Canine names (and puppy punishment)
Meet the Granite Glen puppies… Sure, you may have seen them before, and followed their progress from Day 1, but now they have NAMES! … My humble apologies to those who painstakingly sorted through the poll to vote for Garth,…
Dash spurred to action…
Remember how we visited the Polocrosse this week?…How it was all fast and furious? Sweaty and exciting? Well it inspired more than me (and my trusty Nikon)… Dash and TLW were also enthralled…… In the past year or so, Dash…
How much wood would a wee woodchopper chop?
This is Dash. Dash has fallen in love with a new sport… Well it’s probably one of the oldest sports there is, but it’s new to Dash. It’s called woodchopping. … Dash loves it because: A) A sharp instrument is…
Catching up at Granite Glen…
You know how you hear about the “slower life” in the country… Well, I’m here to tell you… it’s a big fat lie! … You can’t tell by recent posts on this blog, (in fact you’d think I’ve been doing…
Bovine buddies…no bull!
I haven’t talked too much about cattle to y’all yet… and that’s a bit crazy when Granite Glen is a cattle property. Really, we live, eat (literally) and breathe cattle. (Apologies to my vegetarian friends: I’m just telling it like…
(Brown) eyes have it!
I have brown eyes… very dark brown. Brown skin, brown hair, brown eyes. Unrelenting brown-ness. That’s me. … And in the way of women the world over, I have always wished for something OTHER than what I have. I wished…
Fires, garbage and other rubbish …
Fires have been on our minds around here. But not like in the Northern hemisphere, where seasonal pasture burning is underway. It’s not officially burning season here – that usually takes place as we come out of winter and before…
The wheel of fun (AKA time to buy my son new shorts!)
Isn’t it amazing how the simplest things can catch your imagination?Especially when you are a kid… … While SSB was busy chainsawing a log off a fence at the hayshed the other day, our offspring decided to amuse themselves in…
More than a bear hug…
We found something tonight. It was, in Dash’s words, his “lucky lucky night”. Because not only had we lost (and found) a pony (another post soon). We had also found a long-lost bear. … He had been stuffed, for some…
New shoes
I have written a silly little post about new shoes. Dash’s new shoes. Not these ones. These ones.. That can do this... It’s here. I don’t know why. I am such a greenhorn… Enjoy! BB