Spotted Mountain Ranch "Slash Bar A"

07/22/2024

Pasture looking great for late July! new baby chick hatched, I named her twister. And the septic is finally going in!

06/30/2024

Fat, happy ponies this morning. All this rain has the pastures looking great.

06/13/2024

Grace is sporting her new zebra fly sheet because she's old and the flies like her ancient blood more than the fat appys...I opened up a new pasture for them this weekend, belly deep grass, I never thought I would see them out in belly deep grass on my own land 😊

05/18/2024

You start dying slowly ;
if you do not travel,
if you do not read,
If you do not listen to the sounds of life,
If you do not appreciate yourself.
You start dying slowly :
When you kill your self-esteem,
When you do not let others help you.
You start dying slowly ;
If you become a slave of your habits,
Walking everyday on the same paths…
If you do not change your routine,
If you do not wear different colours
Or you do not speak to those you don’t know.
You start dying slowly :
If you avoid to feel passion
And their turbulent emotions;
Those which make your eyes glisten
And your heart beat fast.
You start dying slowly :
If you do not risk what is safe for the uncertain
If you do not go after a dream
If you do not allow yourself
At least once in your lifetime
To run away from sensible advice
Don't let yourself die slowly
Do not forget to be happy!

~ Pablo Neruda♡

04/21/2024

Chicken tenders got a little bit of an expansion yesterday to exercise those bbq chicken wings.

04/20/2024

I call this the oops I did it again bunch. Damn you bomgaars for having the rare breeds that I wanted in today lol

04/14/2024

Docs chicken mcnuggets are getting big! 7 more weeks and they'll all be fried chicken 😆 except for hey hey, she and her sisters go to the layer house.

03/29/2024

Baby chickens are growing, ponies are shedding, grass is sprouting. Life is good on the farm this spring.

03/09/2024

It's not new, far from it in fact. It's not fancy, it's seen alot of years and many more miles. A true testament to old fashioned American innovation. It's a start, its home on my farm for the rest of its years, where it'll definitely earn its keep. Welcome home Old Red Fred, let's get to work!

02/29/2024

The 3 ancient bitties enjoyed a break from the cold weather, the 3 crappy appys won't come out of the barn yet 😆 still, we're all looking forward to spring finally arriving.

02/14/2024

The crappy appys believe they should be mud colored 🙄 but I can't complain about 40 degree days in February. Snow storm coming in tonight, we'll see if it actually produces.

01/14/2024

Willow has officially lost her right to choose. -40+ with wind chill and even this beast loses the battle, I don't care if she's content playing great white whale of the north... willow you are not feral lol

Anyone else with livestock having fun this weekend? 🤣

01/13/2024

Maverick would like to know who's idea it was to move to the frozen tundra. I am grateful for plenty of hay and a wind free huge barn for them. Willow, she's standing face first in the blizzard flipping off the wind 😆

01/05/2023

Pedicures all around today. So thankful for the snow pack this year despite the challenge it brings.☺️

01/05/2023

12/30/2022

Exactly! 🤭

12/25/2022

12/06/2022

Well Colorado, that time has come again!
Colorado Gives Day is upon us. We've been getting alerts all morning of funds being donated through Colorado Gives 365, however all platforms are available for donations of course. Today we are combining efforts to raise money for auction TOMORROW! There are multiple emaciated young horses and half a dozen retired dude horses selling tomorrow among others, and we want to be there to help who needs it most. Give if you can, share if you can't, and remember just $5 goes a long way to helping a horse in need!

Ways to give in the comments if you want to join in!

Feated is Spartan on the day he was pulled from auction, blind, emaciated and confused. He's on the path to recovery now 💕

12/01/2022

Me today at the barn 🤣

11/24/2022

Busy dogs, doing busy dogs things. Made sure the horses had plenty of hay and water ahead of today's storm.

Happy Thanksgiving!

"Oh, greenly and fair in the lands of the sun,
The vines of the gourd and the rich melon run,
And the rock and the tree and the cottage enfold,
With broad leaves all greenness and blossoms all gold,
Like that which o'er Nineveh's prophet once grew,
While he waited to know that his warning was true,
And longed for the storm-cloud, and listened in vain
For the rush of the whirlwind and red fire-rain"