The words here are about my life as the wife of a now retired Soldier. I live on a small ranch in Texas, and my experiences here craft the words I use to express my life. The sacrifices, challenges, and the deeply satisfying rewards of being the wife of such a man influence them as well. I live in a beautiful and peaceful place, and it is great solace and comfort when I face life and the challenges of a complicated and stressed world. So I have titled my writings "From the Ranch."
Showing posts with label Wildflowers. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Wildflowers. Show all posts
Saturday, January 26, 2013
For All My Northern Friends!
Labels:Ranch Life, Military, Photos, Gardening,
Antique tractors,
Austin County Texas,
Bellville Texas,
Record Cold Temperatures,
Soldier's Heart Ranch,
Spring,
Wildflowers
Thursday, April 5, 2012
Our Little Cabins Are a Great Place to Enjoy a Quiet Rest
Labels:Ranch Life, Military, Photos, Gardening,
bed and breakfast. horses,
Bellville,
birding,
bluegrass music,
buckboard,
Coushatte RV Park,
Cowboy Culture,
Debra LeCompte,
vacation guest ranch,
Wildflowers
Wednesday, March 28, 2012
The Hot Tub Deck
Labels:Ranch Life, Military, Photos, Gardening,
Austin County,
Bellville,
horse,
ranch,
Soldiers Heart Ranch,
Texas,
Texas Bed and Breakfast,
Texas Coushatte RV Park,
travel,
Wildflowers
This Morning's Sunrise
Labels:Ranch Life, Military, Photos, Gardening,
ranch,
Soldiers Heart Ranch,
Spring,
Texas Bed and Breakfast,
travel,
vacation guest ranch,
Wildflowers
Thursday, March 22, 2012
It's Wild Flower Time!
Labels:Ranch Life, Military, Photos, Gardening,
Texas Bed and Breakfast,
travel,
vacation guest ranch,
Wildflowers
Sunday, February 27, 2011
What I Need is a Good Command Sergeant Major, or Wildflowers of Soldiers Heart Ranch
I have spent the last three days trying to keep the horses in the pasture. Once Blue learns a new "horse joke," like shoving the entire T-post fence over , she just plays it over and over. Because of the kind of soil we have, every hoof print they make must be filled in by hand or you flat can't mow the grass, it tears up even a Troy-Bilt! Not t o mention that she finds it amusing to clip off the tops of all of my landscape lights, and the sewer system sprayers, plus she loves geraniums as an appetizer. The wind is blowing like a hurricane here, there is so much work I want to do to have everything beautiful when my husband comes home, and everything is still gray, and I need a horse whisper or some sort of mail influence, as I seem to have spoiled every one of the littl e buggers.
I came in and reviewed my spring wild flower pictures from last spring in order to calm my frazzled nerves, and give me inspiration to "Soldier on!" Decided to share them here as well, so you can click on the first one and see a preview of spring too, I am about tired of everything being gray, I need some green! At first I could not figure out how to make the needed repairs and actually keep the horses in while I was doing so without killing my back. Sometimes things seem to small to bother God about in prayer, but I was awake all night long last night trying to figure out how to fix the fence so they could not get out, and I had to stay home from church to try and effect repairs before Blue and her "Band of Sisters," did some real damage.
After talking with Randy from Iraq, it dawned on me a little prayer couldn't hurt. I whined one to the Lord. I walked out, immediately saw solutions I couldn't see before, and had them back in, and the fence fixed in 45 minutes... I just smiled sheepishly and God, whispered thank You Father, and blew Him a kiss.... He smiled back while shaking His head. Thought you too might enjoy a "pick-me-up" as we fight off the last of the cold weather and winter and enjoy looking at pictures of His handiwork last year.
Labels:Ranch Life, Military, Photos, Gardening,
Army,
army wife,
bed and breakfast. horses,
military blogging,
military service,
poetry,
ranch,
ranch life,
soldier,
Soldier's Heart Ranch,
Spring,
support military,
West Point,
Wildflowers
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