T and D, Through the Years

Through the years.

Burgess Ranch - This Side of Paradise

Burgess Ranch - This Side of Paradise.

Country When Country Wasn't Cool

She was country when country wasn't cool!

Christmas Fifty Years Ago (or more)

Christmas Fifty Years Ago (or more)

Let It Snow

Let It Snow - watercolor

December Morning

Watercolor - One Morning in December

December 12, 2012

Happy 12/12/12 Everyone.
Fix Your Mind On A Crystal Sky
Watercolor

Square Butte, Montana

Square Butte, Montana - watercolor

Christmas Tree Star

This hazy Montana Sunrise looks

like the star topping a Christmas Tree.

Our First Christmas

Denise and I had been married three

months in December, 1971

when we put up our first Christmas Tree

in our ground floor apartment.

Borlund's Frog Pond

Borlund's Frog Pond - watercolor

The Frozen Prairie

The Frozen Prairie - watercolor

Ice Jam

December Ice Jam

Two Collages - The Story of Us

Two Collages - The Story of Us.

Lower Birch Creek, Montana

Lower Birch Creek - watercolor

A Basket of Berries

Our eight year old artist granddaughter's latest

creation - A Basket of Berries - watercolor.

 

Retired Implements

Retired Farm Implements - watercolor

Ranch Hazards

There are many hazards to trap an unsuspecting ranch girl,

and stepping in a cow pie is one of them:

But..........a quick dip in the tub

and you clean up just like new!

Green Fields

Green Fields - watercolor

The Prairie, by Rudyard Kipling

The Prairie
by Rudyard Kipling

I see the grass shake in the sun for leagues on either hand,
I see a river loop and run about a treeless land --
An empty plain, a steely pond, a distance diamond-clear,
And low blue naked hills beyond. And what is that to fear?"

"Go softly by that river-side or, when you would depart,
You'll find its every winding tied and knotted round your heart.
Be wary as the seasons pass, or you may ne'er outrun
The wind that sets that yellowed grass a-shiver 'neath the Sun."

I hear the summer storm outblown -- the drip of the grateful wheat.
I hear the hard trail telephone a far-off horse's feet.
I hear the horns of Autumn blow to the wild-fowl overhead;
And I hear the hush before the snow. And what is that to dread?"

"Take heed what spell the lightning weaves -- what charm the echoes shape --
Or, bound among a million sheaves, your soul shall not escape.
Bar home the door of summer nights lest those high planets drown
The memory of near delights in all the longed-for town."

"What need have I to long or fear? Now, friendly, I behold
My faithful seasons robe the year in silver and in gold.
Now I possess and am possessed of the land where I would be,
And the curve of half Earth's generous breast shall soothe and ravish me!" 

After the Storm

After the Storm - watercolor

The Far Side of the Hill

It's greener on the far side of the hill.

Dawn on the Prairie

Dawn on the Prairie - watercolor

Blue Rockies

Blue Rockies - watercolor

A Cold Winter Night

A Cold Winter Night - watercolor

Prairie Arroyo

Prairie Arroyo - watercolor

Distant Hills

Distant Hills - watercolor

Hay Fields

Hay Fields - watercolor

October Hills

October Hills - watercolor

Windswept Prairie

The Windswept Prairie Winter - watercolor

The Mission Mountains - Ronan, Montana

The Beautiful Mission Mountains.

Happy Birthday Gramma Denise

Happy Birthday Gramma Denise!