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 [...]
Dateline: December 30, 2009, Lake Douglas Ranch, Christmas, Florida:
Today, the Lake Douglas Ranch announced the winners in this year’s Christmas Card competition. There are four categories of award:
Christmas Scene, Family Photo Card, Funny Christmas Card, and Animal Christmas Card.
Christmas Scene
First Place Award
From Tom and Jim in Denver, Colorado
Christmas Scene
First Place Runner Up
From Sarge and Spike [...]
Try wearing a solid black leather coat all day outside
Dateline:Â July 19, 2009 at the Ranch in Fort Christmas, Florida.
Without wanting to debate the entire issue of global warming, holes in the ozone, or the true effect that cow methane has on our atmosphere - I must say that last Winter was much colder than [...]
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 [...]
What Is In That Hole?
March 25th, 2009 @ Ranch South Pasture.  I am pulling up to the Storage Shed to secure the door that keeps coming open. As I climb out of the truck, I see a large red fox standing by the fence staring at me. This is somewhat unusual since they normally run [...]
How Can Things Go To Hell So Quickly!
Saturday, March 23rd @ the Ranch. I sometimes wonder how things can go from calm to chaos within a few seconds and am equally confused over how the animals at the ranch communicate between themselves to plot the simultaneous overthrow of the humans.
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!!
