Ecolonomic Life

I am laying here on my bed in a hotel room in Lethbridge, Canada, watching the conclusion of the US Open Golf Tournament from Pebble Beach in California.  I am missing my wife and kids back in Colorado here on Fathers Day, but am also enjoying a part of the world I have never spent time before.  It is going to be a great week here in Canada as we work on an exciting project with our new Canadian friends.

I thought I would write a brief post just to honor all of our readers that are fathers.  You are all so important to your children and to the legacy that your children will create for you and for the planet.  Just keep on loving your children and respecting the planet.

As fathers, we are stewards of our children and we should also look at ourselves as stewards for the planet.  We should think of ways that we can “father” little things that are in our lives.  For me that means caring for our sustainable agriculture systems.  I have talked a little about our aquatic programs, and today I want to shift gears and show some pictures of a few of our “furry” children and where we and our “children” live, work and play at the foot of the Rocky Mountains in what we call Mountain Sky Ranch. 

Is this pretty or what? Looking down into the Meadow Hollow Creek valley at Mountain Sky Ranch in early June, 2010.

The Lodge at Mountain Sky Ranch. This is our home, a bed and breakfast and an education and events center.

This is Sky and Pete, two of our precious Golden Retriever kids. Sky we bitten by a rattlesnake just two weeks ago here at the Ranch, but fortunately he is tough and he is doing fine. He is also a proud new papa of 8 puppies here from our girl Rascal.

Well, here is mama Rascal just a couple of days before having her 8 healthy puppies. She is being a great mom, and the puppies have the love of many in our extended family. Rascal is holding her 4th place ribbon she won last fall in the Golden Retriever National Championships. She is a proud girl.

Here are two of our new baby Pygoran goats with their mama, Fluffy. We recently had 5 healthy Pygoran kids that will become fiber and milk producers. These are championship quality breeding goats that are in our genetic improvement program.

Well I thought I would end with this one. Here I am with Java, one of our sweet alpaca "children". She is what we call our PR animal. She loves people and loves attention. She is also an incredible breeding female who we beleive will greatly enhance our genetic improvement herd.

Well again, Happy Fathers Day to all fathers.  You are so important to your families and the Planet.  Give a bunch of hugs and kisses.