Our family purchased an adjacent ranch recently that has many old and unused buildings on it. Here is one that used to hold grain. I always love red barns. They look especially wonderful in the winter as they stand out against all the cool and barren landscape. Here are some cool old dividers. I'm not sure what are in them. But we are storing four wheelers in this building. Here is another barn that had a grain mill at one time but we gave it to some Amish friends (the millstone that is). It has to be hooked up to a tractor and belt to use, so they are prepared to use it. Another view of one of the barns...
Leaving Montana I came across some big horn sheep. This one has an amazing set of horns!
They were getting a drink in the river then crossed the highway.
Some of my artist friends invited me to visit their friend who moved to the country - about an hour from Chicago. She has a beautiful wooded property with land, animals, and a barn turned studio as well as an artist retreat cottage.
We had lunch of homemade lentil soup and various snacks, talked, visited, did art, quilting, knitting, and walked in the wooded property visiting with ducks and other animals.
I worked on this upside down sketch project. It was a really nice day and I feel inspired to create!
Meet Billy the Goat. Billy was purchased by one of our seasonal employees from Mexico to be butchered for meat. But then he and his son grew attached and decided to keep him. But when their work visa expired and they left for Mexico, Billy jumped into our Ranch truck and "adopted" us. Billy loves to climb things. We made some climbing areas out of hay bales and other material for him. The first couple of days he was chained up during the day to keep him from running off and chasing the calves. But now that the calves are gone and Billy is used to his new home, he is free to roam. He has made friends...
