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                         Your joy is your sorrow unmasked.
                         And the selfsame well from which your laughter rises was                          oftentimes filled with your tears.
                         And how else can it be?
                         The deeper that sorrow carves into your being, the more joy you
                         can contain.
                                         – Kahlil Gibran (“On Joy and Sorrow”)

I continue to find new splendor to color our current drought apart from its impact to our cattle and bank account. Not only is the determination of Nature exhilarating, but with it comes a rare glimpse of beauty in these bare hills.

November 10, 2013

Twenty-five degrees as a community of California Valley Quail stay busy in the first rays of sunlight.

The fluffy female Manx delivered by Kenny & Virginia McKee a few months ago, descended from our original Manx herd, has had over a dozen names since, from “Happy” to “Hefty”, “Cotton” to “Velcro”, but right now she’s “Fluff”. Photo by Robbin.