COWGIRL LIFE

COWGIRL In The Kitchen: Santa Maria-Style Bison Tri Tip

May 7, 2021
Santa Maria-style tri tip dates back to the mid-1800s, when the Spanish ranchers of the Santa Maria Valley celebrated spring roundup with barbecued tri tip for family, friends, and the local vaqueros.  Cut from the triangular lower tip of the bottom sirloin, the popularity of this delicious-yet-cheaper sirloin cut has endured, spreading beyond California—and beyond...

Hang Onto Your Hat With This Cowboy Hat Car Rack

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May 6, 2021
We have all passed trucks with hats on their dash. It is the easiest place to put your cowboy hat as you drive and it prevents you from hitting the seat with it! However, cowboy hats with leather bands shrink while being in the sun on the dash.  To prevent this, you can buy a...

Books We Love: Maverick Heart

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May 5, 2021
Carli Jameson is the co-owner of a struggling horse training business who hopes winning a prestigious equestrian show will help gain clients.  She eagerly anticipates she and her horse Beau will do well in the competition and that her professional pursuits will improve.   Little did Carli know the day of the show Beau would...

Wild Women Of The West: Lucille Mulhall

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May 5, 2021
World’s Champion Roper, America’s Greatest Horsewoman, Queen of the Range, and the first woman whoever roped steers competitively with men, Lucille Mulhall held the top spot in contests and vaudeville for twenty years.  Cowboy, actor, and humorist Will Rogers, Lucille’s friend and teacher, called her the world’s greatest rider.   “Born in the saddle,” her family...

A Dreamy Desert Horse Stable

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May 5, 2021
This beautiful horse stable in Arizona is expertly designed. It merges style and function to create the ultimate equine facility. Situated in a desert climate, this barn offers natural airflow, a stucco exterior, and Mediterranean roof tiles. It also has a gorgeous family home on the land. Calisto Homes crafted and designed this stable. There...

Cavender's Mother’s Day Gift Guide

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May 4, 2021
Cavender’s believes moms deserve a heartfelt and thoughtful Mother’s Day gift. To help you find the right gift to make her smile, Cavender’s has created their annual Mother’s Day Gift Guide. With a touch of western elegance and quality craftsmanship, Cavender’s selection of thoughtful Mother’s Day gift ideas for 2021 includes women’s jewelry, handbags, totes,...

Tim Cox Captures The Essence Of A Cowgirl With “Her Time to Shine”

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May 4, 2021
Tim Cox paints what he knows; vibrant cutting horses intent on holding that cow, cowponies covered in sweat after working a hard day, ranch horses sharing a well-earned drink at a glistening water trough. His cattle have authentic expressions; calves perhaps a little bewildered at a branding, bemused heifers waiting to be fed, a longhorn...

Yeti Releases The King Crab Orange Collection

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May 4, 2021
Yeti’s new King Crab Orange is inspired by the Northwestern coastline and the crustaceans that inhabit it. The North Pacific is home to cold gray skies and dark stormy seas, but every season, men and women band together and risk their lives searching for color. Spending days, nights, and whole seasons away from family, to...

Wedding On The Oklahoma Plains

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May 3, 2021
If Alex Drummond and Mauricio Scott were to sum up their wedding planning experience in one word, it would be “easygoing.” Ree Drummond’s oldest daughter and her longtime “friend” turned fiancé turned husband (!!!) were aligned on almost everything, including the ceremony, the food, and the fun-filled dance party they planned for guests at Drummond...
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Trisha Yearwood To Receive Inaugural “June Carter Cash Humanitarian Award”

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The Rustic Feminine

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