This morning after Tony and I had done our morning chores outside I checked my e-mail to discover that Gerry Olert, our good friend and extremely talented videographer, had finished the video about our rescue ranch, that Alan Warren had asked him to do for us and it is incredibly great! Kinky loves it, T. and I love it and I promise that you're going to love it, too.
And I am proud to announce that our good friends Eileen Gotke and Lisa Williams, two of our wonderful volunteers, are in Gerry's great video and they are now famous! Thank you, Gerry Olert and Warren Alan for helping our rescue ranch
Please help out our rescue ranch by sending The Story Of The Utopia Animal Rescue Ranch to all of your friends. Thank you and enjoy!
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Sunday, August 21, 2011
Saturday, August 13, 2011
Kinky Friedman For Utopia Animal Rescue Ranch! I Love This!
Yesterday, our good friend Gerry Olert came out to the rescue ranch and interviewed us for a video he was making for Alan Warren's Outdoor's television show to showcase us and he put a small trailer together and sent it to me. We love it and cannot wait to see the full version. And I played my guitar for the music in the background in Kinky Friedman For Utopia Animal Rescue Ranch! Please check it out and e-mail this to your friends. Thank you Gerry and Alan for helping our rescue ranch! We Love Y'all!
Friday, August 12, 2011
Left No Crumbs! or It's A Wrap!
Today has been a lot of fun and it started early. This morning, around 6:00, when I rise-d, but did not shine at all, because I didn't sleep well, so I went back to bed for thirty more minutes in hopes of getting some much needed beauty sleep, but thanks to Mercury in retrograde and it being FMT (Full Moon Time) that didn't happen.
At 8:00 I called Kinky, over at the Lodge to make sure he was up, because our friend Gerry Olert, of Crazy Rooster Productions: Professional Video Productions and Photography, was coming out to shoot us for Alan Warren's fishing show. "I'm up and ready, Nance. Y'all come over when he gets there..."
By 9:00 I was pouring myself a cup of coffee in Kinky's kitchen while Kinky visited with Gerry, as Gerry set up his camera equipment in Kinky's office. Kinky's twenty-four minute long interview, about our rescue ranch, was fantastic and afterward Gerry and I had a short, but fun visit with Kink.
On our way back to the rescue ranch we saw Eileen and Lisa, our super great volunteers, walking Gus and Lois Lane down by the creek, so Gerry stopped his truck and we got out. After I had introduced the girls to Gerry—he grabbed his camera and shot them, too. Then we took off for the rescue ranch.
While I was inside the trailer returning a few phone calls Gerry was outside shooting Tony doing his morning chores. When I went back outside I had a great visit with Lisa and Eileen and before they left they told me they had presents and something to give me and Tony. "Y'all shouldn't have and it is us who should be giving y'all presents for all that you do for our rescue ranch," I said, to their deaf ears.
"Here's a "Shady Grove" t-shirt for you, since you didn't go to Austin with us last Monday to deliver Blackie and Alfie and we picked you up some Rescue Remedy for you to take when you go on your road trips," Eileen said, as she handed me the t-shirt and the natural tranquilizer.
"Thank y'all so much. I love the t-shirt and I will definitely use the Rescue Remedy when I go to Target and Whole Foods with Sandy and Patty."
"And I baked this for Tony's birthday," Lisa said, as she handed me a tray of sliced lemon pound cake with the cutest Boston Terrier paper napkins and there's more! Here is some sheet music for our new play list for our band to learn." As she turned the pages of sheet music she said, "We can learn This Land Is Your Land, She'll Be Comin' Round The Mountain, How Much Is That Doggie In The Window, Deep In The Heart Of Texas, Home On The Range, You Are My Sunshine and Oh! Susanna."
"This is fantastic," I said. "I'll make copies for all of us. Thank y'all so much!"
