Cold, cold and colder

This was yesterday when all this mess started. By noon today we have about 20" on the ground and the wind, it does blow. Don't mind the snow near as much as the wind that blows it around. Our high temp today was 12 andit is going to -10 at least tonight and thats not with the windchill. I was supposed to drive to the coast tomorrow for a meeting Saturday but I got excused from being there. I called today and told her it was too hazerdous driving. So not only will I not get to the meeting but I will miss a couple of days visiting with grandchildren (daughter and SIL too of course). Not worth it. Its not the snow that worries me its the ice and the wind blowing the snow around until you can not see.

My front porch door. Bob opened the storm door and the front of the house was one big drift. That is how deep it was against the door. Bob shoveled it once and in an hour or so it was just like it was.

This afternoon the sun shone but it did not warm up at all. It is supposed to continue tomorrow but not much more snow. I am thankful for a nice warm house.

Katie came out last night because we are much closer to her work than her house. It was hard for her to get here. She was a nervous wreck. She could not get her car out at 4:30 this AM so she missed a day of work. I am sure she wasn't the only one.

Blessings,

Snow, snow and snow

This was when our younger two were liked 3 and 2 here. Nikki and Scott are digging in the sand at an ocean beach. Notice the rope on Tom. I kept one tied on his waist, he had no fear and would have headed for China in the water. He just played and I held the end of the rope.
me holding Tom's leash, Scott Nikki and Chrissy.

My mother and her brother, my 95 (now) year old Uncle Lyle.

My great Uncle David McConnell in his WW1 uniform. This picture was taken in 1918.

Guess who? (Me)

Me. My Aunt Eleanor. She was only 12 years older than me. My Grandma Kephart in the middle and her sister Hannah on the right.

This is my dad's cousin June. I think my sister may have been named after her. Her middle name is June.

Snow and cold, that is all else I can report. It is miserable out. When I got up it was quite sunny and no snow. I thought we had escaped it. About 11 it started and we have about 4 inches. At 8:00PM its 19 degrees and falling. I cancelled our Mustang Club meeting. It will not be safe and a couple of the gals drive quite a distance. Well us too and I don't think the roads will be safe. Its not that important in the whole scheme of things.

Sage had a hissy when Bob put her out this morning. Don't know what got in to her. The weather maybe. I am so thankful for stalls.

Blessings.

Great Grandma and Aunt Julia

Bless Nikki's little heart. Here is the picture I have been trying to get here for three days. I believe it was taken around 1900. My grandmother had not married yet. Her sister Julia was, I thought the youngest of many children but I may be wrong. She was younger than Grandma. Grandma is the one on the left with the foal standing by the horses side.

To me this is an absolutely heart grabbing picture. My grandma is the one who passed on to me my horse love. It is such a treasure and I am so glad to have at least a copy of it. My sister posted it on Facebook. I had never seen it before.

Special blessings to you Nikki for helping me and special blessings to Sharon for posting it. I love you both (with or without the picture of course).

Blessings to you all

Grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr

I have the most wonderful picture of my grandmother when she was young and her younger sister riding horses in Montana. I have been trying two days to get it loaded but it will not no matter how I do it. This is ridiculous and and I really frustrated. I had some other old pictures to load but when that one would not I just gave up. My sister and daughter have both tried and we can't get it. It makes me so sad.

So that's whats happening inside the house. I have been tieing Sage to the hitch rail when I am mucking the barn. She stands there pretty well. Yesterday I took a small white bucket down with her grain in it and she wigged out the the tie ring held strong and she could not get away. I just proceeded with what I was doing and tied it to the hitch rail and walked away. Pretty soon she was eating it. Today she just wigged out the same because it was still tied there and swinging in the wind. I just tied her and left her and I did not put grain in it.

It has turned very cold here. I am so ready for spring. We had a little snow this morning but it did not stay and the wind is blowing. Not weather to work a horse in. I was going to put the saddle on her yesterday but I could not lift it up. She was not too nervous about it. The bucket was a bigger challenge.

I will try later to see if I can figure this out. So until later (maybe).

Blessings

Sunshine and a MRI

The sunset last night. We have such beautiful ones here.

