Country Lifestyles
August 2016 Profile Teal Blake – Cowboys in Watercolor
By Jessica Crabtree
His paintings immediately evoke a memory, a sudden glimpse back in time or wave of emotion. With each you see sunrises and sunsets, bright blue skies, or dark ominous clouds. Every piece is different, boasting of individual expression.
Whether it be a portrait of a horse’s head, bucking horse, cowboy camp of tipis or wagon, even cattle and cowboys on the drive in tall grass, his talent is shown in each purposeful stroke of his brush with his medium of choice, watercolor. This artist is Teal Blake.
“I was born in Helena, Mont., because there was no hospital in the town I was raised in, Augusta. It was an hour below Glacier National Park on the
Eastern Slope of the Rockies. Winters there were 40 below zero and the wind blew horribly,” Blake described. Now residing in Fort Worth, when mentioning “home,” Blake is referring to Montana.
The scenery was beautiful, but Blake will assure you, all scenery in the state is. He lived in the land of cattle ranches, Herefords to be exact. While in school, Blake’s class had an attendance of eight and class was let out a week in time to brand. “We were 12 years old hunting and riding our horses across the prairie. We got our driver’s license at 12. It was so remote we were turned loose and no one ever worried or got hurt,” Blake explained.
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By Dal Houston
I am terribly saddened by all the argumentative discourse that seems to be going on in today’s world. It seems as though it is no longer enough just to disagree on certain issues. We are expected to classify someone as an enemy if they do not always agree with us on all issues, lest we be considered weak.
To make things even worse, because those who disagree with you are now considered enemies, the sentiment seems to be that it is only fair and proper to destroy them, because they are the enemy, again with the fear of ridicule for being weak if we do not fight.
With all that said, and seemingly unrelated, I am a big John Wayne fan. From watching him dive into his role as a cowboy, to marveling at his time portraying a soldier or appreciating his acting gig as a sailor, there is seldom a week that goes by without me watching at least one
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By Martha Crump
That old adage, “What you don’t know won’t hurt you.,” may have some basis in truth when applied to minor situations. However, when what you don’t know is presented in the form of a “Trojan Horse” and is what amounts to an incredible attempt to fleece American property rights, it becomes a different story altogether.
To put this unbelievable tale together, we need to step back to Joe Biden’s 2021 Executive Order which pledged commitment to help restore balance on public lands and waters, to create jobs, and to provide a path to align the management of America’s public lands and waters with our nation’s climate, conservation, and clean energy goals.
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By Lacey Vilhauer
Ingredients:
1 whole lemon, seeded and roughly chopped
2 cups sugar
2 pounds strawberries, hulled
Juice of 1 to 2 lemons
¼ cup water
Directions:
Place the chopped lemon and sugar in a food processor and pulse until combined. Transfer to a large bowl. Puree the strawberries in a food processor and add to the lemon mixture along with juice of one lemon and water. Taste and add more juice as desired.
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