BY PIPER WHELAN Whether you’re buying your first horse property, changing your focus or looking for your dream ranch, there are many elements to consider in your search for the perfect property. In this article, we list some of the most important geographical factors to think about when identifying your needs, and what to look …
Janet Miller\’s dream home in British Columbia\’s interior illustrates why so many pioneers were drawn into the lure of the mighty Chilcotin area. By Deanna Kristensen Nestled on the property of the historical Chilco Ranch at Hanceville, British Columbia, Miller\’s log home would tantalize the heart of any western romantic. Since the 1880\’s, the Chilcotin …
Christmas has come and gone and a new year has begun! I hope y\’all had a wonderful break, filled with happy memories and times of friends or family. We most certainly did. Though our New Year celebration was relatively quiet, I feel like I\’ve already hit the ground running in 2015. I\’m not one for big …
At the log house we\’d just started thinking about how our New Years Eve might look this year when a grand idea came across my desk – The Boots \’N Diamonds New Years Eve Gatherin\’. This semi-formal evening of western and cowboy art, food and entertainment is set to happen just southwest of Calgary and features …
Happy December! Ever wonder what Christmas looks like in Canada? Under the subdued light of a winter sky, Christmas in Canada is altogether beautiful, challenging and jovial. Around here, Christmas is also downright comical. Take our gingerbread house of 2014, for example: The kids and I made it from scratch. And I\’m pretty darn …
Many parts of the country have been completely overtaken by winter\’s harsh grip this last week. It\’s not to say that we didn\’t expect it – it\’s just that if you\’re a wishful thinker like me, you were probably hoping winter would not have struck so fiercely already. I was thinking it could lash out …
It\’s becoming increasingly prevalent to consider source (local) and company (niche) in our world. In a sense, our western culture has perhaps always leaned more towards a high standard of craftsmanship, than an overload of cheap trappings. We cherish one well-made bit crafted from a local artisan, over 10 made overseas. A pair of chaps so …
Love pictures like the above? So do I!! Horses and beautiful photography. Whether you choose to embrace it on the walls of your home or keep a mental image of it forever in your mind, with beautiful imagery like this you just can\’t go wrong. \”Photographers deal in things in things which are continually vanishing …
I know I\’m a few days late in posting this. Seems as the months go by in 2014, time goes faster and faster! September was a strange month… if I can say that. It started warm and beautiful. Then progressed into full blown winter with a freak snow storm that brought the city of Calgary …
Ever start your day off with a scene like this? There\’s nothing more gut-wrenching then walking out the pasture in the morning to witness something like the broken fence above. As you look around and try to make sense of it all, you take a good count of all the ears and tails bopping around. …
