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Blizzard Photos!

December 30, 2009 by ~The South Dakota Cowgirl~ 6 Comments

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Chief Swiftbird's former residence. It is called the Garage, here.

and More!

There’s some chicken photos thrown in just for fun. I wanted everyone to see the egg I found a couple days ago, (and I got another one yesterday! that makes 5 egss total. The first three were ruined b/c they laid them during the blizzard when their house was snowed in), and just how big Captain Coward, the rooster is getting! He’s really pretty! And speaking of the chickens, while I wrote this post this morning, I cooked myself 2 of the eggs I’ve gotten in the last couple days. They made a yummy, breakfast. Fresh eggs are the best. If you’ve never gotten to try one, I highly recommend it, though the eggs are made better by the fact that the hens get to free roam.

There’s snow, snow everywhere! There’s photos of the dogs, specifically my Papillon, Higgins, and MJ, the corgi/border collie. There’s photos of the snow drifts by the windbreak pen. And you’ll get to meet Orange-y, the cat that likes to help. Most of what you’ll see is drifts, the front of our house, hay stacks, the driveway to Zach’s brother’s house and our road just 1/3 mile west of our house. The entire curve is covered with snow. And I apologize for the camera lens being dirty. I had no idea that it had water spots on it, but i guess that is what one gets when they try to take photos during a blizzard, like I did. The first five photos were taken during the storm. I’m crazy. I know. I promise to try to get back to blogging about Vegas, and back into the normal blogging mode. Enjoy the pics!

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About ~The South Dakota Cowgirl~

Jenn Zeller is the creative mind and boss lady behind The South Dakota Cowgirl. She is an aspiring horsewoman, photographer, brilliant social media strategist and lover of all things western.

After a brief career in the investment world to support her horse habit (and satisfy her mother, who told her she had to have a “real” job after graduating college), she finally took the leap and stepped away from a regular income; trading the business suit once and for all for cowgirl boots, a hat, and jeans. She has not looked back.

When Jenn first moved to The DX Ranch on the South Dakota plains, she never imagined she’d find herself behind a camera lens capturing an authentic perspective of ranching, and sharing it with others. Jenn has always been called to artistry, and uses music, writing, images, home improvement, and her first true love of horses to express her ranching passion.

Horses are the constant thread and much of her work centers around using her unique style of writing to share her horsemanship journey with others in publications such as CavvySavvy, the AQHA Ranching Blog, the West River Eagle, the family ranch website, and her own website.

Using photography to illustrate her stories has created other opportunities -- Jenn’s brand “The South Dakota Cowgirl” has grown to the level of social media “Influencer”. This notoriety has led to work with Duluth Trading Company, Budweiser, Wyoming Tourism, Vice, Circle Z Ranch and Art of the Cowgirl, to name a few. She also serves as a brand ambassador for Woodchuck USA, Arenus Equine Health, Triple Crown Feed and Just Strong fitness apparel. Her photography has been featured by Instagram, Apple, TIME Magazine, The Huffington Post, and Oprah Magazine. Jenn’s work has been published internationally, has been seen in several books and has graced the covers of several magazines.

Jenn became a social media influencer by accident when she started to explore Instagram as a way to share her life on the ranch with folks that don’t get to experience it. It’s grown into an incredible platform that she uses to empower women, create an environment for self improvement and share life on the ranch.

When she’s not working, she loves to drink coffee, play with her naughty border collie named Copper, start ranch colts, and run about the country chasing cans. Her mother still thinks she doesn’t have a “real” job.

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  1. Robina says

    December 30, 2009 at 10:34 am

    Holy Moly! Some of those snow drifts are freaking huge!!!! But still so very pretty. And I love Orange-y the cat. Especially rolling in the snow. He is so cute! And are those chickens big? The pictures make them look really big. Hope you get thawed out soon!

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  2. ~The South Dakota Cowgirl~ says

    December 30, 2009 at 11:12 am

    Yes, Bina, the chickens are that big. They’re not considered Giant Cochin Chickens for nothing! They’ll weight around 8lbs when they’re fully mature!

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  3. Weekend Cowgirl says

    December 30, 2009 at 6:02 pm

    Love all the snow pictures! Keep your roster warm!!!!

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  4. della says

    December 30, 2009 at 8:28 pm

    Is it not scarey living out so far from everyone, especially at a time like a blizzard???? So glad that I live in the warm south!!

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  5. Heather says

    December 31, 2009 at 12:49 pm

    Well…reading your post took longer than usual…I had to make me some eggs!

    I feel like I have just had my first winter storm…BRRR!

    That cat is sooo cute and fat!

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  6. Weekend Cowgirl says

    January 20, 2010 at 4:36 pm

    I love the “garage” and the story about it. Awesome photo opportunity for sure!!!

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