Nature Walk

Today started off with more packing,,,I am only doing a little at at time because I have a few weeks to get it done, although that still doesn't make it any better. 

The cold, hard fact is I hate moving. The packing and sorting makes me feel like I have too much stuff! I want to walk away from it all but as soon as I do I'll end up back at Wal-mart re-buying it!!

YARN..************************************************

.....................................Have I mentioned how much I love YARN!!!
 I love wool yarn, soft, silky wool yarn! Last June I got to go to Pennsylvania to Amish Country and purchased a whole duffel bag of home-grown, home-spun, hand-dyed wool Yarn! I know it will sound silly to those who could care less about such things, but to me, it was better than Christmas.

This is a blanket I am making for our bed. I am using three strands of yarn at once so it will be full of soft, fluffy goodness!!

 
After packing up my beloved yarn and sewing supplies, Alley and I decided to go on a Nature Walk. 

This type of walk is intended to help me get some exercise by diverting my attention with the beauty of the things around me.

Nature Walks are free, easy and very enjoyable.
 The weather was the typical Montana everyday collage of several different types of weather at once.
We went to the wildlife refuge which is about 3 minutes from the house......
Lola enjoys her walks everyday,,, can you see her smile?

 Forgive me but I get a little picture happy here....
                                      

I love how the sky meets the clouds, meets the mountains, meets the trees, meets the ground, meets the sand, and at last, meets the water,,,,pure BEAUTY!

While looking over the edge of the river bank Alley found a nest with and egg in it.  It seems to have fallen out of a tree and landed on another tree in the river>> How sad...
                                      

ME:   Damn, I forgot the Bear spray!"

      Alley:  "There are bears here????,,,if there are bears here I am takin' my damn self back to the car!!!

               
Me: APRIL FOOLS!!!!


I love playing around with people who
are new to the area!! Alley hasn't lived here very long so I suspect there will be several more games I can play with his mind!!



Walking along we found a tree that had fallen into the crook of another tree, its probably been there for years and years.

On the way back we ran into some Canadian Geese swimming peacefully in the cold water of a slough.

And a Magpie squawked at us as we left the nature path.

Driving through the rest of the refuge brings us to the big white barn that has been there for as long as I can remember. I love this barn.  It is so typical of the many barns built here in Montana.

The final event of the day was or THURSDAY DINNER at my dad and N's house......

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My dad is one of the toughest men I know!  He is amazing and like myself, he is a CANCER SURVIVOR!!

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He loves to be in his shop or out running his ranch...always busy!
There is always good eats at dad and N's......
Homegrown beef fresh off the grill!

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On the way home we saw the buffalo...........

Today's walk was simple and best of all free!  We live on a budget like I'm sure most of you do.  I try to be creative with ways to entertain us and feel like I do a pretty good job most of the time.

As long as I can breath and have a pulse, then I know I'm alive and that goes a long way in making me a happy person!
Until next time,,,,,,Trust and Believe.

Crazy Weather!

Wow! Today's weather was wild! It was snowy, windy, cloudy AND sunshine with blue sky.

There is a well known saying here in Montana, "If you don't like the weather wait ten minutes and it will change" this is exactly what happened today.

See the *snow*  in the sun?

The mountains were haunty looking, like a bad prop in a movie,,,they didn't look real.

Sorting,  purging, packing and burning were still on the agenda and I accomplished quite a bit. The garage looks like it ate a yard sale and barfed it up! I took a big load of stuff to our local "free" store and donated it.

(My brother will be so proud of me because this means it is less stuff he has to help move!!)

AND THEN, went out to my dads ranch and fired up the little yard pit.

I still had papers from my 20 year marriage and finally got to burn them! 

Lola and her dog cousin Shelby love to play together,,, generally getting in the way.

Little donned her new riding coat and joined us as we burned my old life away.

One thing about Lola is she LIVES to roll in cow shit and eagerly finds the nearest pile as soon as we get to dad's house! However, she hates her bath!

(((((How about that nasty blue paint?? My landlord would never let me paint the bathroom so I've had to live with that for the last five years!))))
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Until next time, Trust and Believe.

IN THE BEGINNING...

HELLO FROM MONTANA,,,,, This is my first blog post! My name is Karren but most people call me Sis.  I live in Western Montana and decided to start blogging about my area and to memorialize my simple, ordinary life.

I feel so blessed to live in such a rural and beautiful place. I grew up here in Western Montana and wouldn't have it any other way.

Why start blogging now?? Well, I am starting several new things at once so why not! To begin with, I will be moving in April if everything goes according to plan, I am graduating with my Paralegal Degree in May and will be so excited to have everything done.

 The calm in the morning was interrupted by::::::::::::

 packing, purging, sorting and burning!!

"Moving food",,,,easy and sinful  meet at last!

Hope you enjoyed my first post. Please be patient with me until I learn how to do this blogging thing, I am winging it, learning as we go.........