The Mother Ranch Blog

In my early days of coaching training, I took the required Keirsey Bates Temperment Testing (which you can take online here.)  Stop rolling your eyes, there is a reason I'm bringing this up!

I...

I'm reading Running with Sherman by Christopher McDougall. His Born to Run book kept me going during the early part of a particularly gnarly phase of my life. Running with Sherman is giving me the...

We have a very prolific pair of Red House Finches who make a nest in an old satellite dish attached to our house. It's right outside one of the art studio windows and while the dish is an eyesore,...

I was headed back upstairs to work and thought, "I need to go outside." I had this back and forth argument in my head, I needed to work vs be outside and visit with the animals. I finally decided...

Last year, I kept 2 baby goat boys (Poppy and Velvet Kiss) to be bucks. Sweetest, most loving babies ever! Velvet started this spring with putting his paws (hooves!) on me like he used to when he...

I had a funny thought one day, a Ranch Pride Parade :-) Those of you who know Sweetness, know he'd definitely be the one leading that parade and waving the flag—he loves everyone.

Hopefully...

Watercolor, 9x12, sold

Watercolor, 9x12

For my brother's birthday this year, I painted his cat Zippy! She is a long haired, grey tabby but we've always seen hints of olive green, rust, and caramel in her fur, so...

I...

I love my little Nigerian Dwarf goats but the long silky ears of the Nubians have been calling to me—so I painted 3!  You can get prints and originals here.

Love to all from the...

Watercolor, 8x10, "Sweet", original and prints available

Our little mini donkey was begging to be painted, "What about me! Hey, look down here!" ;-) Haha, as if anyone would ignore him! He's well...