artist makes willow creatures that live in the woods (Treehugger).

ranch notes, mmxviii-xii-xxviii

stumbled upon a juniper berry skewered on an agarita

as Cora pretended to be a mountain goat

christmas trail notes, mmxviii-xii-xxii

Christmas lights with the grandchildren in Cedar Park a couple nights ago.

snippets, 12-23-2018

"Here is the best true story on giving I know..." (Whiskey River)

solstice mule, mmxviii-xii-xxi

We had the best time today - thirty minutes of grooming, five minutes of "riding" (well, sitting) and then an hour of free grazing. She wandered into a super brushy patch and made an adventure of it.

field notes, mmxviii-xii-xviii

mule notes, mmxviii-xii-xvii

family notes, mmxviii-xii-xvi

from Bren's birthday party

mule notes, mmxviii-xii-xv

family notes, mmxviii-xii-xiv

"...and he sailed off through night and day and out of weeks and almost over a year

to where the wild things are..."

(coincidentally PJ brought that book to me and asked me to read it to her,

which is why it was on my mind)

ranch notes, mmxviii-xii-xi

1 - Chief, Koby, Scud and Rumor; 2 - Wyatt; 3 - Cora; and 4 - Leda.

Cora led me from one end of the ranch to the other to graze today. I was OK with that.

garden notes, mmxviii-xii-ix

this young male was playing tag with another - it didn't seem like they were being aggressive or territorial, but more like they were just having fun

mule notes, mmxviii-xii-viii

a cold and damp Saturday

snippets, 12-6-2018

'Nature was my safe place' (The Guardian).

family notes, mmxviii-xi-vi

decorating day

malcolm and pj at the fair

from a fall fair at our community park today

pj let me read her a couple Beatrix Potter stories when we got home