tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36315298150128379162011-07-07T15:15:54.264-07:00Some of the people/animals/things on Desert Survivor are mentioned frequently. Here's the cheat sheet to get you up and running in no time.Desert Survivornoreply@blogger.comBlogger11100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3631529815012837916.post-83074672115478744882008-08-24T19:41:00.000-07:002010-03-11T09:16:39.714-08:00<div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold; ">Desert Survivor</span><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_kPEtXsk68lk/SLIce6KjVcI/AAAAAAAAC9Y/lfUSQEETZZQ/s1600-h/Desert+Survivor+and+Desert+Boy.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_kPEtXsk68lk/SLIce6KjVcI/AAAAAAAAC9Y/lfUSQEETZZQ/s320/Desert+Survivor+and+Desert+Boy.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5238280633920476610" /></a>I'm an ecologist, rancher's wife, mother, writer, and dreamer. I love being outside and seeing it through the eyes of my son. I also love ice cream. I try to eat it daily; it makes surviving the desert heat a lot easier. By the way, this is about the only photo I have of me that I haven't taken myself. Someday maybe I'll post one where my face isn't half-shaded and I'm not wearing a paint-stained ballcap. Since my husband has a hard time turning on the camera, that day may not be in the near future.<div><br /></div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold; ">Desert Boy</span><br /></div><div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_kPEtXsk68lk/SLIce_J7qqI/AAAAAAAAC9g/DyqfZEkWTXk/s1600-h/4.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_kPEtXsk68lk/SLIce_J7qqI/AAAAAAAAC9g/DyqfZEkWTXk/s320/4.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5238280635260054178" /></a>My intrepid and rambunctious son, whom I'm trying to help survive. He likes to eat dirt. A lot. He also likes to run away from Mommy to get to the nearest mud puddle, tractor, or dog food.</div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b>Desert Girl</b></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_kPEtXsk68lk/S5kkBIeI2II/AAAAAAAAL0k/0HVutGZrdGY/s1600-h/25.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_kPEtXsk68lk/S5kkBIeI2II/AAAAAAAAL0k/0HVutGZrdGY/s320/25.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5447424826153687170" /></a><div>Desert Girl entered our lives in February 2010. We expect that she will soon be having lots of adventures in the high desert.</div><div><br /></div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold; ">Henry</span><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_kPEtXsk68lk/SLIcfeDyHMI/AAAAAAAAC9w/677-B-Dt7SY/s1600-h/6.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_kPEtXsk68lk/SLIcfeDyHMI/AAAAAAAAC9w/677-B-Dt7SY/s320/6.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5238280643555761346" /></a>Our spirited <del>puppy</del> dog who chews on everything. He's Desert Boy's sidekick, whether Desert Boy wants him to be or not. Desert Boy probably tolerates him because Henry lets him eat his dog food when Mommy's not watching. (This is still true two years after writing this!)</div><div><br /></div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold; ">My Husband</span><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_kPEtXsk68lk/SLIcfMmJu9I/AAAAAAAAC9o/iKwk4L9W0kk/s1600-h/1.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_kPEtXsk68lk/SLIcfMmJu9I/AAAAAAAAC9o/iKwk4L9W0kk/s320/1.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5238280638868077522" /></a>A good-natured guy who puts up with most anything. He's dissipated most of my preconceptions about ranchers. For example, he doesn't ever wear a cowboy hat and doesn't like horses.<br /><br /></div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold; ">Our Ranch</span><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_kPEtXsk68lk/SLIcfaJwKZI/AAAAAAAAC94/QdriQPSj7D4/s1600-h/5.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_kPEtXsk68lk/SLIcfaJwKZI/AAAAAAAAC94/QdriQPSj7D4/s320/5.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5238280642507057554" /></a>A family-owned cow-calf and hay operation. My husband, his brothers, and father run it, and it pretty much runs most of their lives. We live on the ranch in a hundred-year old ranch house that has slightly tilted floors, but we don't notice most of the time.</div><div><br /></div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold; ">The Cousins</span><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_kPEtXsk68lk/SLIdyGvIKKI/AAAAAAAAC-A/kVTaJgbyrMY/s1600-h/3.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_kPEtXsk68lk/SLIdyGvIKKI/AAAAAAAAC-A/kVTaJgbyrMY/s320/3.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5238282063224252578" /></a></div><div>Desert Boy has 11 cousins, six of whom live in the same community, providing him lots of opportunities to play and learn bad habits.</div></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3631529815012837916-8307467211547874488?l=desertsurvivorcast.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Desert Survivornoreply@blogger.com