"Y'all are going to love Lisa's cake," Eileen said. "It's absolutely delicious. She made one for me..." After we visited for a few more minutes I thanked them and then we adios-ed each other and they drove away while Gerry was nearby interviewing and shooting Tone in Ben Stiller's and Gracie's pen, so I went over to join them.
When they came out of Ben's and Gracie's pen Tony needed to go take care of some things, so Gerry and I spent about one hour outside, going from one pen to another, so he could get pictures of all of our dogs. Then the three of us came inside the trailer so he could interview and shoot me and then later on record me playing my guitar for him to use as the background music in the video about our rescue ranch.
Once Gerry had all of his equipment set up in the big room he put a mic on me and then he started interviewing me, as Tony and his dog Belle watched over by the kitchen table, and it was a lot of fun, because Gerry is a professional and has had over 14 years of experience in national television production.
When the interview ended we decided to take a break, so I served up some of Lisa's delicious birthday cake for Tone. After we had eaten delicious cake for T. and had left no crumbs on our plates, Gerry recorded me finger-picking a few songs and then Gerry said, "It's a wrap! I've got what I need," and then he put up his equipment.
Then Tony gave Gerry a tour of his photo hallway gallery and Gerry was impressed and then T. put on his new camera holster and showed it off to him and then we sat down in the big room and had a fun visit with him.
Before Gerry left, around 3:00, we gave him a tour of my writing cabin and he shot it too and then he thanked us for our time and drove away. And to say the least, "We cannot wait to see his video when it airs on Alan Warren's television show and we want to thank our good friends Alan Warren and Gerry Olert, for helping out our rescue ranch!"
I am going to spend the rest of the evening trying to learn how to play Steve Martin's bluegrass version of his hit song King Tut performed by him and The Steep Canyon Rangers on the Rare Bird Alert, grammy award winning album.
Y'all have a great evening and please say a prayer for us to get some rain!
At 8:00 I called Kinky, over at the Lodge to make sure he was up, because our friend Gerry Olert, of Crazy Rooster Productions: Professional Video Productions and Photography, was coming out to shoot us for Alan Warren's fishing show. "I'm up and ready, Nance. Y'all come over when he gets there..."
By 9:00 I was pouring myself a cup of coffee in Kinky's kitchen while Kinky visited with Gerry, as Gerry set up his camera equipment in Kinky's office. Kinky's twenty-four minute long interview, about our rescue ranch, was fantastic and afterward Gerry and I had a short, but fun visit with Kink.
On our way back to the rescue ranch we saw Eileen and Lisa, our super great volunteers, walking Gus and Lois Lane down by the creek, so Gerry stopped his truck and we got out. After I had introduced the girls to Gerry—he grabbed his camera and shot them, too. Then we took off for the rescue ranch.
While I was inside the trailer returning a few phone calls Gerry was outside shooting Tony doing his morning chores. When I went back outside I had a great visit with Lisa and Eileen and before they left they told me they had presents and something to give me and Tony. "Y'all shouldn't have and it is us who should be giving y'all presents for all that you do for our rescue ranch," I said, to their deaf ears.
"Here's a "Shady Grove" t-shirt for you, since you didn't go to Austin with us last Monday to deliver Blackie and Alfie and we picked you up some Rescue Remedy for you to take when you go on your road trips," Eileen said, as she handed me the t-shirt and the natural tranquilizer.
"Thank y'all so much. I love the t-shirt and I will definitely use the Rescue Remedy when I go to Target and Whole Foods with Sandy and Patty."
"And I baked this for Tony's birthday," Lisa said, as she handed me a tray of sliced lemon pound cake with the cutest Boston Terrier paper napkins and there's more! Here is some sheet music for our new play list for our band to learn." As she turned the pages of sheet music she said, "We can learn This Land Is Your Land, She'll Be Comin' Round The Mountain, How Much Is That Doggie In The Window, Deep In The Heart Of Texas, Home On The Range, You Are My Sunshine and Oh! Susanna."
