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Take that!

 

Thanks for stopping by.

 

Y-O-U just made my day. And I happen to know you look absolutely gorgeous right now.

 

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Now, tell me the truth, how did you react to my compliment?

 

I’m hoping you felt a little flower of joy bloom inside your chest.

 

I’d love it if you thought, “She’s right, I DO look great today.”

 

The thing that troubles me is the possibility that you flinched, fidgeted, and started shooting down that compliment before it even got the chance to make you smile …

 

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Glampers on the Loose

Last week, I shared two decked-out trailers that the ladies of Glampers on the Loose revamped and stayed in during our trip to South Dakota. How adorable was Shery’s “Cabin in a Can” and Jennie’s “Little Black Dress”? This week, we’re sharing “Primitive,” the “Holy Roller,” and “The Bunkhouse.”

Here’s Michele’s dreamboat, “Primitive.”

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Summer Day in the Neighborhood-Day One

Last January I shared photos taken in my neighborhood. Here are the same scenes again taken a couple of weeks ago.

Stay tuned for Day Two of it’s-a-beautiful-day-in-the-neighborhood.

 

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Love is Blind

Lea was born the morning of May 22, 2011. Louise, one of my farmhand photographers, started training her little gray filly that very day. Aside from an unusual nervousness about her feet, Lea was easy to train. First a bit, then a saddle, and eventually she let Louise rest across her back.

Recently, Louise received a call from her friends who board Lea to say they’d …

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High School Revisited

My brother and his wife came to visit recently. We’re still sorting through our parents’ treasures, so Scott delivered some odds and ends from our childhood home—a few church books, high school yearbooks, my childhood merit badge badalo sash (now you know why I’m such a fan of merit badges), AND my mother’s …

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tricked-out trailers

Here they are … the promised photos of the fantastic, amazing, gorgeous glampers we had the honor of “meeting” in person on our recent glamping trip to South Dakota! Fab-u-lous.

Here’s Shery Jesperson, our Ranch Farmgirl Blogger’s, glamper.

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