Saturday, April 21, 2012

Why I love New Mexico

It's hard not to love a place ....
... where you are always greeted by friendly faces:
... where you are asked to play fun games: and often more than once:
... where you get to hang out with friends who have the exact same obsessions interests as you do:
... where you are whole-heartedly invited to jump right in to the group effort of animal health care:

... where you are always invited to "go for a ride":
... where you all drink out of the same water bottle (now *that* is true friendship):
... where you are always learning about new things that aren't common where you come from, like, how to identify the infamous (and poisonous) loco weed:
- and what a plant that has been chewed by a porcupine looks like:
... where you can have lively, heart-to-heart talks with the ranch dog and nobody thinks this is unusual:
... where a  165 pound pot-bellied pig named Wynonna will let you take a close-up photo of her nose - with only minimal complaint:
.. where your friend really appreciates your help doing ranch tasks:



And where, at the end of a busy day, you are fed a delicious dinner on a plate specifically chosen to to match the color of paint you got on your pants earlier that day:
I really love New Mexico.  :-)

Thank you, 7MSN and Morning Bray Farm, for having this rain-sodden, Oregon girl come to visit. Again.
:-)

20 comments:

  1. That looks like great fun. Thanks for bringing us along on your vacation. Makes me want to visit NM.:)

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  2. Dude- you're missing the only serious sun Oregon is going to get this spring!

    I love New Mexico too. They don't call it The Land of Enchantment for nothing!

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  3. FUN!!! Glad you are enjoying your little getaway :-)

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  4. OMG - what a wonderful time you had. Wish I were there...

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  5. Looks like you really had a good time.

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  6. You two are true "critter whisperers". Looks like lots of fun.

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  7. Don't forget the fabulous weather and the endless blue skies. I love your new pants, btw...

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  8. toooooo much fun!!! so nice for warm sunshine after wet cold :) and nothing like a good delicious dinner after a day of hard work....

    glad you both are getting some much needed time to hang with friends of the 2-legged and 4-legged kind!!!

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  9. Glad to hear you're having a good time! :o)

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  10. Isn't amazing how 'work' ceases to be so when you have friends around!

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  11. New Mexico is lovely! You look like you are having so much fun.

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  12. Looks like New Mexico was alot of fun! Glad you enjoyed your trip.
    Connie

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  13. Well you know NM sparkles a little bit more when you come a visitin' too. While the 2 donkey ladies plus one have a good time....you three donketeers plus Don have and even better adventures. And besides you get to dry out some whilst visiting the dry and dusty southwest. Oma Linda

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  14. I love the chicken prints on the chicken house. :)

    We applied for a job in New Mexico! They ended up having the dairy sale fall through, so didn't need a manager after all, but I wasn't prostrate at the thought of living in New Mexico.

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  15. I definitely like the paint on the pants better than the mud on the boots!

    So glad that you were able to get away to such a perfect destination.

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  16. Good country, good friends and a good time! it doesn't get much better than that!

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  17. I marvel at that blue sky! We've had the same one for two days, but this morning there are fluffy little clouds signaling this evening's approaching r...

    Looks like you have a great working vacation. Enjoy every minute and say 'hi' to your host, please.

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  18. what a fun trip! is your wonderful mom watching the critters? i love what you guys did to the chicken coop!

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  19. Your adventures make me smile. Love all of the pics of the donkeys with stuff in their mouths. So glad you are having a great time.

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