It was a beautiful but cold day. After church we went to brunch and then to Inland Imaging at Holy Family hospital for Bob's MRI. He was in there a little over and hour and a half.
Our mountain taken with my long lens. Its small compared to what I grew up looking at growing up but it is beautiful to look at in the winter. I have ridden to the top but its a long ride down.

This is tonight's sunset. Not as colorful but pretty anyway.

When we went down to put the horses out so I could clean stalls and they could have a little fresh air AND we found them both standing in water. They had got to playing with the tank that automatically gives them both water and whatever they did they kept it open and it was running all over. So, they are spending time outside tonight. They have water but we don't have enough heaters for them so they will be frozen in the morning. Tomorrow is supposed to be sunny so I can get some work done with Sage as well as a start on the sloggy stalls.

We won't find out until later in the week about Bob's MRI. He slept most of the time through it. I don't know how, it is so noisy.

In the mail I received Linda Laels Miller's newsletter. She is one of my favorite authors and lives around Spokane and has horses. Her books are mostly western romance stories. She has a fixation with cowboys and I love it. She included a list that I want to include. I hope she does not mind.. It is 10 qualities of a True Cowboy (how to tell the true blue from the wannabes)

1. Integrity is the fundamental virtue of the cowboy-the rock-solid determination to the right thing, no matter what.

2. Cowboys are honest, telling the truth even when it hurts them.

3. Cowboys are fearless when it comes to protecting their women, providing an irresistible combination of comforting safety - and delicious excitement.

4. Cowboys are productive; they are masculine, uncompromisingly male. No Beta males need apply.

5. Cowboys are productive, they are hard workers, digging in and getting the job done.

6. Cowboys can be trusted, with your secrets and with your heart.

7. In the face of adversity, cowboys just keep going, doing what needs to be done.

8/ Cowboys are helpful. They wouldn't thing of letting a lady to the heavy lifting.

9. Cowboys respect all critters, be they two-legged or four-legged.

10. Cowboys are quintessentially American.

My addition - I am married to one.

Blessings.

Ryans birthday party

Nothing with the horses today. Except, I got the application for title on Sage. Yahooooooo. I need someone to sign the application. Laura, I remember you said you had taken the class to inspect. Would you, could you do that for me?

This is Mount Spokane in the distance on our way to Ryan's birthday party. It was very pretty.
Ryan was 14 on Wednesday but we had his little party today. He is getting to be such a big boy. He got a really nice drum set for his birthday.

His cake. He loved it. I don't like chocolate cake but I ate a little piece.

I didn't tale a picture of Ryan's brother Seth but I must brag a bit. He is in 6th. grade. There are 60 kids that play drums. He was one of 12 that were chosen to go to Seattle and play in some kind of a contest. Great job Seth.

We will be leaving shortly for our Back Country Meeting in Couer d'Alene. Hope your day was great and you Sunday special. Please keep Bob in your prayers as he has a MRI scheduled tomorrow. Didn't know they make Sunday schedules but they do.

Blessings.

A NICE DRIVE

I took this yesterday coming home from the doctor. It was snowing hard.
Today we took a drive down to take a peak at Heyburn State Park, how it would be to ride there. It won't work this year. They are putting in a sewer system and I don't know what else but Bob and I went to the Headquarters office and talked with them. It won't be a place we can ride this year.
This is the end of Chatcolet Lake. A gazillion geese. They were very noisy but we could only see a few that we could photograph. Several hundred there. Maybe even a thousand.

A deer hiding. She had a this years baby with her but it kept hiding when I tried to take a picture.

She looked at us momentarily.

a view of the lake from the north end of the lake.

A pretty barn near Rockford we thought. When we got up beside the building, it had been turned into a home. It is so pretty.

Some really pretty turkeys along side the road.

We had a really good day just ambling around. It was a fun day. First we went to Couer d'Alene and took my Christmas coat to the Monogram Shop to get the Back Country Horsemen emblem embroidered on the back of it. It will be ready this next week. We got some other bids for some T shirts and patches for the BCH group while we were there.
Have a good Saturday - we have plans.

Blessings