This past week, Michael and I spent three days at B-Tex Game Ranch near Olney, Texas.
The property is about 100 miles from where we grew up, and being there felt a little like coming home.
There was the familiar 90-plus-degree heat…..the wind… and, of course, the DUST!!
But plenty of things also brought a smile to my face.
Prickly pear cactus…
LOTS of prickly pear cactus…
And mesquite trees…
Although those 1½-inch thorns deserve a healthy bit of respect!!
We saw plenty of white-tailed deer…
But some of the ranch’s residents came from MUCH farther away!
Meet this nilgai bull, a species native to India…
I especially loved this “family portrait” when the whole group gathered together for one photo…
Everybody look this way!!
We also saw Père David’s deer, a rare species from China…
They found the stock pond and were enjoying a little mud cooling!!
And groups of sheep and rams…
We spent two days driving around the property, watching the animals and enjoying the scenery.
For me, it was a wonderful combination of familiar Texas surroundings and animals that I don’t get to see every day!
And speaking of the animals…
Take a look at THIS fellow…
He deserves a story of his own!!
Come back tomorrow, and I’ll tell you how we ended up getting so UP CLOSE AND PERSONAL!
Michael and I love to travel and see new parts of the world and then I love to take those memories and turn them into quilts!!! I hope that you enjoy traveling along with us!!
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