"This is fantastic," I said. "I'll make copies for all of us. Thank y'all so much!"
"Y'all are going to love Lisa's cake," Eileen said. "It's absolutely delicious. She made one for me..." After we visited for a few more minutes I thanked them and then we adios-ed each other and they drove away while Gerry was nearby interviewing and shooting Tone in Ben Stiller's and Gracie's pen, so I went over to join them.
When they came out of Ben's and Gracie's pen Tony needed to go take care of some things, so Gerry and I spent about one hour outside, going from one pen to another, so he could get pictures of all of our dogs. Then the three of us came inside the trailer so he could interview and shoot me and then later on record me playing my guitar for him to use as the background music in the video about our rescue ranch.
Once Gerry had all of his equipment set up in the big room he put a mic on me and then he started interviewing me, as Tony and his dog Belle watched over by the kitchen table, and it was a lot of fun, because Gerry is a professional and has had over 14 years of experience in national television production.
Before Gerry left, around 3:00, we gave him a tour of my writing cabin and he shot it too and then he thanked us for our time and drove away. And to say the least, "We cannot wait to see his video when it airs on Alan Warren's television show and we want to thank our good friends Alan Warren and Gerry Olert, for helping out our rescue ranch!"
I am going to spend the rest of the evening trying to learn how to play Steve Martin's bluegrass version of his hit song King Tut performed by him and The Steep Canyon Rangers on the Rare Bird Alert, grammy award winning album.
Y'all have a great evening and please say a prayer for us to get some rain!
Thursday, September 16, 2010
Borax!
Today has been great and so was yesterday. Yesterday afternoon around five o'clock while I was visiting with Rick and Tony inside the trailer the phone rang—it was Kinky. "Nance, they're here. Can we come over now?"
"They're coming! Right now!" I said, after hanging up the phone. T. and Rick looked at each other and they asked simultaneously, "Who?" Then they started laughing.
"I'm not sure," I said. After taking a sip of water I said, "Kinky is bringing over a man who is a real famous fisherman. He has a fishing show on TV and..."
"I hope it isn't (name withheld to protect the innocent or the guilty, so we will call him Borax) Borax!" Rick said. "I knew Borax forty years ago and his wife and me... If it is Borax, I am going to go hide in your bedroom closet." I could tell that Rick wasn't kidding.
"Here's what we will do, Rick," I said, calmly. "When they get here I will go outside and greet them. If he's Borax I will introduce you as Scooter. I'm sure after all these years— there is no way that he would recognize or remember you." The dogs started barking outside, so I left the trailer to go meet or not to meet Borax.
When we walked inside the trailer I looked directly at Rick and said, "Scooter, I mean Rick, and Tony this is Alan Warren and his assistant Jeffrey." As Rick let out a deep sigh, Tony said, "You're Alan Warren! I love your show Alan Warren Outdoors and I watch it religiously. You've got a twin brother too, right?"
"Yes, I do, Tony," Alan said. "Is that your bass boat outside?..." Then Tony and Alan started talking about fishing for a few minutes.
"See, Alan, I told you that Tony would know who you were," Kinky bragged. As the men visited and talked some business, I could tell that Kinky, Tony and Rick liked Alan and Jeffrey as much as I did—they were two really nice guys.
When there was a lull in the conversation Rick says, "Do you know Borax?" Alan and Jeffrey burst out laughing—they knew Borax. Then they started trading funny stories about Borax and they had all of us laughing. When it was time for them to leave I gave Alan a copy of both of my books to read about our rescue ranch. We hated to see them leave and we are looking forward to their next visit and I am going to make sure to take a picture of Tony with Alan and post it.
Tony woke me up at six-thirty this morning, so I could do the Harley Show at seven forty-five. Rick came inside the trailer around seven o'clock to drink some coffee with us before taking off on his Triumph to meet up with Leisa in San Marcos.
