March 12, 2021

ranch notes, mmxxi-iii-xii




check it out - the first and second pictures were taken at the same time
(my camera-camera was on the arena rail taking interval shots)

March 9, 2021

trail notes, mmxxi-iii-ix


a bleak, disheartening spring -
the ice storm killed all the tender and tropicals and early bloomers
but in the last couple days the redbuds and plums have blossomed

March 7, 2021

March 5, 2021

trail notes, mmxxi-iii-v

ranch notes, mmxxi-iii-v

Cora had her annual dentist visit today
she had a chipped tooth so the dentist extracted the chip
everything else looked good
Leda and Summer and Fancy watched from afar

March 3, 2021

critter notes, mmxxi-iii-iii

ranch notes, mmxxi-iii-iii





that's a male and female lesser goldfinch on the salt block
but i don't think they're lesser than nothin'

February 25, 2021

ranch notes, mmxxi-ii-xxv



Barney on the Andy Griffith show once described someone as
"happier than a mule eatin' briars,"
but in this particular case it looks like somebody spilled
a cup of grain near this stump and grain beats briars any day

garden critter notes, mmxxi-ii-xxv

carolina chickadee

February 24, 2021

ranch notes, mmxxi-ii-xxiv











Cora was in the middle of the road when I drove up
another play day with the mares