Where the pastures are always green and the temps are perfect

Where the pastures are always green and the temps are perfect

When I first saw Vanilla, he came right over and gave me a kiss! There were not that many kisses later, but I did get a few. He must have known he would get a good home. My neighbors the Goodspeeds had horses and two llamas. Both Dick and I loved to stop and see...
I have to confess

I have to confess

It just seems as if I should be waking up soon, but the dream continues… I never thought this coronavirus would overtake our country and the world. I thought the cases would be caught and isolated and things would go on as they were. How wrong could I be? I...
Cleaning up manure keeps me humble.

Cleaning up manure keeps me humble.

Every morning I get out early to take care of Star and Vanilla. Soaked beet pulp and grain is fed to Vanilla and Timothy pellets with a wisp of grain to Star with a few apples or carrots and some whole peanuts… (She likes them and there is no sugar.) I like the...
But why would I want to be away?

But why would I want to be away?

I walked down the long hallway. It was freezing, and it smelled bad. It was the way to the outhouse in the first school I ever went to up in Maine. We lived as far north as you could go before coming to the mountainous forests between Maine and Canada and our town was...
Two Crows Find Each Other

Two Crows Find Each Other

This batik was created starting with a black piece of fabric and after drawing on lines of wax from the tjanting and brush painted areas to save the black. It went through discharge dyeing and many more dyebaths to achieve the soft earth tones. This batik shows an...