Welcome to Fern Valley

Here in central Alberta prime farm country,my husband Martin and I work together raising beef cattle and Appaloosa horses. Fern valley appaloosas have long been known for their quality of temperament conformation and color.I have recently rediscovered a love of writing and have published 2 collections of poetry. "Telling Tails" and Tails Trails and Campfire stories" . I look forward to a future spreading my wings as an author and as a horse woman .

Thursday 29 December 2022

I resolve not to resovle

 As 2022 wraps up we often see people making resolutions. To lose weight or to gain momentum in whatever goals they have. I suck at resolutions  I feel like they can be a recipe for disaster and self loathing. If you feel you need a change, then change.

I am not doing the "new year, new me" because I actually kind of like the old me. She is a pretty cool gal, not perfect but I am not really good at perfect either.
Instead of a resolution last year, I made a vision board.I didn't do it January one, actually it took me most of the month to get it to a place where it reflected what I felt Not for specific things, more about feelings. How I wanted to feel in the coming year.
I titled it "Picture the feeling", added photos of things that aligned with how I wanted to feel and a little about how I wanted to get there.


How did it work out for me?
Mid January I accepted a temporay position as an Addiction and Mental Health prevention promotion facilitator. Did I have some imposter syndrome around that? yep, but I gave it my all, including in a particular situation, while I was nervous as all get out to do so, I stood ground, and spoke truth to power, giving voice to a population who trusted me with this task, and therefore had a role in changing the outcome.
As a result when the position ended in October, my manager asked me to continue teaching on a smaller scale and created a permanent casual position to compensate me "adequately for the value of my work!"
I felt better than I have in years and I continued my journey with essential oils and supplements finding new strengths and abilities on my way.
I travelled and kept on "swimming"
And I returned to writing, as I mentioned in previous posts I have a new book out and another few on the go.
And I gave back, I donated, and helped out where I was able and the gift of passing on our blessings is indeed a feeling I will forever be grateful for .
I wasn't in the saddle bit I did spend a lot of time with the horses, and that feeds my soul.
It has been a year! I am proud of the path/story this year as been and I am interested to see what next year brings.
It took me most of Januaryt to create my vision board for last year, and I will take my time again this year, being midful of what I want to feel and how I want to create that.
What I know for sure is that when we believe in ourselves and our purpose we are unstoppable!

When they tell your story let it be the stuff of legends!

What is your vision for your coming year? If you want to share I will start beliving for you right away too!

Thursday 22 December 2022

Messin with the music

 repost of messin with the music , featuring Miss Whoa Dammit herself!

You know Dasher and dancer and prancer and vixen…
But do you recall
The grumpiest reindeer of all?
“Dammit”, the cranky reindeer, had a lot of appytude!
I got her to wear deer Antlers
And what she said was very rude




Tuesday 6 December 2022

Tell Me a Story

 I just realized I had not yet shared this here. I have some updates 

First of all I hope everyone is well and warm, the weather has been, weather.

The fillies are warm n cozy in the barn and weaning has gone well so far.

I wrote another book. not the one I have been working on , that is still in progress, but a little memorial of sorts and a childrens story . The story of Skeeter



All of my work is now available in one spot on Amazon , or as always directly through me .My Authors Page

Also, it is calender time again!







                                                                                   










It has been a year for sure! Stay safe and warm friends , until we meet again