The black female, #4, is the only one left.

Two puppies left.

We're down to two puppies left.  The solid black female and solid black male.  # 4 & 6

Three Borgi puppies left

We still have three puppies left.  One female (#4) and two males (# 5 & 6).  We are traveling to Fredericksburg, TX, by way of Lubbock, for Christmas, so if your close to the route from Roswell-Lubbock-Fredericksburg we can meet you en-route and deliver them to you!!

They are REALLY cute and starting to show their personalities.

Borgi Puppies 8 weeks old Christmas Day!! Puppy #8 (SOLD)

  To recap:
We’ve got Borgi Puppies again.  Our Border Collie, Biscuit, had 9 pups again, but the runt didn’t make it, leaving 4 females and 4 males.  Look below to see which ones are still available.  They were born Oct. 30.  The females are selling for $200.00 and the males $150.00.  I can start their shots at 8 weeks old (which is Christmas Day!) for an additional $50.00.

Puppy #8 (SOLD)

Pictured:        #1 female  (SOLD)

                        #2 female (SOLD)

                        #3 female (SOLD)

                        #4 female

                        #5 male  (SOLD)

                        #6 male (SOLD)

                        #7 male (SOLD)

                        #8 male (SOLD)

Let us know at chesser@pvtnetworks.net or 575-347-2668 if you would like to claim one.  Kim & Patricia Chesser

puppy # 7 - (SOLD)

Puppy #6

Here comes the males - Puppy # 5 SOLD

SOLD



SOLD



Borgi Puppies just in time for Christmas!!

Puppy #1  SOLD

We’ve got Borgi Puppies again.  Our Border Collie, Biscuit, had 9 pups again, but the runt didn’t make it, leaving 4 females and 4 males.  Two of the females are already sold.  They were born Oct. 30.  The females are selling for $200.00 and the males $150.00.  I can start their shots at 8 weeks old (which is Christmas Day!) for an additional $50.00.

Pictured:        #1 female  (SOLD)

                        #2 female (SOLD)

                        #3 female (SOLD)

                        #4 female

                        #5 male  (SOLD)

                        #6 male

                        #7 male (SOLD)

                        #8 male  (SOLD)

Let us know at chesser@pvtnetworks.net or 575-347-2668 if you would like to claim one. Kim & Patricia Chesser

Puppy #2 - SOLD

Puppy #3-SOLD

Puppy #4

"Woo-Hoo"!! Double Good News

We just got home from a trip to Lubbock to the Dermatologist for Kim’s 4 month check up after removing a melanoma in May.  Had a couple of routine pre-cancers burned off his face, but everything looked good and there was no suspicious spots!!!  Thank you God!!

And we drove home through MUD!!!!!  We had 9/10ths of rain before we left Thursday morning (a nice slow rain through the night) and when we got home about an hour ago there was another inch and 4/10ths in the rain gauge and the creek in front of our house is standing full of water!!! 

Thank you, thank you, thank you God!!! 

   :-D   ;-O  ;-}   :-]   J   

We’re doing a happy dance!!

"NEVER FORGET" a 9/11 Tribute

We just came from a musical production by Waymaker Church, here in Roswell, which was a tenth anniversary 9/11 tribute called ‘NEVER FORGET’.  A very top notch, class act performance by members of the: Waymaker church choir, New Mexico Military Institute (NMMI) vocal ensemble, and Roswell Symphony Orchestra.

The guest speaker was Major General Jerry Grizzle, who is now the president/superintendent of NMMI.  The whole program was VERY  well done, touching and once again made us so proud to be an American!  The patriotism ran high in the hearts of those in attendance. 

 

Our thanks to Waymaker Church who make productions like this and the annual Christmas Program available to our community.  And always giving God the glory for our freedoms and blessings.

Thank you!

A Long Weekend of the 3 R's (x2) !!

We spent the long weekend hiding out in a cabin in Ruidoso to celebrate our anniversary (33 years!) and enjoying the 3 R’s:
Repose

Rest and

Relaxation

Came home yesterday armed with the next 3 R’s:
Refreshed

Recharged and

Rejuvenated 

Ready to get back to work!  

The cool mountain air and evening showers were so appreciated!  We know now that it still can rain.  As of this date, we’ve only had two ½ inch rains, a week apart since last September!  Please pray for a reprieve from this drought!  Our cows will be so grateful!!

You are NO accident!!

