The Mother Ranch Blog

^{I sketched this in pen recently, it may turn into something, it may not. Either way is okay.}

I almost always sketch in pen now, it forces me to accept the imperfections. I used to sketch in pencil so...

A few weeks ago, I woke up from a dream that had me grinning—I dreamed that my mom and I were pink pigs and I was snuggled up under her chin! What in the world? It's true, my mom does love cute pigs...

My grey mare Rayn, has Uveitis aka Moonblindness. She is slowly losing her eyesight, it's common for the disease. Since her diagnosis, our mini donkey has taken her under his wing. She was so unwill...

After the accident with Celita, I did a lot of soul searching. I was trying to find the lesson in what had happened. I found that I was living a version of "the cobbler's child has no shoes" with me b...

The ManChild (12) went with me when I bought my new phone earlier this week and is now certain it's time for him to have a cell phone of his own. I figured he was talking about one of the less expensi...

Lord. This goat. He was born soooooo pretty, I thought he was a girl and named him Poppy. We quickly realized he was a she but he was still the prettiest, snuggliest baby ever. Soon enough he morphed ...

We were out with the horses and donkey and I was having a snuggle with Sweetness. My son looks over at me and starts laughing!

"What??"

"You and Sweetness have the same hair!"

I had him take a pict...

You guys. A sad thing happened to me a few months ago. I was out doing ranch chores and was backing up our little Kawasaki Mule and I heard this thwump...
Huh. That was a weird sound. I looked behind m...

My horses (and donkey, goats, dogs) are always teaching me lessons. Right now Rayn, Wynter, and Sweetness the mini donkey are on another "boundaries" kick. When I was sitting and writing during my m...

Yesterday I saw a sign that said, "Start with yes." and I immediately thought, "Or no."

Sometimes life is hard. Hard, like, death defying hard. Hanging on by your fingernails hard. Brittle smile to t...