Good morning, my dear readers! A little Monday morning coffee break moment for you. A reminder for you on this fine day. Remember those life lessons you have learned over the years. They were presented to you for a reason, for you to learn what works and does not work for you. Stir that around in your pot of thoughts. Sometimes those same similar situations will present themselves to you again from time to time and you will recognize a little something that will raise a flag to get your attention. Are you paying attention? It is up to you to see and feel that flag and move accordingly if you ..read more

Real quick here today, but newsflash, spring is coming. It is, trust me. It may be windy and cold today, but the trees are budding, the bees are pollinating, and the horses are shedding. It. Is. Happening. Anyway, the horses are finishing their breakfast and I am waiting on my coffee before heading down to feed the cows. Another news flash…. I finally rode last weekend! All became right in my world the minute I swung my leg over. Today won’t be a riding day as almost all the horses seem a hand higher than normal with the wind, but tomorrow and Monday are looking promising! Walk in love, dear ..read more

Well, uh ya, hi there! How are y’all this evening? What do you know? Merry Christmas and Happy New Year! I will just go ahead and throw in a Happy Valentine’s Day as well! And everything in between for good measure. Why not?! It is right around the corner. It is OK if you only just realized that point and, hey, we can always use more love, right!? Get yourself a little libation of some kind and catch up with me. It is just that kind of evening. Let us see. Long time no talk! I can not believe it has been since before Christmas I last wrote. What has been going on? I suppose a lot has happened ..read more

Joy, it is here! I practically yelled that at you yesterday. I am still yelling it and feeling it today, but as we all know, life is funny. Facebook slapped me with a memory of one of my Darcy’s Christmas portraits and it just sucker punched me right in the gut. I was almost literally stomach sick (no mincing words here!). This happens from time to time, that is how grief and memories work, but I also had a dream about her earlier this week and I just can not get her off my mind. So many memories. So many feelings. I tell you I could almost feel her in my arms in the broad light of day. I g ..read more

If you guessed that my animals are completely over my antics now and are total GRINCHES, you win. What do you win, I do not know, but you win. They looked at themselves and each other like this! They are over me! They were not there to play. Side eyes galore! Just look at these grinches…Maybe I should have picked a better weather day? “Do not come at me with that elf hat.” “This is what you can do with your hat.” “Lito. You are not supposed to look cute at the camera.” “Mom, I thought you said not to do that?” “Are we finished yet?” “No, I will not accept a treat for that hat!” Do whatever ..read more

OK, dear readers, I am here for you to help jumpstart your Christmas Spirit! You heard me, I am here for YOU! So. I have just a whole pile of cuteness for you to get you ramped up. Long time readers know that I like to take Christmas portraits of my animals. For today, walk with me through time and our past portraits to set the stage! You will have to wait until tomorrow for this year’s. It is one of my own traditions to do every year and this year is no different. It generally makes for great fun. I say generally as you may notice the most recent portraits look a little…bah humbug! Grinch lik ..read more

R, L, and myself took a long weekend a couple of weeks ago to visit our friend V at her new place in Santa Fe. Our mutual friend K was also there which made it all the more special. R and I had never been to Santa Fe before, but this trip was more for us all to get together again and have time together as it has been years since we have been able to do that. Spoiler alert: a special time was had! If you ever make it to Santa Fe, we did some things that you might enjoy. I have been to New Mexico before while I was in college, but it was a different experience entirely as we were mapping, hiking ..read more

Sometimes the stars align and everything is just right for things to feel like old times. Old times that are good for the soul. The weekend before R and I flew to New Mexico was like that. It was a horse girl weekend. We planned a weekend to ride on some quiet country roads that were new to my Lito man and myself. On Saturday morning, we took our time having coffee and breakfast, grooming, and tacking. We glittered our horses! We packed a lunch and left R’s husband with instructions of where to meet us for lunch. We got the music hooked up to the speaker on R’s saddle and struck out. The sun w ..read more

Happy Belated Thanksgiving, dear readers! Side note…how is it that December will be here by Friday!? It feels like just yesterday I was anxiously awaiting my trip to Ireland. I barely got my grocery shopping done before the crowds descended! This all seems to be just how it is now. Gone are the days of our youth when we had all the time in the world to wait on things to come upon us. ANYWAY. I digress, as per usual. I hope you had a wonderful time however you choose to celebrate it if you choose to celebrate it! We had a week full of family and food at our special place, the farm. We made a lo ..read more

Now on to the reason most of you are probably here for, the proof of adventure, the regularly scheduled programing, the ‘Between The Ears’ shots where you can follow along on the trail! I am going to let this be mostly a ‘Wordless Wednesday,’ or at least as wordless as I can be. Join us in our own little world. I am glad for the special times I shared with my people and the late nights laughing until we cried. I am also glad for the time I got with my boy. Lito walks with a purpose and moves out. He does best when he is out front, and well, so do I. One of the lead horses was very slow and th ..read more