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May 8, 2009

Wild Boy

Filed under: Farm and Mushing — Tags: , , — Administrator @ 11:00 am

As I am waiting for my new horse to arrive, I thought back to last fall when Lance Mackey and Joe Gutowski switched from mushing chatter to horse talk.

Rustic Russ wanted to treat Lance, Joe, and musher Tim Dewey (who is the photographer of this picture) to a horseback ride.

On Mustangs that were rescued from the range.

Last night, Rustic Russ and I went over to the Hobby Horse Farm to view my new horse.

I had my camera around my neck, poised to record my first impressions.

You see, we are getting him sight unseen.

However, he hadn’t arrived yet.

So, I am waiting. Waiting to meet my new 4-legged friend.

He will be here by the weekend.

And… I can wait.

Comanchero was on the range for 10 years before his capture.

What stories he could tell.

Was he a band stallion?

I can’t wait for our story to begin.

Stay tuned…

Until tomorrow ~ God willing,

Woodswoman

April 16, 2009

Cowboy UP~!

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It’s that time again.

Spring training ~ Russ-Stick Style!

Time to saddle up.

And listen to the creak of the leather saddle, as you get your winter worn rhythm back in action.

Don the chaps.

And play Cowboy.

Uncle Jeff, visiting from below the 45th Parallel, decides to join in, compliments of Buck.

Buck is our lesson horse.

The lesson is, if you can ride Buck, you can ride most anything.

Buck’s thinking…”You’re kidding, right?”

“OK, I’ll stand still.”

“But there is a limit to what I’ll tolerate.”

“Let’s try ‘er again, Cowboy.”

“Have you heard the phrase, Git ‘er Done?”

“Time’s up.”

“Perhaps next time…”

“…and perhaps this would help.”

Until tomorrow ~ surrounded by Cowboys ~ God willng,

Woodswoman

April 1, 2009

Spring Frolic

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I’ve never been able to understand the vernal equinox rush to warmer climates.

I still don’t.

Not when you have paradise in your own back yard.

It makes you want to kick up your heels!

Until tomorrow ~ God willing,

Woodswoman

March 24, 2009

Imagine

Filed under: Farm and Mushing — Tags: , , — Administrator @ 11:50 am

“It is not on any map. True places never are.”
Herman Melville ~ Mody Dick

Imagine…

If you could wake up tomorrow and not have to answer to anyone.

Except Mother Nature.

Enjoy a pot of coffee over an open fire.

Raise your own beef.

Enjoy fresh milk each day from your favorite milk goat.

Slow cook that tender roast ~ enough for company too.

An alarm clock, not that you would need one…and an egg a day.

Life simply. Outhouse simply.

Build your own furniture, from your own trees.

You can.

I can.

Start with a teeny tiny idea.

Write it down.

Make it yours.

Focus on that plan.

Make it your plan.

Your desire.

Your dream.

Follow that dream.

And remember, “less is more”.

“The longings of your heart are not incidental, they are critical messages. The desires of your heart are not to be ignored, they are to be consulted. As the wind turns the weather vane, so God uses your passions to turn your life. God is too gracious to ask you to do something you hate.”
Max Lucado ~ Just like Jesus

Until tomorrow ~ one day closer to my plan ~ God willing (and smiling),

Woodswoman

March 18, 2009

Skip to my Lu, my Darlin’

Filed under: Farm and Mushing — Tags: , , — Administrator @ 11:40 am

Fly’s in the buttermilk.

Shoo, fly, shoo.

We always enjoy having young adults come to Russ-Stick Acres.

As with adults, we enjoy it when they share our excitement.

Excitement about the animals.

And living simply.

LuLu is no exception.

She works hard.

She plays hard.

But it’s more than working and playing.

It’s about being an individual.

It’s about the excitement of being in nature.

Not being afraid to connect.

To be on the cusp of childlike wonder…

…and not be afraid to live life fully.

Something us adults forget at times.

Thank you LuLu.

For reminding those around you ~ of the wonder of being a kid again.

Until tomorrow ~ God willing,

Woodswoman

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