Thursday

This won't be overly long. Tomorrow morning as early as we can we are bound for Clearwater Crossing for the Labor Day holiday and riding. We should get in a little ride tomorrow afternoon and then will do the fun stuff over the weekend. It is one of my favorite places to ride. Not hard but not roads either. Its the only big ride for us this summer.

My bee sting is still a mess, partly I suppose for its place on my body. Thank you Andrea for the pictures. Yes Yellow Jackets are nasty beasties.

And Sharon about the white watermelon. It did NOT tastle like watermelon. It tasted most like a cucumber. It was not very good.

So - see you all Monday evening. Hope your weekend is great.

I hate bees

The yellow jackets are vicious this time of the year. When I got stung on the neck a couple of weeks ago it was awful. WELL, this evening I was standing out by the horse pends talking to Bonnie - Cody's mom- one got in my blouse and then into my bra and stung me. I yelled at Bonnie to help me and started stripping. I didn't care. It really hurt and still hurts. I have taken Benedryl and have been laying down. Bob put a slice on onion on it and that seems to have helped but I smell like a hamburger. An old guy told Bob to do that when he got stung out getting hay and it helped. But Bob does not have a reaction like I do. Dang bees.

We were just talking to Bonnie for a minute and then we were going to go play with Blondie and Target but that did not happen. I had Targets evening planned too. Oh well. It may be next week when we get back to them.

Bob's work had a bbq today for their employees and families. It was fun and the food good. I had something though I had never seen or tasted before - white watermelon. I did not like it too much. I love watermelon but that did not taste like watermelon to me.

I went to Huppins to see about then long lense that was given to me and if it would work on my camera. It should but the guy told me something was wrong with it. The one that will work on my camera like it cost 200.00. I am wondering how I could earn that much so I could get it. Maybe Bob will relent and let me get it. It is a good thing I did not have my credit card with me or I would have gotten it. Maybe that is a good thing. LOL

Remember: You gain strength, experience and donfidence by every experience where you really stop to look fear in the face. You must to the thing you cannot do. Eleanor Roosevelt

Thankful Tuesday

These pictures are weird, I know that. They are small pictures to start with and I don't know what to do with them

Anyway this Tuesday I am thankiful for the horses I have had and the success I had showing them. The first one is Rosie. She not only was a leadline horse for several children when they started riding but she drives just wonderful. You can hitch her to anything and she will pull it. This picture is in black and white but my driving outfit was a deep burgandy velvet. We did mak a pretty picture. We won most everything possible in Washinton State Horsemen. I have a sleigh that I use in the winter. This picture is Dun In Glory. She is a red dun minimal white paint. We won alot together both English and Western. We did not hit it off too well and I sold her after a couple of years to a little girl in Oregon who rode her in walk trot and cleaned up.

Then there is Ditto. We were at the fair. That is the first place I showed her. She won alot and at the Open Shows too. I retired her when I got Glory but Glory was not a keeper. I still have Ditto. She is 28 and is going strong.

I have been blessed to have these particular horses. Could not find the pictures of Mellow Gold. He was a palomino appy. He was beautiful and I alway won at halter and showmanship with him. I sold him to a lady up in Okanogan.

My computer is being funny tonight and the phone has been out so this is my Thankful Tuesday. My weird pictures and all.

Monday, the end of August

Does it seem like August is over. In my mind that is the end of summer and the start of fall. I know that technically there are 22 more days but to my way of thinking its over. In the evening, it feels like fall. It is in the air. I can smell it. I love fall, its my favorite time of the year, BUT, I don't want winter to follow. Then can come spring. Well, If I was running the universe that is what I would do.

I worked all day in the living room. Does that give you an indication what shape it was in? Worked on the hardwood floors and threw a bunch of stuff out. Have a huge stack - maybe 3 years worth - of Western Horseman magazines. I am going to see if Katie wants them. If not, I will want to find anyone who does. I did not finish but will in the AM.

Today I found a stack of pictures of my sisters family starting in 1963 to a few years ago - prior to digital. I scanned them and put them in a file. They were kind of funny, sweet and wonderful.