If you see a watch, I hope you assume there’s a watchmaker. And if you see the precise atomic flux of the universe, I hope that you don’t believe that happened by chance.

Evolutionists believe that if you take billions of years and add time plus chance, that you
can turn frogs into princes. In
school they call that fairy tales.
In the laboratory they call it
science.

God spoke your life into existence.  
His Word sustains your breath.                   
His Word can silence your breath.                                          Thank Him for your life today!

A FULL AUGUST AHEAD!

We left going 8 hours in opposite directions today. Kim to Colorado Springs to move Haley. She is relocating to the Lubbock area. Patricia to Fredericksburg, Texas to spend a few days with her friend, Gail, and help her some on her fixer upper house project. Then Kim and Haley will catch a ride with his sister, Leesa, on Thursday for a Chesser wedding this weekend. Wade, Kim’s nephew is getting married Saturday in Center Point. Kim is officiating and Patricia will provide prelude fiddle music plus the Bridal Chorus. Then back to the ranch on Sunday after picking up Sabine from Germany for a week, overlapping with Francis from France for two weeks, which will overlap with Thomas and Kirsten from Germany for two weeks. A full August!!

We went to a fun outdoor wedding over the weekend. Perfect weather, beautiful views of the mountains, great local Mexican cuisine, a good dj and lots of dancing. By our local definition a casual to semiformal affair: Casual means no tie, but get a haircut, shine your boots and tuck in your shirttail. Semiformal means you’ll need a tie, a coat and all of the above. Black tie formal means you probably don’t wanta go.

 

 

Still the most important words to get along in life: Please.  Thank you.

 

And with that said, “THANK YOU, GOD”  for the ½ inch of rain a couple of nights ago and another ½ inch last week!!  So we know it can still rain!  Not any sign of grass greening up in the pastures, but it washed the dirt off of things, has given us a starting point, and my yard is very happy!

 

We are now listed on the Top50Ranches.com.  We along with some other member ranches have recently been featured on ABC News! It's about 1/4 of the way in as you're watching(be patient as it loads!). It will be featured live today at 2pm and again next Friday. Here is a link to it:

 

http://abcnews.go.com/Travel/video/top-learn-vacations-14126761

 

It will live at ABCNews.go.com forever after airing!! 

 

 

We had a nice weekend at the Weed Bluegrass Festival,  There were 7 different bands, each one playing two different 45 minute sets of music.  Live music all day with some really talented musicians!!  It’s quite a challenge and a bit intimidating rubbing shoulders with the caliber of some that were there!  

 

The drive up there was discouraging.  It is SO VERY DRY, and you don’t have to drive many miles in any direction to see some (or a lot) of devastation as the result of wild fires that have ravaged our state and beyond this year.   PLEASE PRAY FOR RAIN!!

 

 

July 15, 2011

July has been packed with activities of all sorts!!  Well it actually started mid June when Kim landed in the emergency room, followed by 3 days in ICU following a horse shoeing accident that broke three ribs and gave him a serious puncture wound along with it.  He’s recovering remarkably well, with hardly a trace of discomfort. 

Wednesday we had our first measurable precipitation, ½ inch, since last September or October.  It’s not much to many people’s standards but we are so grateful.  Even if it doesn’t start the grass growing, just washing the dust off the grass, trees, houses, etc., makes everything seem so fresh this morning!  The birds sound better, the ants are out in force scavenging, the cows even don’t seem so desperate for the feed pickup to come by!

We started the month with some great guests arriving:  Mandy from New Zealand, Markus from Switzerland and Shannon and Delilah from Oregon.  Thankfully they were very content to ride easy and very helpful with the handling of the saddles, giving Kim’s ribs more time to heal.  With Kim banged up, Haley stepped in to fill his shoes on the ranch rodeo team when they competed in Colorado Springs on Saturday, the 2^nd.  We loaded up our camping gear, Markus and Mandy, and headed to the springs to watch the rodeo.  Our team wasn’t a very big threat but we had a good time.  Haley had a great time taking Kim’s place and Kim did pretty well being an observer!   We said good-bye to Markus there and headed back to the ranch.  Mandy was with us another week when we got some calves branded, she was right in there flanking!  Had another good week with her then drug her along with us to the first night of our church’s Mountain Family Fellowship campout before taking her to the airport on Saturday. 

