Beatrix is doing SO GOOD in her training under saddle! #QueenBea #HighDesertLife #DogAndPonyShow

#JosieTheMustang is getting all prettied up for her first Endurance Ride (Intro Distance) on Saturday! 💕 #HighDesertLife #WildToMild #Devil’sGardenMustang #DogAndPonyShow

Whelp … the trout were jumping everywhere, but unfortunately they were after mayflies, not what I had to offer. A bad day fishing is still a good day in the mountains tho! #HighDesertLife #FishStories

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Me … every day when I check the news.

#RebaValentine … our very happy 15 yo Aussie. (She was a rescue from the county dog pound 14 years ago.) She has hip and shoulder dysplasia and spinal stenosis, but the ability to be outside in nature every day keeps her happy and going strong! #DogAndPonyShow #HighDesertLife #AdoptDon’tShop

Nothing better on a hot day than dropping down on the grass and waiting to get wet! Today is the last day of irrigation water. 😢 #RainDanceTime #HighDesertLife #TheOtter #DogAndPonyShow

Good Morning! This hammock was an A+ addition to watching the horses graze over morning coffee. ☕️ 🐴 🌾 🏔️ 🌞 #Recommend #HighDesertLife #DogAndPonyShow #TinyJoys

#HappySunday The horses got on the grass in the front pasture for the first time today. 🌾🐴☀️💖 #HighDesertLife #DogAndPonyShow

‘Tis the season for the ranchers to move their cattle to the mountains. This little one lost her momma for a minute. 🐮

👀 LOOK at Beatrix!! 😍 After a year and a half of rehab from a broken bone in her foot, she is back to 100% and had her first real training ride in the books!! 👑 🐝 #DogAndPonyShow #HighDesertLife #QueenBea

#JosieTheMustang had her first water-crossings today and she aced them! #HighDesertLife #DogAndPonyShow

There goes Josie the Mustang, relaxed and leading the pack on a 9-mile Poker Ride today! Ya-HOO! So proud of this horse! #WildToMild #HighDesertLife #DogAndPonyShow #Devil’sGardenMustang #JosieTheMustang

A very elegant GBH walked by the camera at the 3Z Ranch yesterday. #HighDesertLife #Heron @goodtrailcams.bsky.social

Crazier times (when we had 7 equines) … and it was only a year and a half ago! One horse and both burros have been re-homed with friends but I do miss them and think of them often. Oh! this crazy river we ride, called LIFE! You never know what’s around the bend. #DogAndPonyShow #HighDesertLife

Cora had a “long blink” today. 😴

Cora is a Nap Demon. #DogAndPonyShow

I got Josie 3 years ago as a wild mustang, rounded up out of the Modoc National Forest of Northern CA (Devil’s Garden). Today I am riding her! #WildToMild #JosieTheMustang #HighDesertLife She has taught me that one tiny step forward is still forward! Remember: the journey is the destination.

A pretty little Phyciodes in the lawn. #HighDesertLife

The catmint has been FULL of bees for weeks. This morning several Western Tiger Swallowtail paid a visit. #HighDesertLife 𝙏𝙪𝙚𝙨𝙙𝙖𝙮 𝙏𝙝𝙤𝙪𝙜𝙝𝙩 — 𝘖𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘸𝘦 𝘵𝘢𝘬𝘦 𝘧𝘶𝘭𝘭 𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘱𝘰𝘯𝘴𝘪𝘣𝘪𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘺 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘭𝘪𝘧𝘦, 𝘸𝘦 𝘩𝘢𝘳𝘯𝘦𝘴𝘴 𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘭 𝘱𝘰𝘸𝘦𝘳.

