Late Summer

Late summer, and there is a hint of autumn in the air and in the mountains...

Sunday Muse

"The breeze at dawn has secrets to tell you.
Don't go back to sleep."
~ Rumi

Good Fences

Sunrise at the pasture gate

Joining TexWisGirl at The Run*A*Round Ranch for a link-up at 'Good Fences'.

{this moment}

A Friday ritual.
A single photo - no words - capturing a single moment from the week
A simple, special extraordinary moment.
A moment to pause, savor and remember.
Participating with the SouleMama blog.

The Month of New Beginnings

"And now let us welcome the new year, full of things that have never been."
~ Rainer Maria Rilke

Wishing you a New Year that is shiny and bright!

Sunday Muse

"Certain thoughts are prayers.  There are moments when, whatever be the attitude of the body, the soul is on its knees."  ~ Victor Hugo

Sunday Muse

I like dogs
Big dogs
Little dogs
Fat dogs
Doggy dogs
Old dogs
Puppy dogs
I like dogs
A dog that is barking over the hill
A dog that is dreaming very still
A dog that is running wherever he will
I like dogs.”   
~ from "The Friendly Book" by Margaret Wise Brown   

{this moment}

A Friday ritual.
A single photo - no words - capturing a single moment from the week
A simple, special extraordinary moment.
A moment to pause, savor and remember.

Participating with the SouleMama blog.

 

 

 

Sunny

Such a beautiful sunrise on Saturday!  Our unofficial weather forcast for the day was ~ Sunny with a 100% chance of Sparkle, and as you can see we were not disappointed.  Hope your weekend was equally as beautiful.

Winter Sunrise

The snow and wind paused just long enough to grant us a couple days of sunshine.  Sunday arived in a most glorious manner.  Let us share with you a winter sunrise as it comes to the pasture and makes its way into the mountains.



{this moment}

A Friday ritual.

A single photo - no words - capturing a single moment from the week

A simple, special extraordinary moment.

A moment to pause, savor and remember.

Participating with the SouleMama blog.

Farewell Summer

When Summer gathers up her robes of glory,
And like a dream of beauty glides away.

~ from A Still Day in Autumn by Sarah Helen Whitman

joining The View From Right Here for Weekly Top Shot

{this moment}

A Friday ritual.

A single photo - no words - capturing a single moment from the week

A simple, special extraordinary moment.

A moment to pause, savor and remember.

Participating with the SouleMama blog.

Weekly Top Shot

~ sunrise ~

{this moment}

A Friday ritual.

A single photo - no words - capturing a single moment from the week

A simple, special extraordinary moment.

A moment to pause, savor and remember.

Participating with the SouleMama blog.

Hot Summer Sunrise

One word today... HOT...

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Lambing at Sunrise

(Traveling back in time to May 5th)  Sometimes it seems that things happen for a reason.  Had Meara not pushed out a water bag at 12:15 a.m.; had she pushed out that first lamb earlier than 5:30 a.m.; this beautiful, foggy sunrise would not have been witnessed from the pasture.

The sky looked pretty clear to the north, but the fog began to come up the hollow from Wolf Creek, enveloping the pasture and continuing to roll across the hayfield.  Light filled the sky and the air was filled with a lovely, rosey pink glow.  The misty fog remained, clinging to the ground... the color in the sky intensified and the sun rose high enough to be seen above the fog... a bright golden globe... SUNRISE!

solstice to solstice :: rise

Just like moons and like suns,

With the certainty of tides,

Just like hopes springing high,

Still I'll rise.

~ from Still I'll Rise by Maya Angelou

response to week three of spring - rise

the solstice to solstice project with urban.prairie.forest

more responses in the flickr pool here

Saturday's Sunrise

From 6:58 a.m. to 7:36 a.m., we experienced a most glorious sunrise... each moment more beautiful than the last.  In thirty-eight minutes our mountain top went from darkness into light.  An everyday miracle.  A reminder to hold on to that which is beautiful in each and every day.

Many thanks to all of you for the thoughts, prayers and love you have sent our way. 

We are so grateful.

Following the Freezing Fog

from the soft pink reflections of dawn to the first light of sunrise striking the mountains

and the graceful birch tree branches

from the tops of the hard rime frosted mountains to the soft rime covered teasel in the old barnyard

from the tree tops in the brilliant blue sky to every tall blade of grass and small seed head

We were blessed with a Sunday that was a spectacular, sun-filled, sparkling winter wonderland.

It was just what we needed to renew our spirits.

(click on pictures to enlarge)