After Bob got home we went over to work Blondie and Target. Blondie is coming along great. She goes both directions with the point of a finger, stops on a word, and looks at Bob with both eyes. She isn't too keen on being touched but can be talked into it. I put Carstens other horse, Penny, out of the area that the round pens are in and shut the goats out and took Target out of the round pen on her lead rope and we took a little walk. She came right along with me. I sat on a large waterer and we just sat and discussed it. She was soft and sweet. I tried longing her out in the open and she did a little but kept wanting to come stand by me. I pet her all over and was able to rub back over her hips dow to her hocks. Previously she had moved away when I did that but today she just stood there. Good pony. She has a cough. Sounds like a dust problem. We wet down her pen before we left and I wet her hay. I was going to leave a note for Terri but forgot. I want Rebecca to wet her hay to see if that gives her some relief. I didn't take my camera so just picture it all in your mind.

Remember: Love cures people - both the one who give it and the one who receives it. Dr. Karl Meninger

Sunny Sunday

I had the best nights sleep last night than I have had in weeks. It felt so good to wake up rested. We went to church, took some mail to Tom and had a good laugh. It was junk mail. We stopped and got a maple bar. That is our after church treat. Has been for a long time.

Katie and I went to the Davenport Fair and were disappointed. The lady at the front told me the fair was over in an hour and most of the exhibits were gone. They were. Oh well, we had a nice drive and a good chat.

When we got home, Katie did some things and I took a nap. Not too exciting huh.

We did move all the horses across the road. There is not alot of feed there but their place is for sale and the pasture looks pretty ragged so our horses get to eat it down. They all seemed happy over there for now. Well, we did not move Amelia, just the horses that run together. Liberty would not let Bob near her but I just put a halter right on her and led her over there.

We certainly wish we could buy the house across the road. 11 acres with a 3 bedroom double wide for 157,000. We can't afford another payment.

Remember: That best portion of a good man's life, His little, nameless, unremembered acts of kindness and love. William Wordsworth.

Saturday

I most always forget that I need to load the pictures backwards to how I want them to appear. So again I forgot. The first two pictures and the last two because I forgot so forgive me. Bob and I did a demonstration about mustangs today at a Pony Club event at Busy Bee Stables. Then we had a table with information on how to adopt. We had quite a bit of interest and got a couple of names of people who might be interested in the Inland Empire Mustang Horse Club.

This is Raven, we took three of our mustangs. Besides Raven we took Pepper and Wrangler. I was remiss in getting Wranglers picture. Raven was very cooperative and let people pet her.

Then we got Pepper and worked the two of them together.. Pepper was more interested in all the other horses. He was very laid back though and didn't get excited about anything. That is his usual demeanor.

Friday evening when they were predicting rain, and the were right, we went to Walmart and got this rain, bug shelter. It did rain hard for a while but mostly while we were setting it all up. But it did keep most of the bees away. They were there in force. Having already been stung once this summer and still having a lump on my neck, I don't care to get into a tussle with another one. It not only worked today but it will be wonderful for camping.

This is Ed Morris doing a driving demo with his 3 gaited Park horse - an American Saddlebred. He rode her too later but didn't get a picture of that. She is a very high stepper. It is pretty to watch but not something I want to do.

My blogger friend, Rose Mary who writes Life In A Cordwood Cabin did something today that I think I will try to remember - Saturday Smiles. This little minerature horse named Dielsel Power made me smile. In his mind he was as large as that saddlebred. That is my Saturday Smile. What made you smile today.

This big horse is as gently as the mini. Quiet and sweet. They did a vaulting demo on her. Those kids were wonderful but were inside the indoor arena and I don't think the pictures would have worked.

Just so people knew who we were there with.

I wanted this picture first but here it is last. Bob was talking about mustangs in general and their different body types, different personalities and so on. It was a successful day.

Its Friday

This picture is across the road and down a bit. I hope it if rains tomorrow it will not hurt the harvest. I know a lot of farmers around here are right in the middle. They have not started the barley yet.

I went to the funeral this morning that I talked about in the blog yesterday. Then I went window shopping. Rarely ever get to go and just look and dream. That is what I did today. I stopped at a yard sale down the road and got a book. They wouldn't be too successful if they depended on me. It was fun though. I am trying to get rid of stuff, not buy more. LOL

Nothing much else going on. Bob worked and I just fiddled around after I got home. I did clean the stove in the kitchen. I wish they would not make so many nooks and crannies when they make appliances like that.

Tomorrow we have a busy day. We will be taking 3 mustangs to a clinic. Hope to post pictures by evening.

Remember: The universe is made up of stories, not of atoms. Muriel Buckeyser