I would like to start todays post with a warm
welcome to old and new readers of the
blog; WELCOME!
When I started to write this blog I did some
kind of presentation but I thought I´ll make an update on who we are.
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| A Dala Horse, from the region in Sweden where I was born. |
I´m a Swedish girl who met my husband through
our love for horses. I´m working hard on improving my English on a daily basis and
that´s partly why I write this blog. In the meanwhile please forgive my grammatical
errors. Another reason why I write is
because I believe that it´s possible to attract the life you want to have and I
don´t want to keep that to myself. Horses are my life and if there is someone
that comes close to loving horses as much as I do it´s my husband Philip. He has
the biggest heart anyone can have when it comes to friends, family and animals.
We currently have ten rescue horses. Horses that each has a history that
touched our heart and a personality like no one else.
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| My rescue horse Trigger after he doubled his weight! |
We live on a ranch in The Sierra Nevada
Mountains in California with children, dogs and horses (some bears and mountain
lions live here too.) We live in the part of California that is known as “Gold
Country” from all the gold that they found here around The American River. Another
name for the area is “Endurance Country” and that is why we choose to move here
in the beginning of this year. Our closest neighbor is Lake Tahoe´s National
Forest and a very rich wildlife.
Both Philip and I have children from previous
relationships that we have shared custody of. Our daughter Hayley was born this
summer. This blog is about life at the ranch,
motherhood, horsemanship and endurance riding.
I have a background as a Baker and a
Preschool Teacher. I love everything about horses (especially Icelandic Horses),
hiking, reading, writing, travel, photography, baking and spending time with my
family. Now I spend my days as The Queen
of our ranch. At least that´s what Philip calls me ;) I´m in charge of the daily
care of our horses and help other people bombproofing their horses for the
amazing trails we have here in Gold Country. I also do everything around the
house (cooking, cleaning, shopping….) I´m blessed with the company of our Princess
Hayley (9weeks old as I write) that tags along most of the day in a baby
carrier. If I´m outdoors my dog Neikka and my horses Faxi and Trigger is often
seen in my footsteps.
Philip has a background as a Sergeant in the Marines.
He´s retired and nowadays he´s in charge of our life stock, fencing, roads and
the garden. From time to time we foster dogs with aggression issues until they
can be adopted by families. Philip is in charge of their training as well. We
love working together and when it´s possible we do so.
On our free time (and sometimes during work
too) we ride our horses! Our goal is to ride The Tevis Cup 2014.
Northcutt Ranch is a corporation of life
stock ranches; sheep, goats and horses. Soon we will add alpacas to the list.
Looking forward to that!
Northcutt Ranch is a veteran
owned and operated ranch exploring viable options in sustainability, organic
farming, livestock, and a family-oriented ranching lifestyle.
We hold dear the concept of horses for both work and pleasure.
We believe that as stewards of life and land we are the guardians of the world our children will inherit and that our resources must be managed in a way that reflect that ethic.
We believe that all the things we grow are medicines that enhance our quality of life and improve our health and wellbeing.
Every day at Northcutt Ranch we learn a little more about love, life, ranching, agriculture, and sustainability.
We hold dear the concept of horses for both work and pleasure.
We believe that as stewards of life and land we are the guardians of the world our children will inherit and that our resources must be managed in a way that reflect that ethic.
We believe that all the things we grow are medicines that enhance our quality of life and improve our health and wellbeing.
Every day at Northcutt Ranch we learn a little more about love, life, ranching, agriculture, and sustainability.
This is a short summary of who we are. I hope
that You want to join us on our adventures in the wilderness of our ranch!
My husband is the wisest man I know and he
suggested that I write my blog in Swedish as well. I promised him to at least see
if there is an interest for ranching adventures among my Swedish friends. After
the original post in English I will write the post in Swedish as well.
Once again WELCOME!
Love Maria
As you know, Maria, I'm not Swedish, but as someone who wants to learn Swedish language I would love to read your blog in your mother language as well.
ReplyDeleteThank you for your always very interesting posts.
Hugs from Italy ;)
ale
I´ll see what I can do ;) Thank you Ale!
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