The Departure of Miss Beauty
My birthday was Sunday, January 24th and I was looking forward to a quiet and relaxing weekend. The only item on our “to do list” was a dinner invitation with some close friends. Friday afternoon I finish up at the fire department and head to the ranch, arriving home about 5:30 [...]
Still A Work In Progress
March 11th at Sun Down: Certain things can almost always be predicted here at the Ranch with a great deal of certainty. One of the “rules of the Ranch” is that if you arrive home tired and hungry, some thing out of the ordinary will confront you and greatly delay your [...]
Monday, May 11th: A few thundershowers came over our area this afternoon bringing a light rain that just barely dampened the dusty roads. While the rain gauge did not record any level of rain fall, our ears recorded a few dozen lightning strikes. About an hour later, a huge column of smoke was coming up from [...]
Monday, April 20th, At the Ranch……The wildfire has now consumed about 600 acres and is still burning. Last night, Division of Forestry helicopters were doing “bucket drops” of water from the St. Johns River onto the fire with minimal impact. Today, a cold front came through and the wind shifted and is now blowing from [...]
Sunday, April 19th @ The Ranch……there is a large brush fire near our property, which started on Saturday afternoon. Today, it is much larger and we have been hearing sirens all afternoon.  The wind is keeping the smoke away from our horses and cows (and us).Â
I was able to snap a few pictures from my [...]
WOAH!
It is 6:30 a.m. at the Ranch and the thermometer says it is 23 degrees outside.Â
All of the pastures are covered in a thick white ice and the grass is crunchy as I walk out to survey the damage this morning.
Our normally green pastures are anything but this morning…..
The horses are fine, but they have [...]
Cow #40 had her baby calf the first week of June, brining the 2010 calf crop to a close. All boy calf's this year!!
