Showing posts with label ranch. Show all posts
Showing posts with label ranch. Show all posts

Thursday, October 11, 2012

keeping up with the clampetts (new blog)

i am city folk
however
an old dog can learn new tricks
if
milking a goat
is considered a trick

we are making a move
first emotionally
then
physically

you can follow our progress
through a new blog
written with two voices
mine 
and
hubster

the words aren't
stylized
or
triple worked

the photos
unfiltered

just simply
the happenings
our feelings
triumphs
and
stumbles
with
lots of humor
beginning with the name

we were trying to think of names for the ranch
and summer was in full swing
what was green in the spring 
is now brown
hubs affectionately began calling the place
brown acres
and 
i added in a tag line
keeping up with the clampetts
save for the 
occasional surprise pregnancy and trial separation
(livestock only)
will be more
jed and granny
than
kim and any poor soul with a k as his first initial


as we were making a list of all the equipment we need to purchase
we thought
we really should call this blog
honey i shrunk the nest egg

all references to pop culture
more accurately (gran)pop culture
hey
it is our blog
and we will call it what we want
even 
if it is only funny to us

i do hope
you follow along
so you will be good and ready
when we need a house-sitter 

follow us here



Thursday, September 6, 2012

pockets full of gold

i'm fresh from 
a long hot bath
irresponsibly
hot
irresponsibly
long
washing the day's
dust and doubt
you see
today 
hubs and i
inked the deal
The Deal
the deal that
moves us from
the cloud side of the rainbow
to 
the pot of gold

1988
is the year i graduated college
freshly minted diploma in hand
this same year
i was certain
a 100 year old farmhouse
on 10 acres
in small town montana
found in the classifieds
was my perfect next step

you may have guessed
instead of the house
on the range

i moved back home
picked up a dumpy rental with friends
and 
started my professional journey
a fabulous time
with 
great stories
interesting triumphs
love

hubster and i
have been talking about a different life
since the day we met
the type of life imagined
as a fresh faced grad

these many years later
it is happening
rather than a two story farmhouse
in a corner of montana
we are closing on
a doll of a house
perched on a hilltop
presiding over 60 acres
and a trio of yaks
today
we walked the land
with the seller
crossing from one end to the next
down a sloping trail
walked by natives
missionaries
herds of cattle
wild pigs
landowners
trail horses
and
us
hubster and i
both agree
we should make this walk daily
filling our boots with dust
our lungs with fresh breath
and
our
proverbial pockets
with
gold

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