This Guy
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This Guy

It’s no secret… I really like this guy.I love and appreciate Roger more with each passing year. I am so glad he’s my partner on the ranch and in life. I am always grateful for his wisdom, patience, hard work and sense of humor. He loves his family and he loves his cattle. He takes…

Strong Women
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Strong Women

Are you a strong woman? Strong, kind women…my family is full of them.Including Sara (pictured here) who is married to my brother Cord. I affectionately call her my Sister in Love. She has five sisters and she is a real hand with a horse. I stopped by to see them and my niece, Tulsa, this…

Butterflies Galore!
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Butterflies Galore!

The butterflies were out in full force today!   They were so beautiful opening their delicate wings as they dart in and around the Lantana.  (I don’t always have success planting something; but when I do, you can bet I will plant it again next year!) I couldn’t help but think of my nephew, Wilson….

Summer Cleanup
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Summer Cleanup

I am trying desperately to do some major cleanup around the ranch this summer.  It helps that I have two capable teenage daughters who need a job.  So the three of us have stripped stalls, cleaned the hay barn, organized the tack room, swept the shop building, sorted out closets, weeded flower beds, and any…

Vanishing Sunglasses
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Vanishing Sunglasses

Between volleyball tournament games last Friday, Roger and I took our girls out for lunch at our favorite Mexican restaurant. Before we sat at the table I made my way to the ladies restroom. I did my, shall we say, “ladies restroom business” and proceeded to wash my hands. In this little one-person bathroom, I…

Seven Days One February
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Seven Days One February

SUNDAY: 50th Wedding Anniversary Last September, Roger and I were privileged to celebrate with his parents on their 50th wedding anniversary.  I respect and love them both very much. This week started with a wonderful 50th wedding anniversary celebration for my parents.  50 years ago they got married in some friends’ Stillwater, OK living room…

The Best Investment
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The Best Investment

Buck Crabtree would come by our house about once a week.  He was an old man–I’m ­­not sure how old; but I think he may have traded a few chariot horses with Moses.  Roger and I would be out feeding or fixing something and we would see Buck coming up in his old blue pickup….