There is Beatrix … all tucked in at the trainer’s barn, which isn’t too far from my place. This is the first time she’s been somewhere different alone since I brought her home as a 1 year old in 2021. It was a big day for both of us. #HighDesert #DogAndPonyShow #QueenBea

Good Morning! ☀️ Thinking today to improvements in the daily routine — move the body, wake up early, eat healthy, drink more water, pause … What else? Happy #BlueSkyMonday

The sun is setting and the vulture tree is filling up. #HighDesert

I met @lifesafeast.bsky.social Jamie Schler during the pandemic, in a small zoom group. This Panna cotta is one of the recipes in her free eCookbook - Isolation Baking. Silky, smooth and just perfect. I had fresh cherries so I made a compote to top. Download here: share.google/gMReTfBqN0Dz...

BREAKING: The lesser-known dirt band, Tub O’ Grubs has withdrawn from the Freedom 250 Celebration. In their press release they stated, “Yea, we eat shit every day, but we ain’t eatin’ THAT kinda’ crap.

This was probably a bigger step for me than Josie. We went on our first field trip together. I just hand-walked her as I wanted to see how nervous she might be out alone before I rode her out alone. She did fantastic! 😍 #HighDesert #DogAndPonyShow

Must watch!! THIS 👇 is the BEST use of this song ever. Full stop. youtube.com/shorts/9Fl1D...

☕️ 💦 🌱 🐦 ☀️ The robins showed up early this morning while I was watering the garden, coffee in hand … he got the worm🪱

☕️ Coffee time! BTW … Cora is the most cat-like dog I’ve ever known. #HighDesert #IAmCoradorable

#JosieTheMustang #HighDesert #DogAndPonyShow

Umm … excuse me but that was my spot. #IAmCoradorable

Gemma is monitoring the hole I just dug for some rosemary. She is a great gardening companion, except for the part where she comes back later to remove everything I just planted. 😣

Wide Angle Desert…

The #GBH rookery at the 3Z is hoppin’. #HighDesert

If you came here triggered and upset, take 3 minutes and hug your dog. Don’t forget to breathe. youtu.be/8o-4u4R4hX8?...

For a while, BlueSky was a nice respite … a refuge for book lovers & bird watchers. There sure are a lot of shrill, triggered people here now that really need to pet a dog or saunter down a dirt trail. Mass psychological damage courtesy of the Megalomaniac POTUS isn’t going to help the cause.

$5.30 … still going up!! 🎈

Made this for dinner tonight. 12/10, would strongly recommend.

One of the most joyful aspects of rural life is the proximity to nature, so it follows that when nature happens, it can be sad. Our dogs are trained rodent hunters, which is usually very helpful around the ranch. Today they got what LOOKED like a rodent, but it wasn’t. RIP, dear ermine. 📸: web

Gemma looking very “wolfie” eating her carrot in the grass. #TheOtter #DogAndPonyShow

Happy Sunday. Just sitting here on the patio having French Sorrel Soup made with fresh sorrel and eggs from my garden; and noticing the dogs notice a subtle shift in the wind … #HighDesert #DogAndPonyShow #GoSlow #NoticeNature #TakeTimeForThrPause App for pausing:

Communities across the U.S. are turning small plots of land into highly dense forests that grow quickly. Turns out these forests have roots to a decades-old planting method that originated in Japan. n.pr/43wxSdT

We are trying an “autologous serum” with Beatrix to help her with her summer itchies. The preparation uses the diluted serum from her own blood that is fed back over time; and the hopeful outcome is that the hypersensitivity of her immune response to environmental factors will be muted eventually.

“Yep. Tastes like stick.” — Gemma #TheOtter to Cora #IAmCoradorable #DogAndPonyShow

In October of 2024 my Pure Spanish Horse — Beatrix — broke her coffin bone, which is the bone inside the hoof. There is a saying: No hoof, no horse. It could have been catastrophic but we were lucky to have the best team — in a rural area where vets are in short supply. She made a full recovery!

Colbert guest hosted a public access TV show in Monroe, Michigan a day after the Late Show ended. Guest star: Jeff Daniels Special appearance by: Eminem Musical director: Jack White Genius. youtu.be/jJTXB5uT_C4?...

Last year we had a lot of aphids. This year there are a lot of ladybugs. Nature does work. #HighDesert