Distant Hills

Distant Hills - watercolor

Elephant Grass

Elephant Grass in Vietnam.

Three Sisters

Three Sisters, Madison, Emma and Hannah.

Bubbles

Every day is bubble day.

March Hills

March Hills - watercolor

The Living Prairie

The Living Prairie - watercolor.

Continental Divide

The Rockies near Dupuyer.

Burgess Ranch - Across the River

Burgess ranch land on the North side of the Flathead River.

Grassland

Montana Grassland - watercolor

Hoppy Memorabilia

Denise came across my black denim embroidered Hopalong Cassidy
suit (it doesn't fin anymore).  My mother had stored it for
twenty some years and gave it to Denise sometime
in the early seventies, so it must be 61 or 62 years old.
I was a dedicated Hoppy fan and am wearing Hoppy
belt, holsters, cap pistols and cowboy boots
in the Christmas photo.  The wrist watch and Knovelty
pocket knife (not shown) I accumulated after I was
grown.  I was still eating breakfast out of my
Hoppy bowl until Denise took it away from me
after we were first married.

Green Gullies

Green Gullies - watercolor

From the Bench

Letting fly with a 50-140 3 1/4 from the 

bench is not a pleasant experience.

Shooting it offhand is a much better

way to dissipate the recoil.

Flu Season

My Grandson Christopher about to get poked

while Grandson Chase looks on in horror.

Morning Shadows

Morning Shadows - watercolor

Thistles

Thistles - watercolor

Denise and Queenie

Denise and her trusted companion Queenie the Australian Shepherd,

and her pups.

Gramma Denise

Gramma Denise Day

The Eastern Slope

The Eastern Slope - Watercolor

Sheep Sorrel, Sage, and Thistle

Sheep Sorrel, Sage, and Thistle - watercolor

THE RIDE

The story starts at least in parts
On a hot Fourth of July
It was rodeo time, when beer was prime
And peanuts cost a dime
A strawberry roan had set the tone
For the buckingest bronc in line
Lonesome Ed and his brother Fred
Had entered for the longest ride
The strawberry horse had set the course
And threw Ed before he tried
The cowboy next was also vexed
And fell ass over the horses behind
Two more got kicked through the door
And swore they’d tan his hide
But now it was Fred came out of the shed
And climbed on the roan this time
He set his spurs deep in the fur
Of the side winding fish belly horse
The roan took the first dare
And with four feet in the air
Twisted full circle and landed in dirt
Fred grabbed his hat gave the horse a pat
And spurred him deep to the muscle core
The horse was now sore and headed for the door
Of the arena on the rodeo grounds
The ride was done and Fred had won
But now he couldn’t dismount
They went through the door
Fred’s head on the floor and his feet high in the air
The roan didn’t even stop for a mare
They headed across the prairie at a slow canter and lope
Fred learned to ride from the belly side
And became the brunt of rodeo jokes
The horse was sold for a pot of gold
As rodeo stock he fit the mould
Ed left the game someone else could tame
The sunfishing white bellied roan
Fred tired again weeks later it’s said
But his ride was so slow he was dead
Ed and Fred it’s said left the circuit and wed
Twin strawberry blonds instead

©Copyright June 2, 2007 by Terry D. Sutherland

Spring Hills

Spring Hills - watercolor

Hunting and Fishing in Montana

Hunting and Fishing

Bora, by TD Sutherland

Bora
by TD Sutherland

We rode the Bora’s frozen breath
With blue fingers we grasp
The bowlines for the weather leech
A spanker snapped and begin to thrash
We laid low by the mainsul mast
While the maiden, she climbed the swell
Followed the curl and broke away at last
Free sailing as she’s compelled
The Bora tames to a mistral
The maiden finally sees the sun
The swarthy sea turns azure blue
And rocks gently now the maiden’s run

©Copyright September 2, 2010 by Terry D. Sutherland

Summer Fallow

Summer Fallow - watercolor

Color Splash

I just tried the Color Splash feature in the Picsart app on my

android phone.