Barn, Sweet BarnVolcano, CA

Sweet grass, 
Warm day,
Cozy barn,
Life was good. 
And that's no bull.
The Long FarewellBendemeer Estates, New Zealand
The Big PictureDeer Park Heights, New Zealand
Overlooking Queenstown
On Jack's Pointoverlooking Queenstown and Lake Wakatipu
Weathered But Not Beaten
Her mother always said tough times built character. And while she used to wonder just how much more character she really needed... in the end, she was never given more than she could handle... and she could still dance. 
Two other things her mother respectively claimed were true and vitally important.
The Days My Grandmother Remembers
I grew up on a ranch. And I spent our hot, hot summers on my grandmother's ranch, where I learned to handle a handgun, a rifle... drive a tractor, a car, a horse and buggy - and all sorts of incredibly useful things that one day yet may be useful again.

All I have to see is a scene like this one and it takes me back to the those marvelous, innocent days where the smell of damp dirt (from the sprinklers she'd set every night to settle the dust on the driveway)... the grass hay in the barn, the dry grasses outside, live oak trees and dusty horses were like an olfactory ambrosia.

I don't really expect you to truly understand this... but it's OK. 
I just wanted to share what I felt when saw this little scene in the foothills of the Sierras one day.
Aspen's Last Stand


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Angels Splashing About in the HeavensMt Rose, NV

At least once a year,
the Angels thought it would be great fun to just splash about in the Heavens. 
Cause a ruckus. Puff up some clouds.
They figured no one would know. 
Ha.

©Karen Hutton - Creative Commons (CC BY-NC 3.0)

Barn, Sweet Barn

Volcano, CA

Sweet grass,
Warm day,
Cozy barn,
Life was good.
And that's no bull.
Barn, Sweet BarnVolcano, CA

Sweet grass, 
Warm day,
Cozy barn,
Life was good. 
And that's no bull.

Barn, Sweet Barn

Volcano, CA

Sweet grass,
Warm day,
Cozy barn,
Life was good.
And that's no bull.
See photo in original gallery.