Hey ya’ll! Hope all is well with everyone as this year flies right on by us so quickly! Ya know, my Grandmomma used to tell me, ” The older you get, the faster it goes.”, and boy, she wasn’t tellin’ a fib! We are already so deep into Summer that we’re about to ‘Fall’ right […]
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New vs. Old – Is new really better?
As I was trying to get our first harvest of hay done this past week, and my patience being tried and tried again, it got me to thinkin’…..is New really better?? My hubby and I started doing our own hay for the cows about….ehhhh, I guess this will be the third year. We, or I […]
Winter On the Ranch
Hey ya’ll! Hope everyone is doing well this winter! Weather-wise, it’s literally been like riding a roller coaster, hasn’t it?! Are we in the ‘Winter Twilight Zone’ or what?! I’ll swanney, (that’s what all the ‘ole folks here in the south say) it’s been 70 degrees and sunny one day, and the next it’s 35 […]
Ranch Visitors
Hey ya’ll! It’s been a while, I know! Hope everyone is happy and healthy these days. Looks like COVID is here to stay, and everyone is just learning how to cope, as we do with the Flu and the likes. We have been very busy at the Ranch all this past year, and the New […]
Giving, is Receiving
Hey, everyone! Wow, the end of the year is upon us! The year really flew by, didn’t it!? Before we know it, Christmas will be here and gone and we will be ringing in a New Year! It’s hard to believe. My Grandma always said, “As you grow older, time goes by a lot faster!” […]
“We’ll take it from here.”
Hey ya’ll! Hope everyone is doing well and had a Happy Thanksgiving with family, or whomever you decided to spend the Holiday with. For most of us, family is everything. People we grow up with and spend time with at family get-togethers; Aunts and Uncles, Grandparents, cousins. Then you have, neighborhood friends we hang out […]
Helmets: What it’s like being a Female Fire Apparatus Operator/Driver
Hey ya’ll!It’s me again! Hope you all are doing well, and folks in your family circle are healthy, and if not, I am praying for those who are sick. It’s been a crazy year and a half, hasn’t it? It’s been rather busy at the Fire Department lately. Of course, we have had an influx […]
How we pick our replacement Heifers
Hey ya’ll! How’s everyone doing?August is rolling in HOT! It’s been a hot July, and August isn’t looking much better, lol. Of course, we know, especially here in the south, August is usually our hottest month of the year. On a positive note, we HAVE had pretty consistent rain that has kept things from drying […]
Helmets: Shift Change
We’re so family oriented at the FD that it is kind of like a mini family reunion every day, lol.
Who’s Cookin’ tonight? – Firehouse Cooks
People ask me all the time, if I’m the cook in my Firehouse. I’ll be honest, I am not! I guess, just like with a lot of things, people who are unfamiliar with the dynamics of a Firehouse don’t realize when you sign up to be a Firefighter, cooking is one of the requirements! Not […]