Off to Nikkis

Sweet Sage got to eat some grass today after we finished working. I rubbed her all over with the sack wadded up and then with it flopping. The sack is a feed sack. Not a grocery story plastic bag. She let me rub her head and face with it too. I was so proud of her. Then we worked on giving her shoulder. Also putting my hand on her poll and her dropping her head. She will put it nearly to the ground. I am so proud of her. Will work with a tarp next week. And continue with picking up her feet. She needs her front feet trimmed but she won't let Bob pick up her foot, just me. She will get it though.

This weekend is our son in law, Carmen's 60th. birthday and Nikki has planned a big party. We are going to be there. Bob left this afternoon for his brothers first and then in the AM I will leave. First I need to pick up Arawyn, her mom and her sister Cambria. It is supposed to start raining so I am not too sad about leaving.

If I don't get a turn on Nikki's computer, I will be back Sunday.

Blessings

Surprise

My picture for the photo challenge for today. The title was "Leaf" . It was off of our maple tree in our front yard. The tree was given to us by our next door neighbors when we lived in Spokane - Rene' and Delmar Garrod.

My surprise was this morning. I woke up early for a change, put some laundry in and put on my robe and was going out to get the paper. I went out the front door and what met me in the yard - two horses. Our escape artists - Cody and Rusty. I got a can of grain and they followed me into the round pen. Bob found where they got out, fixed it and I put them out of the round pen so I could use it.
The sunset last night. We have had such beautiful sunsets recently.

Rubbing Sage with the plastic bag. She did good. I could rub her all over on both sides. We will work on it some more tomorrow.

I am so proud of her. She wanted to take a bite at it but didn't. I gave her some oats tonight on top of her hay. Maybe I can get her to eat some grain.

Blessings.

Good Day

It was a beautiful Indian Summer day hitting about 60. It felt good. Bob went hunting with his friend Don. No deer. Bob is going Thursday AM again. At least I don't think he is going tomorrow.

Sage and I had a good workout today. She wanted to really be freaked out by the white flag but settled down at least a little. The flag came off of the stick and I picked it up. She she was not spooky too much. She let me rub in on her face. Not relaxed but she let me do it. Then I took her to eat. She got a little pushy about it so tomorrow no grazing. As large as she is she could push me around but she doesn't. She would like to but doesn't. I keep saying it but I do love that horse. Maybe one of these days Bob will be around when I am working her and we can get a picture.

Blessings.

Lunch and other things.

Kind of an ugly picture. Our well broke again. Not the well but the line into it. This is the fourth time. Always in the nearly same place. The last time our son the plumber fixed it. Well he fixed it again. The picture is my picture of the day - DARK. The wet dirt certainly was dark and Bob's mood having to dig it up again was dark too. Double meaning for the word.

Had lunch with a friend today. That is always nice. She was down in the dumps because she had to have her kitty put down this morning. I would have probably cancelled lunch.

Sage and I had quite a day. I realized that I have been so anxious to get on and ride her I have bypassed some ground things that are really important so we are back tracking a little and doing the ground things. Today we worked with a flag on a stick. She about wigged out at first but not too long and I was laying it on her. That is not what spooked her the most. Just having it wiggle around on the ground is what made her spook. She levitates remember when she gets scared. Finally when she stopped and looked at it and reached out and smelled it we went for another little walk around the place and she ate some grass. Tomorrow we will go back to the white sack.

Have spaghetti sauce brewing. I will get it in the freezer tomorrow.

Our weekend got messed up. Bob needs to leave Thursday to go to a doctor appointement on Friday with his brother. I will leave Friday with Raselle and Arawyn. Arawyn is Carmen and Nikki's grandaughter and Raselle is her mother. Saturday is Carmen's 60th. birthday party. (Remember Katie you are house sitting) We will all be home Sunday. Have the rest of the week to get stuff organized and ready to leave. I will be glad when the tomatoes are all taken care of.