Five minutes after Scooter left I called the Rose 99.9 radio station. I had a lot of fun talking to Harley on and off of the air. His Pet of the Week is Hank Hill. "Hank's a wonderful dog. He is only a year and a half old, sweet, good on a leash and great with other dogs..."
This afternoon at three o'clock, Toby Keith, who is close to my heart and one of my favorite dogs found his forever home and I am so happy for him. After I told Nancy, a nice woman, about the same age as me, about Toby's sad life story and the awful events that led up to us rescuing him—she could not wait to adopt him and take him home and spoil him. Toby seemed thrilled to be leaving our rescue ranch for the second time, and he appeared to be very happy and comfortable sitting in the back seat of her big, fancy white pickup as they drove away.
Ten minutes later as I was filing Toby's adoption papers away the dogs started barking outside and Tony went outside to see who was here or what was the matter. A few minutes later T. walked inside the trailer. "Nance, your overhead projector is here. I'll open it for you."
When I walked into the big room—there it was sitting on the breakfast bar! "I love it, Tony!" I said, as I touched it. "I'm going to name it Trace Adkins. I can't wait to try it out." Tony laughed.
"I like the name," T. said. "Maybe I can use it to trace a few portraits, too. I was thinking about doing that Hummingbird..."
Y'all have a great evening!
"They're coming! Right now!" I said, after hanging up the phone. T. and Rick looked at each other and they asked simultaneously, "Who?" Then they started laughing.
"I'm not sure," I said. After taking a sip of water I said, "Kinky is bringing over a man who is a real famous fisherman. He has a fishing show on TV and..."
"I hope it isn't (name withheld to protect the innocent or the guilty, so we will call him Borax) Borax!" Rick said. "I knew Borax forty years ago and his wife and me... If it is Borax, I am going to go hide in your bedroom closet." I could tell that Rick wasn't kidding.
"Here's what we will do, Rick," I said, calmly. "When they get here I will go outside and greet them. If he's Borax I will introduce you as Scooter. I'm sure after all these years— there is no way that he would recognize or remember you." The dogs started barking outside, so I left the trailer to go meet or not to meet Borax.
When we walked inside the trailer I looked directly at Rick and said, "Scooter, I mean Rick, and Tony this is Alan Warren and his assistant Jeffrey." As Rick let out a deep sigh, Tony said, "You're Alan Warren! I love your show Alan Warren Outdoors and I watch it religiously. You've got a twin brother too, right?"
"Yes, I do, Tony," Alan said. "Is that your bass boat outside?..." Then Tony and Alan started talking about fishing for a few minutes.
"See, Alan, I told you that Tony would know who you were," Kinky bragged. As the men visited and talked some business, I could tell that Kinky, Tony and Rick liked Alan and Jeffrey as much as I did—they were two really nice guys.
When there was a lull in the conversation Rick says, "Do you know Borax?" Alan and Jeffrey burst out laughing—they knew Borax. Then they started trading funny stories about Borax and they had all of us laughing. When it was time for them to leave I gave Alan a copy of both of my books to read about our rescue ranch. We hated to see them leave and we are looking forward to their next visit and I am going to make sure to take a picture of Tony with Alan and post it.
Tony woke me up at six-thirty this morning, so I could do the Harley Show at seven forty-five. Rick came inside the trailer around seven o'clock to drink some coffee with us before taking off on his Triumph to meet up with Leisa in San Marcos.
Five minutes after Scooter left I called the Rose 99.9 radio station. I had a lot of fun talking to Harley on and off of the air. His Pet of the Week is Hank Hill. "Hank's a wonderful dog. He is only a year and a half old, sweet, good on a leash and great with other dogs..."
When I walked into the big room—there it was sitting on the breakfast bar! "I love it, Tony!" I said, as I touched it. "I'm going to name it Trace Adkins. I can't wait to try it out." Tony laughed.
Y'all have a great evening!
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