tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-89136804320081866172024-03-13T04:28:50.495-07:00The Veater RanchGeorgehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16549014863450766321noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8913680432008186617.post-37559209927139772752015-04-10T21:23:00.002-07:002015-04-10T21:24:39.110-07:00Veater Ranch in spring<i>“Dear old world', she murmured, 'you are very lovely, and I am glad to be alive in you.”</i><br />
<i>-Anne, Anne of Green Gables</i><br />
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Spring on the ranch makes me feel just like that.<br />
I was married here in the spring, and there's just something about it.<br />
The smell of the grass, the flowers, the trees.<br />
And even though it came and ended earlier than anticipated this year,<br />
we sure are grateful for what we got.<br />
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<br />Taylor annhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15009325763113967989noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8913680432008186617.post-13394206314880008032014-10-14T16:24:00.001-07:002014-10-14T16:24:24.267-07:00Here and there and everywhere.One of our favorite things to do these days is take drives on the ranch after I get off work.<br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;"><i>[though we won't have much time to do it because we're losing daylight like crazy!!]</i></span><br />
And since the backroads aren't always bump free, and I'm bundled in at least 3-4 layers,<br />
it's not exactly a safe experience for me sometimes, much less my camera.<br />
So the only pictures I seem to have of our drives are from my phone.<br />
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So forgive the pixelated quality, but we've had a lot of fun.<br />
We've seen frogs and deer and bears and several good sunsets,<br />
and discovered new favorite spots and deer antler sheds from years gone by.<br />
We sure love this ranch and are trying to spend as much time soaking it up as possible.<br />
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And, as always in any kind of ranch family, we're praying for rain.<br />
Rain before the big freezes of the winter. Rain for grass, grass for cattle and horses and wildlife.<br />
So that's pretty much it. George keeps clearing, we all keep enjoying the ranch and praying.<br />
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<br />Taylor annhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15009325763113967989noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8913680432008186617.post-26688472228840505912014-08-29T12:15:00.001-07:002014-08-29T12:15:18.017-07:00The BarnWelcome to the newest addition to the ranch! <br />
Since my parents moved to this side of the ranch to live,<br />
they decided to move the ranch headquarters over here too.<br />
In their case, that includes an arena, a barn, etc.<br />
And they decided to go ahead and choose a barn with some living space quarters attached!<br />
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And it all worked out better than any of us had planned.<br />
Jay and I finished at BYU and got to move in.<br />
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My mother always used to ask when we didn't clean up after ourselves, "do you live in a barn?!"<br />
And now yes, yes I do. If you're wondering what it's like to live in a barn <i><span style="font-size: x-small;">[technically above a barn]</span></i><br />
it's our favorite place we've ever lived.<br />
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Some of my favorite things include the quiet and the view, open windows at all hours,<br />
family dinners all the time, horse rides with dad, rodeo practice,<br />
wildlife <span style="font-size: x-small;"><i>[though I could do with less spiders],</i> </span>and the freedom... <i>oh </i>the freedom.<br />
Living in a small town is all it's cracked up to be, and so much more.<br />
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<br />Taylor annhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15009325763113967989noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8913680432008186617.post-12715742560953236012014-07-30T13:00:00.002-07:002014-07-30T13:00:44.520-07:00ups and downs and bugs and dirt.If you don't like bugs or dirt or animals,<br />
our home would not be the place for you.<br />
Last night, just before bed, I went downstairs to change over the laundry.<br />
I smashed at least five potato bugs <i><span style="font-size: x-small;">[which are a nastier form of a cricket]</span></i> and a spider.<br />
And those are just the ones I caught.<br />
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Lots of nights we go on drives,<br />
and if you went with us you'd realize why cowboys wear boots.<br />
Dirt and stickers. Everywhere...<br />
and boots cover your feet and don't have laces for those pesky stickers.<br />
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You have to get used to animals- dead and alive.<br />
Being in the middle of nature you see it all.<br />
The barn cat, Maude, has been known to catch and eat lots of squirrels. <br />
On the flipside, last week we saw baby deer who still had their spots.<br />
And there is <i>nothing</i> more adorable than that.<br />
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But if you can handle <i><span style="font-size: x-small;">[preferably embrace]</span></i> the bugs and dirt and animals,<br />
you really are left with the most magical place.<br />
The sunsets are something to behold,<br />
and little gems of nature are all over if you look.<br />
And the quiet. Oh, the quiet.<br />
I think all the prophets had it right.<br />
There's nothing more peaceful,<br />
