It's Tasha Tudor's birthday today and since I've always been a big fan of her books and art and the way she celebrated holidays,...

It's hot --  about 95 degrees and the wind is blowing so it makes for a good laundry drying day.  I've had jeans, shirts, jackets, b...

This morning we were up before the sun in order to go to the other ranch to pregnancy test 112 heifers.  We had coffee and rolls and yogurt...

 "A Breezy Day" ~ Charles Courtney Curran It is easy to smile at people outside your own home.... It is difficult to be thoughtful...

To my best friend and lover... Happy Anniversary!

So.....I was out in the garden picking some fresh basil for my pasta supper when I heard a tussle in the bushes.  I see a frog and a snake....

Look what I ate for breakfast this morning!  The breakfast of champions -- tomato sandwiches!  Make a piece of toast, smear it with mayo, ad...

  It's that time of year. We have been so busy.  Lots of hay was made.  There's all of it yet to haul in.  It seems every single d...

Normally the title of this blog post would be: Picking Chokecherries or Harvesting Chokecherries, but this year it truly is a gleaning.   Th...

I just couldn't wait..... I had to pick. These two cucumbers could not stay on the vine another day.  Even though they would have, could...