Circle S Ranch

2011-03-02T13:30:00.000-08:00

The ceiling of the party barn with fabric and twinkle lights hung above the entry doors.

2011-03-02T13:24:00.000-08:00

After watching my friend Judy transform her bedroom and bath room with a whole new look I brought home her amazing paint color and painted the post rock rooms bath area and we just love the new look. Also hung a photo from John Gladman that he took of Lucille last fall that looks great, when the photo isn't taken of it from a shaky I phone! Come see for yourself!

2011-01-24T13:03:00.000-08:00

The snow has been so beautiful at the Ranch. I wish I could add sound to the blog so you could hear just how quiet it is with a few bird sounds and in the evenings the howl of the coyote. The moon lights up the night reflecting off the newly fallen snow. The song birds have been hanging around last years basil plants in the herb garden, so I am glad I left them in after the fall freeze.

2011-01-13T09:35:00.000-08:00

Dakota can't find any friends to hang out on the tractor with her in this snow

2011-01-13T09:19:00.000-08:00

Frosty morning today, just a few pics to show how beautiful a snowy morning is at the ranch. Sunday Jan 9th when the snow blew in the buffalo and longhorns came up to get hay and we got these photos of them.

2010-10-24T19:50:00.000-07:00

Yea, Its been a beautiful summer and fall with wonderful weddings and receptions!

2010-10-24T19:30:00.000-07:00

Late summer and early fall at the Ranch

2010-07-05T20:19:00.000-07:00

The buffalo roamed west then south to Aunt Marty's ranch for a few days. They looked beautiful roaming thru the tall grass. Glad they are home now.

2010-04-25T20:42:00.000-07:00

Casey and Aaron's wedding was beautiful last night. The rain held off and was just a nice background patter on the tin roof of the cabana during the reception.

Loved the flowers they added to the arches on the way to the wedding area, we have a few flowers of our own blooming. Thought the porch looked really inviting Saturday evening.

2010-04-18T11:05:00.000-07:00

We burned pastures last week and even with a little cooler weather they are really starting to grow back. Picked a wonderful quiet evening and friends came and helped and took pictures. These are my pics, I will try to add John Gladman's and Grant Fitch's pictures soon.

Spring is happening so quickly this year. We are getting the flower beds mulched and planted garden this week. From radishes and lettuce to basil and zinnias. So we should hit the right weather for something. Got a nice rain and it brought out the Morel mushrooms. My cousin Vic started heirloom tomatoes for me and will bring them out to plant soon. Its still early, I have to remind myself.

2010-04-01T21:03:00.000-07:00

How cute are our baby chicks! We are getting about 2 dozen eggs a day from last springs chicks, and we just added 50 chicks a few weeks ago, so by fall we will really be getting dozens of eggs a day. Into recycling? Save your egg cartons for us and bring them when you visit, we'll send you home with a dozen fresh range eggs. The chickens love it when we have left over pasta and fruit. We compost anything they don't eat. And we recycle glass, paper including old magazines and cardboard, aluminum and plastic. We have cut back our input to landfills by over half in just a few years by recycling and the compost is great for the gardens.
Dakota was happy to pick up her baby chicks at Lawrence Feed and Farm. Roger ordered 25 yellow chickens and 25 red for us. They are so much bigger then they were in these pictures already!

2010-02-27T13:57:00.000-08:00

February brought us a group of women who get together to create these incredible quilts. As 2010 begins we have already had so many guests that I would love to keep up with, the little girl who took our daughter Dakota swimming with her in the hot tub! In fact her entire family was a real treat to get to know. The group of ladies that stayed last night, walking and talking and just having a great time all from Lawrence. The group that is staying tonight and already feel like family!! Come and make 2010 a wonderfully memorable year for those closest to you.

2009-12-29T18:34:00.000-08:00

Bison at Circle S during the Snow!

2009-12-29T18:02:00.000-08:00

All is warm in the Inn for the Holidays, while the outside is snowy and beautiful in a blanket of snow, looks like Dakota is having more fun getting ready for the Love Family Christmas then Jack is!

2009-12-12T18:48:00.000-08:00

winter friends enjoying a warm day at the ranch

fall gardening 2009

2009-12-12T18:33:00.000-08:00

Great year for a fall garden, Jack and Dakota started getting the garden ready for winter just in time!

2009-10-13T02:41:00.000-07:00

Just a few pictures of our beautiful fall weather. Many of these pictures were taken along our walking path. Enjoy

2009-08-17T19:25:00.000-07:00

2009-08-17T19:20:00.000-07:00

2009-08-01T20:51:00.000-07:00

This is a beautiful summer with cool summer breezes the gardens, buffalo and kids are all enjoying. Dakota our Daughter and Sofia our Granddaughter love to swing together on any of the three swings around the yard. The gardens are maturing and have bloomed more this year then ever before. The first of August finds us with night time temps in the 60's. The chickens should be laying soon. They love fruit and vegetables of all kinds and what they don't enjoy we compost in one of three areas we are using. Pumpkins are growing in last years compost area and out in all directions almost 20 feet, threatening to take over a huge area!

Many of our photos are of the gardens, we have added a few things around the Inn so watch for more pictures soon with the courtyard, new conference room and our party barn with interior walls in an new stucco finish and mahogany ceiling.

Check out our blog on our most recent adventure, The Myers Hotel in Tonganoxie. We just love to build! This project just needs a few touches to be a really incredible intimate small hotel in the small town Jack grew up in.

Dakota & Sofia Swinging

2009-08-01T20:24:00.000-07:00

2009-07-19T12:09:00.000-07:00

Kansas Garden Dinners, we have enjoyed dinners with our guests this week with lots of great Kansas grown foods. It all started with sweet corn from Bismark Gardens. Erin was visiting from the tundra region of Canada after coming to Lawrence by train, and we wanted to show her a real Kansas meal. Jack and I with help from Dakota our 2 year old daughter served dinner on the porch of our Inn. We had sweet corn, green beans, fresh garden tomatoes, stuffed peppers and cucumbers with onions along with smoked chicken. When Jack rolled his sweet corn in the butter Erin said they don't eat it like this at home. We found out the area she is from only has a 60 day growing season so all the fresh foods were enjoyed even more by all! We even had fresh peaches for the shortcake for dessert with vanilla icecreme'. Dakota spent the evening running thru the yard with Lucy, our golden retriever, until dessert came out then she sat right down to eat with us. We didn't think we had any room left to eat, but we really enjoyed a little dessert and lots of visiting with new friends.