and almost nothing that make you feel<br />
the majesty of God as much as being on a mountaintop.<br />
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<br />Taylor annhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15009325763113967989noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8913680432008186617.post-43535690721579951722014-07-16T10:31:00.002-07:002014-07-16T10:36:50.434-07:00California Drought<div style="text-align: center;">
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This year is a drought year, if you haven't heard.</div>
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A lot of the state is struggling, but we've been very grateful and fortunate.</div>
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One of the best things about where we are is the water.</div>
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and anytime my dad thinks of that decade he thinks of that terrible drought.</div>
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they were years full of rain that he <i>never</i> remembers.</div>
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Taylor annhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15009325763113967989noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8913680432008186617.post-81309771515533451942013-12-07T15:40:00.000-08:002014-07-16T10:37:15.300-07:00Veater Ranch: Thanksgiving 2013<div style="text-align: center;">
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Thanksgiving on the Veater Ranch this year was such a dream. There's something about the crisp air and breathtaking sunsets. I never wanted to leave, and as soon as I did I wanted to come back. Of course, I'm only slightly biased. This year, Thanksgiving was hosted at the George Veater home, and with Kara at the helm it went off without a hitch! Thanksgiving for us includes hours and hours of family time (immediate and extended), movies, and lots of drives to check on the cows and scenery.</div>
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Aside from Thanksgiving, George continues to work hard in the office and on the ranch (maybe risking his life) clearing brush, and Kara continues to act as mother of the year to the last baby girl left at home. A new bunch of cattle are in, and their evidence is all over the roads. The few leaves clinging to the trees are the perfect mix of green and gold and a thick blanket of crunch leaves and pine needles covers the ground all over.</div>
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As of today, there's snow on the ground, but we enjoyed the fall-feeling Thanksgiving of 2013.</div>
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Welcome December and Christmas and snow!</div>
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Taylor annhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15009325763113967989noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8913680432008186617.post-73869690075923930112012-08-17T06:47:00.001-07:002014-07-16T10:38:04.339-07:00Veater Ranch<div style="text-align: center;">
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A lot of my acquaintances at college are aware that I live on a cattle ranch, </div>
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but when I show them pictures they are almost always in shock. </div>
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It is never what they had pictured. </div>
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Let me explain... first, we ranch cattle, but we live in the mountains. </div>
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That means that we don't exactly have open, rolling fields of grass. </div>
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In fact, what we were given was something more like steep draws and thick brush.</div>
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And if you know anything about cattle <i><span style="font-size: x-small;">(or can picture having to ride a horse through brush while gathering...)</span></i> you know that's not ideal. </div>
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But my dad had a vision that it could all be something better, something more useful. </div>
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So he went and bought a bulldozer, and started clearing the brush and leaving trees. </div>
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The government loves him for it <span style="font-size: x-small;"><i>(hello useable land!)</i></span>, the fire station loves him for it <span style="font-size: x-small;"><i>(less brush=less fire hazard)</i></span>, we all love him for it <span style="font-size: x-small;"><i>(brush isn't exactly a piece of cake to gather cattle in)</i></span>, and the cows love him <span style="font-size: x-small;"><i>(when there is less brush, the land can grow more grass)</i></span>.</div>
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He takes his bull dozer, and pushes brush down these steep mountains into brush piles. <span style="font-size: x-small;"><i> </i></span></div>
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My little brother <span style="font-size: x-small;"><i>(who isn't so little anymore)</i></span>, comes behind him and sprays the regrowth to make sure it doesn't look the same again in 5 years. </div>
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and in the summer we find magic in acres and acres of golden oats. </div>
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Georgehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16549014863450766321noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8913680432008186617.post-63007290463332808572012-07-11T10:35:00.000-07:002014-07-16T10:38:20.680-07:00Summertime...and baby it's hot.Last August, I wrote this post and forgot to post it and/or finish it when I left for school.<br />
