Crazy spring around here.......

Worked hard this afternoon draining and moving troughs and refilling.  Hauling loads of trash gathered from here and there on the Ranger and down to the dumpster. 
Moved horse trailers around. 
Spring cleaning on the ranch!

Yay May!!!!!

Well, it's in the high 80's already, roses and other flowers have bloomed, trees leafed out, weeds dying off in the wilderness areas of the ranch.  Grass is drying out.......need to get the sprinklers running again. Dust kicks up every time a horse moves.  Guess, winter has truly left us here in the southernmost northern part of California!

What a long, busy, crazy month this has been.........

I've been getting photography and fine art images hung in the gallery, ordered and shipped to "In The Company of Cowgirls" art show in Pendleton, Oregon, ordered for 2011 Equine Dream Art Show at Western States Horse Expo in Sacramento, CA, and organizing and backing up over 600 GB of photos.  My horses don't remember who I am!  But I did ride Cooper today.  We helped our friend Marc with his corriente cattle.  I got some good photos, the above is a favorite from today.

Now it's very late, I'm whupped, and church comes early Sunday morning so I'm off to bed.

My goal is to write every day so I just need to make it happen.

I love my blog so why don't I write more.....

I just will!!I'm writing on my iPhone so it's big quick but I wanted to blog anyway. I wrote my resume and artists statement yesterday and I love having it all tied up so neatly on paper. I'll write more later. Right now I'm off to bed while my computer backs up my photography again. Nite!

Where have I been......

Wow, time crashes and tumbles and breezes by me weeks at a time......
I've been working on photography day and night the last few weeks........I need to give myself a break.  I've been riding and roping lots and enjoying it lots and want to keep on doing it lots.
I've had Max the mighty grandson with us for 2 weeks.  Just about the time a grandparent gets used to having a grandchild living with them full time the time is over.  He was fun and ever so helpful.
I've entered a western art show..........will talk about that later.
I feel overwhelmed the older I get.  I've developed more interests and talents and don't have the resources for it all :)  The concept of money is so annoying..........
I'm reading Temple Grandin......what an insightful and informative and intelligent woman......far more than most, and she's autistic.  And what do the rest of us do with our intellect?!?!?!?!?
Well, I'm all itchy and crawly and heading to a hot bath.  I waded around my chicken yard in knee deep grass earlier and it made me wonder what little critters were jumping onto my body :)  and the thought keeps emerging.......weird but true......so a hot soak in the tub for me!

Oh Sunny Day...........

Wow....woke up to SUNSHINE and no rain.  Joy!
With dark rumbling clouds, whipping wind, and slashing rain for .....forever......it's so nice to think about a normal day of getting things done around here. I think we still have horses and chickens.  I KNOW we have weeds and lakes in pastures and stalls to clean. 
When it's the same day and night....dark and stormy....its fun in its own way....sitting in front of the fire watching movies together, reading, taking naps because you stay up way too late working on photography editing and printing, etc, etc, etc.............
BUT.......I'm ready for normal again....... for a while at least, and 'they' say we have a week of sunshine here.  So let 'er dry up and we'll be getting something done outside before the next rains blow in.

I think we're going to have sunshine next week.....

We saddled and loaded horses this morning and headed to the ranche's covered arena to rope.  My fingers felt the damp and cold and even with under armor, insulated socks, knee high boots, chinks, vests, hooded coat, etc......I was a little chilly.  The wind was howling.  All the horses were fresh and jumpy and squirrely.  It was fun tho and we only had two blowups.  One colt freaked as the rope hit the fence and the tarp across it........big loop ya know......and there was some dirt flying and cowboy up going on for a minute or so.  Then one horse being led past a tarp over a table (inside) got spooked when the wind hooked it and literally ran over the human and drug her a bit.  No broken bones but scrapes and bruises immediately and LOTS of sore later.  She rode her goofy boy anyway.  Cowgirl up!
Then off to Bert's for late lunch......always :)
And now a quiet, warm couple of hours AND then a movie with the guys while snuggled around the fire.  Rain is good for something!