My valley in the sky

the long version

Forty one short and leisurely paced chapters about life (animal, vegetable and human) on the author's small, remote ranch in a high valley in the California hills. The change of season, dry spells, the blessing of rain, daily chores, the growth of a wide variety of farm animals and pets, character sketches of the more notable people and animals, the pleasures and problems of ranching form the subject matter of this day to day record of ranch life. Unpretentious, sincere, observant, this has a ready-made market in the readers of Miss Van Der Veer's previous books.