#gratitude2018 sometimes the wrong turns land you in pretty places. (at Windsor, Colorado)

#gratitude2018 I was feeling sorry for myself this morning: i had a heart to heart with the IRS and my mortgage company (tax bill and a property tax increase) everybody was nice and helpful and I made arrangements for the two debts I wasn’t expecting. I have the money 🙏🏻 I was already butt hurt I couldn’t be in Mexico this week for a friend’s wedding because of the expense. I’m so happy for this friend, he is part of my Mexico clan and this woman truly saved his life. How great it would have been to see the celebration because honestly just after Brent’s death I thought he was gonna be the next funeral. And my money woes were nothing like the time I knowingly wrote a bad check for groceries those lean years ago. So I went outside to tend the hard scrabble day lilies and zinnias on the edge is the prairie knowing the sun the dirt and Tex would help. I found this feather and then I knew I was being looked after in ways beyond my understanding and sure enough: Later today I got a call. It looks like a sizable loan I made a dear friend a few years ago is being paid back. This was out of the blue and so unexpected. Happiness can be like that you know.

#livestockguardiandog #greatpyrenees #gratitude2018 thank goodness I had a guard dog *helping* me plant flower seeds. A minute before that he had his big silly head by my hands and when asked to move became 120 pounds of dead weight.

That horrible moment you are cruising didn’t the highway 5 miles from the ranch and you see a couple guys trying to hoist a #greatpyrenees into the back of a truck and you realize your dog is lost. Thank goodness those sweet young men were paying attention and didn’t hit Tex who was walking in the road. They were shaken because they weren’t sure what todo with him...”we couldn’t just leave him out here” I wish I knew who they were but it was cold, windy and just getting the frightened dog into the back of the Jeep was a big chore and I regret I didn’t get their names. Lifeceith a #livestockguardiandog #dogsofinstagram

#gratitude2018 the cows are turned out and the MFing wind stopped.

#gratitude2018 midweek visit to the ranch and Tex running in from his last perimeter check (rumor has it he has been guarding the mule deer herd on the west pasture 😂) #dogsofinstagram #livestockguardiandog ? #greatpyrenees

#notmyphoto the Coal Creek Ranch gang

#dogsofinstagram #greatpyrenees #gratitude2018 a productive day. that’s the “adoration rock” where Tex sits for belly rubs. His new nickname is Underfoot and I hurt his feelings shooing him off when he was “helping” me today. But we made up.

#dogsofinstagram #catsareassholes #greatpyrenees #gratitude2018 did a bit of clean up today mixed in with yelling at the cats taunting my Tex who just wants to be friends #gentlegiant

#gratitude2018 daffodils and raindrops on my walk today

#gratitude2018 my friend’s book. I remember when he drove up to Denver and told me he was thinking about going to China. I thought it was the scariest most amazing thing I had ever heard. It’s funny how life works and his story is what taught me: it only looks like a shit sandwich. Sometimes losing your way helps you find your life. I love the book. Thanks for giving up the rock-n-roll gig and “leaving” the post. —Edgy June Cleaver

#dogsofinstagram #greatpyrenees happy dog!

#dogsofinstagram #greatpyrenees #livestockguardiandog #prayforrain #prairielife #gratitude2018 a fine evening for a walk with Tex

#dogsofinstagram #livestockguardiandog #greatpyrenees Tex was a little rough around the edges yesterday: I think he over imbibed in placenta jerky because he had the affect of a college kid the morning after a kegger. BTW Placenta breath is Icky. Luckily by supper he was springy and goofy again.

#latergram #gratitude2018 the mining was short but the evening was long: Welcome spring forward!

Happy birthday gift from afar #gratitude2018

He ran up the drive to greet me tonight #greatpyreneese #dogsofinstagram