Home to Patricia’s band members waiting on her to get a marathon practice in Sunday night and all day Monday in preparation for the Weed Bluegrass Festival, that we will be off to this afternoon for the weekend, where Kim is also the master of ceremonies!

 

 

Cowboys & Indians magazine

We're in the 'Cowboys & Indians' June/Special Collector's Edition magazine! Burnt Well Guest Ranch was listed as one of the top 11 "Working Dude Ranches Worth Waking up Early For" in the Best of the West section.

Another Burnt Well/cowboy perspective on the economy, value of money, and we’ll add work ethic to it:

Good things come to those who wait and work like crazy while they’re waiting......

more to follow.....

More Burnt Well/cowboy perspective on the economy, value of money, etc.:

The cost of a thing usually has little to do with its value. Stay tuned for more.....

Burnt Well/cowboy perspective on $$ values and the economy

· Some people spend more time wanting what they don’t have than enjoying what they do. Stay tuned, more to follow.

Spring Bonney Drive, new camp mascot

This spring's cattle drive was completely out of the ordinary! Fewer guests than normal (no surprise with the economy and uncertainty of the times), fewer days at camp (and a cold one at that), Wed.-Tues (instead of Sun.-Sat.) and our firs...t doggie/ bottle fed calf (we've had doggie/bottle lambs and lots of puppies over the different drives). But all that said, it was right on up there with the best of drives, and the point of it all, we got the job done, had fun doing it and got to know great people in the process!! And the best bonus of all for Patricia, Haley came up and joined them over the weekend!! Thanks for the sacrifice it took to come, Haley!

Happy Easter!!

This week’s thoughts from Burnt Well: Two great stress reducers: I’m sorry. I forgive you. And on that note something I heard on the radio yesterday: Let’s celebrate the resurrection today (and this week) by forgiving someone, whether they deserve it or not! And by John Harrigan: ‘People need loving the most when they deserve it the least.’ Happy Easter!!

BURNT WELL'S TWO STYLES OF CATTLE DRIVES

Dude Ranch style cattle drives:

Drive any number of cattle from point A to point B, which could be from one to ten miles. On these drives we typically sleep and eat most, if not all meals, at the ranch but may have the occasional need to pack a sack lunch in the saddle bag and can take just about any age, riding and/or adventure level. This type of cattle drive is very common, if not the norm, at Burnt Well on most regular ranch stays (unless you specify that this is not what you want to do). Since we are a working cattle ranch on 15,000 acres and there is always plenty of cattle work to be done, the need to round up the cattle and drive them the various distances to the pens to work them could very well have you in the saddle for many miles/hours a day. Our guests have told us that our cattle work on a regular ranch stay is more than many of the ranches “specified” Cattle Drives.

Authentic ‘Old West’ style cattle drives:

As with our dude ranch style cattle drives, on our authentic ‘old west’ cattle drives we are actually doing a job, not just moving cows in the name of a ‘cattle drive’.

On these cattle drives we camp out on the trail at least 3 nights, sometimes 4 or 5. We provide you with a 'cowboy' bedroll (a 3" mattress made up with sheets & blankets and rolled in a tarp). We have 'cowboy' teepees in case of inclement weather and there are also cots available, for those who are a little squeamish about being right on the ground. We usually make between 10 and 15 miles a day with the cattle and are in the saddle between 5-10 hours a day. We start early, are driving cattle by sun up, and will try to be at camp by early afternoon.

The hot breakfasts and suppers are cooked dutch oven style and over the campfire while out on the trail, where there’s always plenty to eat (Patricia says, “If you leave Burnt Well hungry it’s your fault!”). After breakfast you pack your own lunch for the day, choosing from a vast array of choices along with a delicious wrap made with the extra ‘Chesser natural beef’, from supper the night before.

Nightly campfires, a blanket of twinkling stars on a New Mexico black velvet sky and, if you can get Patricia away from her camp kitchen, you could enjoy an evening of sweet fiddle music. Since we are out for the duration of the drive; actually doing a job, and living and eating in the elements, the conditions can sometimes be unpleasant. Therefore, our authentic ‘old west’ style cattle drives are adult only and for the adventurous adults with plenty of stick-to-itouvness! The stuff memories and bucket lists are made of!

Food for thought from Burnt Well:

Almost anything is easier to get into than out of.

Something to ponder:

Here's a Burnt Well quote for this week: You may be disappointed if you fail, but you are doomed if you don't try!