Is it News or Just my Crazy Life?

May 17, 2013 by ~The South Dakota Cowgirl~ 1 Comment

There’s lots going on here lately.

Yesterday, Avie and I moved cows out of the creek up to a flat where the hired man finished the job and put them across to greener pastures. It was still an 8 mile ride for us, and I probably should have fed myself a better breakfast before I headed out so I wasn’t dying of starvation by 2pm, which is the time I finally made it back to the corral.

He and the view are sure pretty!

This is what he thought of the whole ordeal when we got back to the barn:

Ho hum!

I made it for a run one day this week and I have to say, where I live is pretty peaceful!

I got to see the sunset from East River (at the steakhouse) one night this week too. It was glorious.

And the sunset from my back deck was pretty spectacular too:

For those of you that missed the announcement, I’m headed to Kentucky for almost a whole week! Since I fly out at an insanely early hour tomorrow, I get to head to Rapid City today, so I’m not leaving here in the middle of the night.

Why, prey tell, am I going to Kentucky? I’ll tell you. I’m going to get a GLIMPSE (find us on twitter at #glimpse) of the future of Agriculture, at the Alltech International Symposium. I’ll be Blogging/Facebooking/Instagram(ing) and Tweeting from the event with a press pass. I’m going to get to attend some seminars on the Equine Athlete, and I’m pretty sure most of my readers will be interested in what I learn there! There’s also, going to be a little soiree at The Kentucky Horse Park. I’m seriously getting to check off my bucket list, folks, and I couldn’t be more grateful. I’ve always wanted to see Kentucky and now I not only get to see it, it’s going to be an educational experience to boot!

There’s plenty of blog fodder from the ranch, already scheduled to post next week, so be sure you come visit my little corner of the www next week.

Now, everyone have a great weekend, be kind to one another and have Happy Trails!

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.