Seeing that it's about the same time of year and change in routine is seldom,<br />
lucky me- it still applies! <br />
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<u><i>August 2011 </i></u><br />
This weekend was business as usual on the ranch. <br />
George works on the bulldozer for five hours on Fridays and Saturdays. <br />
<i><span style="font-size: x-small;">[I think if he didn't set a time limit he might work alll day long...]</span></i><br />
but during the summer, the work is a little slower.<br />
dust clogs the filters, and dozing up and down a mountain all day makes machinery overheat pretty fast.<br />
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So breaks are necessary and often taken on these hot, summer days. <br />
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But this week was quite a treat. <br />
drumroll please....<br />
I learned to drive the bulldozer!<br />
Do you realize how scary it is to have that much metal moving at your demand?<br />
That thing can move like it's nobody's business.<br />
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Aside from the heat, and lots of wheat...<br />
you can always expect to find pesky summer stickers here in the summertime :)<br />
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They took almost a year to fully remove from those shoes, I would have you know.<br />
One of the joys of the ranch in the summer- bulldozing and stickers.<br />
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Taylor Ann <br />
<br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8913680432008186617.post-91963958114400630412012-06-23T07:14:00.002-07:002014-07-16T10:38:39.040-07:00A few things... and a welcome back!Here <i><span style="font-size: x-small;">[all of you that happen to read this]</span></i> is how it all works.<br />
I go to school full time through the fall, winter and this year... spring.<br />
I have a blog of my own, and was also part of a project to work on another blog for school.<br />
That, as you can probably imagine, somehow left this lovely little blog on the back burner.<br />
And I apologize for that.<br />
Now, moving on.<br />
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As I contemplated what I could post on a post dedicated to the "Veater Ranch", I first thought..<br />
<i>there are only so many pictures of mountains that people want to see.</i><br />
but then I thought... the ranch is my life.<br />
It's where I live. It's where all of the people I love are. It's my home.<br />
So most of my stories are ranch stories, and can classify as ranch-blogging material.<br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;"><i>[of course, I will also update you all on the progress being made in ways of brushing and other-such activities]</i></span> <br />
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A few weeks ago I had opportunity to watch somebody experience the ranch for the first time.<br />
It was a good refresher for me on some things I take for granted.<br />
The sunsets are incredible, as are the stars.<br />
The green of spring, the wildflowers, and the wildlife.<br />
The breeze in the evenings and the glassy reflection of the ponds.<br />
The immediate availability of off-roading adventures,<br />
and dogs that need not be confined to a yard and who obey cattle-gathering orders.<br />
The sunrises and sunsets over the tops of the mountains.<br />
I could go on all day. <br />
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We caught the last few weeks of spring and everything [as you can tell] was absolutely beautiful.<br />
Although it is now summer and no longer green, the ranch remains really something to behold. <br />
We've been doing a lot up here this summer: client dinners, graduation parties, photoshoots.<br />
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I'll keep on track and tell you about those sooner than later :)<br />
Happy summer, reader.<br />
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Taylor, <span style="font-size: xx-small;"><i>[the blogging middle daughter]</i></span></div>
Georgehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16549014863450766321noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8913680432008186617.post-38779309757463281772011-07-05T10:18:00.000-07:002014-07-16T10:39:16.969-07:00Why blog?<div style="text-align: center;">
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or at least <i><u>I</u></i> sure think so. </div>
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And for informational purposes too. </div>
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Maybe you're a member of our community and wonder what in the world is going on up on our part of the mountain....</div>
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Or maybe you're a client and want to check into the <i>cowboy side</i> of your financial planner. </div>
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Or maybe you're just visiting. </div>
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But whoever you are... welcome to the Veater Ranch blog!</div>
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We hope to entertain and/or inform you and give you a glimpse into what we do and who we are.</div>
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Some things will be posted by me, some by my sister, and some by my dad.</div>
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But hey, we just want to give you a well-rounded view.</div>
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And explain why we love this ranch so darn much.</div>
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