The Mother Ranch Blog

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...

With Brad's retirement, I'm able to focus full time on growing my business. Yippee!!! AND, we have been homeschooling the ManChild since last spring.

Our new schedule is:

9am-12pm he's in math,...

This week I'm reading Abby Wambach's book called Wolfpack: How to come together, unleash our power, and change the game. I wasn't certain if it would be for me (not being a soccer lover) but I...

Brad was offered early retirement in July 2019, he accepted and January 31st was his last day of work.

The next day, this was what he was doing!

We have to give yearly shots to all of the sheep but...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...