Blessings

More Blessings - you can bet I will make 1000

446, New back porch

447. My grandmother Foremans pink depresseion glasses. I have an entire service.

448. Wild Hearts Can't Be Broken (a movie)

449. A week away

450 Steens Mountains

451. Kiger Gorge

452. Golden Aspen Trees

453. Antelopes - lots of them

454. Big Horn sheep

455. Our kids remembering our anniversary.

456 Leaves that crunch when you walk thru them.

457. nearing the end of all the election broohaha

458 53 years with Bob

459 home made bread

460 Raspberry jam

461Cool crisp nignts with bright sunny days

462Visiting with Andi

463 A visit with Wendy at the corrals

464 A car that regularly get over 35 mpg

465We live in a country we can really vote

466Foaming hand sanitizer

467 Lunch with friends.

468 Blogs I find that give me courage and some times with laughs

469 A walk with Sagew

470 Being at the stop of Steens moutain 10,004 on Bob's GPS

471 Clean Rest Areas

472 Taking flowers to Tom's grave.

Indian Summer

My picture for yesterday - Framed - Mt. Rainer framed in my windshield as I was driving to Ellensburbg. Yes, I took it while I was driving.

A couple of pictures left from our trip. Then that is all. Yesterday I drove to Ellensburg to a Washington State Horsemen meeting, left there at 3:30 and got home at 6 and at 6:15 I left with Bob to a Back Country Horsemen meeting. Today I did not get up until 10. I was very tuckered out. I got the tomato sauce in the freezer and started a batch of spaghetti sauce. I baked some cookies, mowed the lawn and worked with Sage. I will tell you about that on down here. No pictures though.
This is a set of Rommel Reins. They cost $95.00 and I want to sell them for 50.00. They have never been used. Let me know if you are interested. I am going to put them on Craigslist tomorrow.

A wagon at OxBow wagon shop in Canyon City, Oregon. I don't know what kind of a wagon it was. I have bought harness from this man.

A bluff out in southern Oregon. On the way to Paisley as I recall. I think that the terrain is so beautiful and unusual there.

After I finished mowing the front and back lawn with a mower that needs power steering, I hope its the last time this year, I got Sage out. She accepts the halter so easily. I am so proud of her. I took her over to the lawn to eat a bit and then we went for a walk. I brushed her and curried her while she was eating. She is really getting her winter coat and where she is black, it is shiny black. I looked at her and laughed. My oh my she is going to be big. She is quite butt high. A growth spurt. If you don't know, horses do not grow both ends at the same time. The rear end grows and then the front end catches up with it. I can not see over her hips. I took her for a walk after she had eaten grass for a bit. We went over by where Bob was unloading some hay and he had to move the truck. She was not scared at all. We walked on by there and over by the goat. Oliver came over and they touched noses and then we just walked on. Even the chickens squawking didn't spook her today. Then just around the barn and back to her pen. I was so proud of her. She tolerated Bob rubbing on her but comes back to me. I have said it before but oh do I love that horse.

Blessings.

What A Day

Another day - probably the last day - of trip pictures.

Another one of the Big Horn sheep. They did not seem to mind us taking their pictures. Not much place to get the car off of the road though.

A fire watch tower. I dared Andi to climb to the top with me. She would not, and I was very glad. I was just teasing her. I didn't want to either. I had to tease her a little bit. Well a lot actually.

Andi's grandpas cabin. It now has owl nests in it and it stinks. It is made of concrete. The roof is giving out some.

An old truck at Frenchglenn.

A cabin between Christmas Valley and Paisley, Oregon.

Bob and Andi working in her tack room. She was putting stuff back in.

Bob got home this evening with the cattle he bought. They were all tired. That is a long haul with critters. I have always worried about horses when we haul that far. The cow/calves are in an isolation pen until tomorrow. Then they can go out. Bob saw a lot of deer and a big bobcat. I am glad the weather was good for him to make that drive again.

I had an eye exam today because I have noticed a change in my vision. Its back to glasses. The doctor thought that whack on the head a while back that I poo pood jarred the implant in my eye cockeyed. I don't mind wearing glasses but it surprised me when he asked if I had had a blow on the head. It is a wonder it did not knock me out I guess. Probably had a concussion.

Have to drive to Ellensburg tomorrow for a meeting. I am not looking foreward to it but oh well, I can do it.

Blessings.