Monday, December 23, 2024
Little Pasture on the Prairie

Little Pasture on the Prairie

chicks

Eliza Blue shares a story from back when she still had a rooster and more chickens and chicks than she knew what to do with.
spring dew

Eliza Blue doesn't remember ever appreciating the splendor of a seasonal change more than she is right now.
farm storm

April usually makes March’s lion look like a house cat on Eliza Blue's ranch, featuring bigger and more brutal storms.
dandelion at sunset

Eliza Blue ruminates on what it means to live a life well lived, as her days are marked by both the beginnings and ends of lives.
garden seeds

The warmer weather has beckoned Eliza Blue out of her house and into her greenhouse. Springtime gardening and chores are calling her to get started.
snowy barn

Eliza Blue finds herself managing all the usual challenges of calving season and life amid lots of snow, lots of wind and very cold temperatures.
barn kittens

Barn cat politics are complicated. They are full of alliances, double-crossing and violent overthrows. 
cattle in the snow

Maybe, winter chores aren’t so bad. Maybe they are the antidote to the malaise of modern life. And maybe, just maybe, Eliza Blue will make it through March.
crafts

A tidy room is nice, but so is building pillow forts, making tasty meals and crafting projects from stuff that should have been decluttered years ago.
sunset over a prairie

Eliza Blue enjoys the gentler pace of life on her ranch as of late, welcoming the change.