Saturday, May 18, 2024
Little Pasture on the Prairie

Little Pasture on the Prairie

prairie flowers

Eliza Blue reflects on the changing of the seasons in a new home.
foggy corn field

Eliza Blue takes a leap of faith, driving over an hour through thick fog to speak at a conference.
Minnesota

Maybe home is more a feeling than a location. If we are lucky enough to find it in one place, so be it, but the earth herself offers this kind of belonging.
stars

Eliza Blue enjoys a sky full of stars on a recent pasture walk on her South Dakota ranch.
sheep dog

Eliza Blue's outdoor pets love to wait at the back patio for their morning breakfast. She finds it endearing. The man of the ranch is not as amused.
fall leaves

Eliza Blue ponders the splendor of autumn.
blossom

Eliza Blue is awed and humbled by the beauty of the world as she recovers from the flu and emerges from her South Dakota Ranch following a blizzard.
sheep wool

Eliza Blue tries her hand at washing, carding and spinning wool into yarn. It's harder than it looks, even for a South Dakota rancher.
snow

Maybe, this will be the year Eliza Blue sets some better boundaries around her time so she can say "yes" more often to the things that feed her soul.
garden seeds

The warmer weather has beckoned Eliza Blue out of her house and into her greenhouse. Springtime gardening and chores are calling her to get started.