Tomorrow

Bob took this picture up on Sherman Pass between Kettle Falls and Republic some time this early spring. Love the sculptures. He drives that way every day.

My new phone BUT I don't know how to do much on it yet. Katie I need you. I could text message on it but can't figure out how to send the message. He showed me at the store but I don't remember and the book tells me how to do the message but I can't get farther than that. I am not particularly electronic savvy so will have to wait until one of the grandkids come out or DIL Christy.

So TOMORROW is the day unless something happens. Her pen is ready, her water barrel is full and there is hay in the feeder. Now it just needs a horse in it.

Lindy is better. I will get her out sometime tomorrow and hand walk her and see how she is. He feet are normal temp. She does not like being on a diet though.

Thursday, Thursday hurry up.

Pictures

Yeah. I have some pictures. ]

This is Jimmy. His mom was so glad to find him. He had been lost several days. She told us him name. She brought some hay and feed over for him. He will occupy our round pen until Friday when her husband gets home to help her get a fence up that will hold him in. He has quit bellowing and trying to climb out of the pen.

This is Lindy. She was given us to us today. No she is not a mustang, she is a registered paint horse. She is well broke and has been ridden a lot. BUT the people who gave her to us tried to kill her with food and she started to founder. They did not want to stall her up and do the things we told them to do to get her over this. Not bad founder but a start. So they gave her to us. When we are sure she has recovered and is sound we will put her up for sale. I just could not stand to have them permanently damage her. So when they offered her to us, complete with her papers, we took her. She will get limited grass hay and no grain. I gave her some bute when she got here. She is not happy about being stalled where she can't see the other horses but its where she needs to be.


We went over to pay a bill and finally these Gypsy Vanner horses were close enough to get pictures of them. They are so pretty. They have such beautiful feathers on their legs.

I don't know if the sorrel or the black are Gypsy horses but the black one especially looks like it. Every time I have driven by they are away from the fence. Its an 8' fence and the gate is locked so I had to take the pictures through the chain link fence.

It sprinkled a bit today but it was warmer. It is supposed to be 60 by the end of the week. I am about to break into the hallelujah chorus. The trees are almost leafing out. If its warm a few days they will be and then I will know spring is here.

We didn't get to ride today. It was sprinkling some, Bob had to go pick up so hay, we had to go pay some bills and then we went to eat. I got a chicken burrito and it was big enough for 3 people. We both should be able to have lunch on it tomorrow.

Have a wonderful Wednesday.

Drawing

Remember that every time you comment gives you an entry. I know the last ones are boring but just wanted to remind you anyway.

Hurry one place to another

Still no camera but Bob brought his little one in for me to use. My camera is now in the shop to be repaired over in Couer D'Alene. No one I could find around Spokane to repair it. Huppins gave me two names and both places were closed. They were not anxious to help me any more. I stopped in a Walgreens and asked the photography area who they tell people when they get asked. He opened up the phone book and found me a couple. One guy never called me back but the other was in Idaho and I was already half way there. It will be back in time to take to MS and TN. Its expensive but so was the camera and I have more than one lens and it is worth it.

Bonnie came out and worked with Cody today. She was here for a long time. He loves her so much. Rusty was very jealous. I laughed at her.

We had a strange young steer show up today. He was in with the horses. How he got there is a puzzle but there he was. The fences are all up. He was tired and hungry. We, with Bonnie's help got him into the round pen with hay and water. Bob drove around and found the people who own him. They will leave him here this week and bring him hay. He has been gone two days. We have been hearing him but could not see him. He was just weaned so was looking for a mom. I am glad he did not get into where our cows are. Both are getting ready to calve and he would have nursed and there would have gone babies colostrum.

Today was spent on the camera. Bob is off tomorrow. We will get stuff done then. Maybe we will even sneak in a little ride. Who knows although it is supposed to rain.

Maybe I will even practice a little with Bob's camera. Two days and then it will be Thursday. I am getting so excited inside. Bob is laughing at me, I am not laughing.

May your belly never grumble

May your heart never ache

May your horse never stumble,

May your cinch never break.

Cowboy blessing.

Marie Creek

Another day with no camera. Sigh. We left home about 8 for the Marie Creek trailhead which is just east of Couer D'Alene. We were the last trailer to arrive but we were earlier than the time posted on the internet. We left in the second group out. The guys were armed with chain saws, pulaskis and stuff. I was at the tail end so I got to hold horses. We (meaning the guys, I was holding horses remember)repaired the trail as it needed and sawed trees out that had fallen on the trail. We took a while. The trail was a mess with wash outs and trees over the trail from the bad winds we have been having. At the Switch Wish intersection of 3 trails Bob and I decided to go back the way we came instead of going over the top. It was about 5 miles back and 10 over the top. After riding yesterday today was almost too much. We made it though and had a wonderful time. We had lunch by the creek.

Wendy tried to fix my camera but nothing worked. I will take it to Huppins tomorrow. They were not open today even if I had been able to get back in time to get it in there. I have a routine doctor appointment tomorrow morning and then will hit downtown.

4 days till Sage. It better be right this time. I am frustrated. Have got to have a camera by then. GOT TO GOT TO.

Have a happy Monday

Trail Ride Saturday

There are no pictures, no pictures because my camera would not work. It just flashes error. I got so upset. I thought well Andrea will have her camera and hers died at about 4 pictures. Mary had hers in her truck. We did get a picture of the group of us however she has not sent it to me yet. Good grief and I wanted pictures really bad.

We did have a wonderful ride. Mary had a little problem in the first 10 minutes but then her beautiful black mare did just fine. There were six of us and we had a wonderful ride - all of us on mustangs too. Pepper was good but I didn't go through any water either. I found out that the riding pants I bought this past week were wonderful. They are very comfy. I am not sure the spurs did any good except make Pepper keep up. That was a good thing.

We were (are) going on a ride tomorrow unless it snows. That is predicted. If there is snow on the ground here there will be a lot of snow over there. Darn.

Have a great Sunday.

Some sun, More windf

Not much to post. I am going to bed early to prepare for our trail ride tomorrow. Its going to be nicer but not warm tomorrow. I have enough clothes laid out to keep warm though.
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A funny story about the old mares and the two donkeys who are in a small pasture together. The old mares have been getting Alfalfa hay and the donks get grass. They found out they were missing out on the alfalfa. They tried running off the mares but nothing to do. So we decided rather than have them do something silly and not eat their hay, that we would just give them all grass. Well this evening when I fed I put the hay in each of their places to eat. The girls went to eating. They didn't mind having that good grass hay but the donkeys kept trying to get their hay because they thought they still had alfalfa. They would not eat theirs so the mares ate their own and then left the scraps for Chemmy and Yuma and went and ate the donkeys hay. I had to laugh. Silly critters.

Hope to have pictures tomorrow from our ride. Have a peaceful Saturday.