Sunday, December 22, 2024
Little Pasture on the Prairie

Little Pasture on the Prairie

storm

Thriving in western South Dakota often looks more like just surviving, but this year, Eliza Blue can relax a little as rain is once again predicted to fall.
prairie flowers

Eliza Blue offers a short poem in hopes that it inspires you to breathe in the last of summer's magic before we get swept up into all that comes next.
white-tailed deer

Deer have been a major hindrance to Eliza Blue's tours the last two summers. While she's proud of her music, she hasn't enjoyed the accidents.
colt

Eliza Blue doesn't mind taking it slow with her colt, learning a little more about her every day, building a bridge of trust one careful brick at a time.
farm storm

Eliza Blue attempts to plan a concert around the unpredictable weather on her ranch.
mosquito

South Dakota's mosquito season is typically gentler than other places Eliza Blue has lived, but this year has been a different story.
empty nest

Early in the summer, two gray birds with pale yellow chest feathers started building a nest in the exterior eave of one of Eliza Blue's outbuildings.
horse

Eliza Blue shares a horse-wrangling story that proves her ranching skills are both improving and still need work.
barn kittens

Eliza Blue reflects on balancing act that is life.
puppy

Eliza Blue shares the story of how she found her new puppy during a time of sickness and exhaustion.