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Hello and Happy Sunday Friends!

Hope all is well in your part of the world... We made it home, was a long trip, but we had a blast, hope you are having fun.

T and I wake up every single day feeling truly blessed, with the amazing friends and wonderful family and blessed life we have. This might be fueled by this amazing trip we just had. Because our life is usually 7 days of work each week, getting away for a bit refuels us, and helps the creative spirit and ideas. Life is also too short not to do the fun things!

We built our business from the ground up with a simple guiding principle: "Give more than you receive" That isn’t just words, it’s how we run our lives, our company, and our relationships. It’s always been about making a difference. We put our time into the things that matter most to us. We proudly serve as directors with the National Bison Association and the National Buffalo Foundation, and I have an interview this week with the Bison Discovery Center... really excited about that. They have done great things and I know Ilana has more big plans in store.

We also try lift up our friends and their businesses. If someone we know is chasing a dream, we’re there. This is why I share so many other peoples businesses and ranches here. If you know someone who could use exposure, please send them our direction. We love this about this community. Y'all have been so kind and supportive of us and we are truly grateful for all the help and encouragement.

We have our bison fiber harvest scoured and on it's way to the dehairing mill, and then will be spun into yarn and knitted into things... we got about half our usual harvest, due to fewer animals in the pipeline this year, but we will get things made as quickly as we can. It is what it is...

In the meantime, let's see what I can come up with today... wasn't much sleep in the last 48 hours, but life is good and we are blessed.

Hope you have a Wonderful Day!

Ron, T, Stacy, Paula and Piggy Wrangler!

Bucket List Contest Winners!

So many flipping amazing entries, lots of great ideas and plans, might have added a couple dozen things to our bucket list... but to make it fair, we chose winners at random, and will be sending prizes out later this morning. Each winner gets a $200 BWC Gift Certificate. Will do a story on some of these awesome plans in the next edition.

#1 Fredrick R

#2 Jodi G.

#3 Susan G.

Thank you all for playing along... we will do another game soon!

Mom's Prairie Pamper Bundle: Cozy Toes, Glowy Skin, and a Whole Lot of Bison Love!

This Mother’s Day, treat the queen (aka Mom!) to the ultimate self-care surprise from Buffalo Wool Co. Our limited-edition bundle wraps her in the softest natural fibers and handcrafted goodness she’ll actually use every single day. It’s like a big, warm bison hug for her feet and her skin—minus the prairie dust!

4 pairs of ultra cozy socks + a luxury bar of bison tallow soap: 2 pairs of the new No-Shows, one pair of B.o.s.s and an ultra cozy pair of sleep socks.

Mom's Prairie Pamper Bundle:

100

Buy now

Some more of our favorite people in the world... have known them since we started in the bison biz,

Beverly and Donnis and Dad and a few other great people started the Texas Bison Association back in the early 1990's

Lucky B Bison Ranch will host its second annual baby shower May 16 to celebrate the arrival of five newborn bison calves.

Lina Adams from Destination Bryan said the event showcases the ranch’s conservation efforts.

“It’s just a really neat opportunity, something we have local that people don’t usually get to experience,” Adams said.

Five bison calves have been born at the ranch, with more expected. The calves weigh between 50 and 70 pounds at birth, about the size of a golden retriever, according to Adams.

Attendees will be able to view the baby bison from a safe distance. The event will include food, drinks and children’s activities focused on bison conservation education.

A naming contest for the first-born bison is underway on Destination Bryan’s social media. The names with the most likes will be voted on at the event. Last year’s winner was Tiptoe.

Learn More about the Bison Baby Shower

T's Bucket List Trip!

This has been a pretty amazing journey, and we have had quite a bit of fun, and I believe T's 60th Birthday will be one to remember.

I did promise i would share a bit of the trip, and some of the things we have done... We went diving in Fiji, a bit of snorkling, cooking lessons, had a wonderful native dance experiences and spent a bit of time exploring the island and relaxing on the beach, then made it over to New Zealand, where we got to stay in a hobbit house, did some cave exploring, and saw glowworms, did a luge thing down a mountain a few times, visited Hobbiton, (and yes, I did recreate the Bilbo meme above...was funny enough) saw a play in a pretty amazing theater in Auckland, and spent a day touring vinyards...managed to eat quite a few NZ steak pies along the way, not a bad way to spend a birthday...

and she did it all on airline miles, the woman has skills.

Our arrival at 5am in Fiji, truly magical place... Highly recommend.

Meg and T learning how to make Kokada, a traditional Fijian dish with fresh fish, coconut milk, lime and veggies.. Sort of like a coconut ceviche. Absolutely wonderful. Have the recipe here...