The Mother Ranch Blog

The funeral was yesterday. It was a beautiful service, with a ton of people who loved her and Mom was all around us. I know she loved it so much I'll be back soon. I love you all and appreciate...

Dear friends,

I feel all your love and prayers and energy pulsing all around us today (Friday) as we hold space for Mom's transition. Thank you all and keep it coming. I have so very many amazing...

I was 8 and my brother Michael was 3 and my awesome mom took us out of school to go see the first Star Wars! What parent does that? My mom! I remember her quietly reading to my brother, "A long...

Last weekend B-Rad and ManChild went to Chicago for a family wedding while I held down the farm. (We really need an adult stay-on-the-farm-sitter so we can go to these things together!) They both...

I started off the week by heading out to the pasture for morning chores and was greeted by a squinty-eyed Piper the goat! What in the world? Some sort of weird infection? A piece of hay in her eye?...

Here's what's on my easel this week:

Ooooo, it's BIG! 5' tall to be exact! My easel really isn't built for that size and only goes down so low so I'm using a stool to get to the top lol

I knew I...

Happy Saturday!

Farms mark the seasons differently from other homes. I know fall is here because Sweetness the mini donkey's big, bushy eyebrows start growing in fast, the horses Rayn and Wynter...

These past few weeks I've been in crisis mode on more than one front. Then my brother Michael came to visit and took some of the weight off. I realized that when I'm in crisis mode, I can no longer...

 This week my creativity is wrapped up in the art, not the words. This is my newest work!

16x40" acrylic on canvas

Here are a few of the progression:

That splatter was fun! I was covered in...

It's done! 22x28" which is the biggest canvas I've painted so far. I'm kinda thrilled with it!

And I promised that I would share a few of the stages a painting like this goes through, aka "the...