Uprooted Magnolia

Matilda and the Quackers

leahyetter — Fri, 17 May 2013 14:07:14 +0000

We are not sure what to make of the ducks that brazenly stalk us at the screen door every morning. What isn’t shown here is the size of her tail. It is puffed up twice as big as it’s normal size and I can’t help but smile as she so earnestly protects her lady that feeds her.

Now this is more like it.

leahyetter — Thu, 16 May 2013 17:03:55 +0000

Ahhhh.
The hills are alive with the color green. As it should be for this time of year. It has cooled off with a little rain here and there and leaves are finally appearing. Such a happy sight. The chickens are happy too, especially because bugs are starting to crawl and hop.

from Record Lows to Record Highs

leahyetter — Wed, 15 May 2013 00:30:58 +0000

We’ve gone from record low to record high temps in the past two weeks of our springtime. It is so hot today, I went out to mist the ducks and chickens (and myself) with the water hose. Feels like my days in Georgia.

Mother Love

leahyetter — Sun, 12 May 2013 15:54:08 +0000

Just thought I’d share some of my favorite loving mother images from the past.

Hope you lovely mothers all have a wonderful day. Wishing you all the best. xoxo

Every Mother’s Day I like to reflect back on this post from a couple of years ago, Remembering Mom.

Raindrops

leahyetter — Sat, 11 May 2013 19:50:53 +0000

So thankful for the Saturday rain storms breezing through the hills today and over the last few days.

Crackerjack

leahyetter — Thu, 09 May 2013 14:24:23 +0000

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This is Crackerjack. We enjoyed a Wyoming sunset together yesterday. He has four friends who may or may not appear on this blog. Goats are busy-bodies which makes for a difficult portrait session. But for this brief moment, we admired the mountains and sunshine before tucking in for the night.

Red-winged Blackbirds

leahyetter — Tue, 07 May 2013 20:59:38 +0000

While it pours down rain today (yay!), I am getting settled into our summer home and decided I should clean off my camera cards. I thought I’d share one final wintery image with you of red-winged blackbirds perched on the fence outside my office window. This was shot during our last heavy snow (just 6 days ago). At least there is a splash of color there. That red wing was the only color we saw for a couple days.
I’m hoping for the color green to pop up soon. We’re getting some incredible moisture here lately and I’m ready for some new life to our earth out here!

After a Snowy Drink

leahyetter — Sat, 04 May 2013 19:14:54 +0000

So thankful to see some color on my drive to town. The golden willows and green grass are quite happy with the snowy drinks they have received over the past couple of months. The big blue sky is a sight for sore eyes. Now for blossoms and blooms…how I hope to see them soon!

Hello May!

leahyetter — Wed, 01 May 2013 15:10:20 +0000

How confused I am to see you in such a state.
I guess we could say “what a lovely winter we are having this spring”.

Bring Me a Whiskey, Would Ya?

leahyetter — Mon, 29 Apr 2013 23:39:17 +0000

Howdy! During the last month or so I’ve learned that life isn’t about waiting for the storm to pass…it’s learning to dance in the rain. Or snow in our case. We have survived incredible blizzards and stormy conditions over the last few weeks.

I don’t believe I’ve seen this much snow in the 3 years that I’ve lived here. And certainly not in the month of APRIL. It was such a whiteout that I couldn’t see where I was going and could barely keep the wheels turning on the four wheeler.

Let me introduce you to Polaris tracks aka, life-saver. Our gracious neighbors let us use this so that we could get things done around here.

What does one have to do in such ferocious conditions you may ask? Well, feed cows for one thing, but I’d like to update you on the changes to the Uprooted Magnolia and the Cowboy. First, you must endure these images like we have endured living through this. Keep in mind, in most places it was knee-deep and in some spots, it was up to my waist. I’m average height.

We were snowed in. But the determined and very responsible cowboy HAD to leave the ranch in order to get his cows and calves fed on the meadows at the bluffs.

As we busted through drifts, snow piled up on the hood and we could barely see our exit.

Then we just couldn’t see anything at all.

So we (Patrick) stopped to clean the snow build-up off the hood and convince ourselves (me) to go further. But what did I do? While Patrick observed the road conditions, I took pictures of the snowed in ranch.

Once we got 6 miles out of the ranch the roads were good and we made it to the bluffs to feed the hungry cows. They were glad to see us. As you can see, they weren’t getting any grub underneath all that snow.

Sunsets over a snow blanketed pasture are always a calming sight.

One of the snowy evenings I saw the turkeys roosting in the trees behind our house.

So now the snow has melted, the skies are clear and the sun has set on our days at Dakota Ranch.
The ranch has been sold to a new owner and Patrick and I are moving on. But moving our home in this springtime blizzard was extremely challenging. Challenging in so many ways.
For the next couple of months we will stay in the hills of Southeast Wyoming and are excited about where life will take us. Some wonderful friends have opened their home to us while they live 80 miles away for the summer. My days are filled with caring for chickens, ducks, goats, a fuzzy pooch, and of course Matilda. My calendar is once again filling up with photo shoots and we are getting settled in to our routine for this spring and summer. We will continue working hard for our new home. This has been a huge year for change, and it’s only April. What else will we conquer? Stay tuned. I’m sure there will be a lot of new adventures.
*Hugs* ~ Leah