Not such a good ending

Pepper got ridden today and was so happy to have his person riding him. He lets anyone ride him but when Bob gets on, he is a different horse. He has his head up and he was rearing to go.
Our little place from across the road.

Bob and Pepper ponying Sage. He lead her around for the better part of an hour. She did just awesome. Maybe tomorrow we will try down the road.

What are you doing out here?

Bob giving her head a rub when they got back to the barn.

And later in the day when I went to put her in for the night this is what I found. She somehow had gotten her head in between the gate and a fence post that the gate holds it closed. I about had a wigged out moment when I saw it. I called Bob and he and Katie came right over and he called Shannon. Shannon is our neighborhood vet tech and has a vet for a sister that she confers with. There is nothing to sew to so we will just treat it. I will go get some Shreiners tomorrow to spray on it. It is the best stuff that I know of to heal and usually no or very little scarring. When Ditto got into barbed wire one time I used that and there was nor is any scarring at all and her leg looked bad. At least to me.

Sage is very stoic or it doesn't hurt. She let Shannon treat it as long as I was feeding her treats. And of course I had sworn off treats for her. Well I guess this is a good excuse to give them to her.

So a really good day ended not so good but its just the top layer of hide, it could have been so very much worse.

Blessings

Is this really February

Today we worked on some more spooky things. She has not got used to a tarp yet but just maybe we have crossed a line. I had been dragging it around in front of her and then just looped it over the hitch rail. The look on her face tells it all.

Just a minute now. It smells like hay (the tarp had been in the hay shed). She smelled it and smelled it, took a hold of it but didn't like the taste. It didn't taste like hay.

Well, now maybe this isn't too bad. Tomorrow we will work on it some more. I am hoping to ride and pony her. It just did not work for this weekend. I am proud of her.

Church was nice this morning. Enjoyed it. The music was very special - we sang my favorites. After church we went over to see Tom and Chrissy for a few. Then to Harbor Freight to get some things, then we went to brunch. It was fun to just sit, eat and relax. Then to get gas and to Home Depot and then home. We try to run errands when we are in town. There is a new gas station on the north side of town trying to put others out of business. We got gas for 2.83. That is cheaper than in Idaho.

I wasn't such a Super Bowl fan today. Neither of my favorite teams were there but I watched the last quarter. Also watched the half time. One of the better I think. Not being a Madonna fan, I was kind of impressed. Then went back out and took Sage across the road in the weeds and we just walked around. She did good.

So went my day.

Blessings

Another lovely day

Today was another utterly beautiful day and most of it had to spent in side putting the finishing touches on the BCHI convention in March and then we worked on the centerpieces for the tables. They turned out cute. I would have rather been outside.

When I got home I was going to take a short nap and Katie showed up with her dog and wanted me to go for a walk with her. I told her I needed a nap and she stayed anyway. That is OK, I will sleep better tonight. I am afraid to take Sage on a walk with her and her puppy. If Sage pulled one of her snits when a car went by, she might hurt Callie and they I would be devastated.
She got her kitty. That makes several times, he keeps getting out and coming home, he and the other one. She took 2. That only leaves us 7 in the barn. Whoopie dooooooo.

I did go out and clean stalls and got Sage and we went for a little walk about out in the pasture. She kept wanting to eat and lipping me looking for treats. No more treats for doing good things. I have spoiled her and she won't stay out of my pockets. Not so good. Maybe tomorrow I can do more with her when we get home from church. I was thinking we would come straight home but Bob has 3 or 4 places to go after so I don't really know. She needs to be ready to go to the Bob Marshall on June 24.

So my uneventful Friday is about over. Me and my book will curl up pretty soon and put my warmed rice bag on my toesies and enjoy the evening.

Blessings

Happy Birthday Steven

Steve's birthday is today. He got the best present in the world with Debbie's news on Wednesday. He sure was a cute little guy wasn't he.

A few months ago. He is our first born. Love you lots Steven.

I spent some time with my spotted girls today. First of all I took Sage next door on the start of our walk about. Other than the ice she got frightened on she did that part wonderful. Then we walked down to Shannon's - about half a mile - along the road. She did not like the cars coming towards her. She reared up and did a little dance but did not try to get out of my control. When we got to Shannon's she got a little excited about all her horses and mules. When they settled down so did she. She just stood there and let us talk and pet on her and let Shannon's dogs run around her. We had a little more excitement coming home. Cars coming up behind her made her nervous. When they slowed down she was OK but when they just went zipping by she didn't like it much. But all in all we had a great time walking on our most beautiful day. Not warm but not ice chilling cold either. Sunday, Shannon is going to pony her off her mule. He is good at that. I will ride along on either Raven or Pepper. Both of them need some exercise.

Went to see Debbie this morning after I went and and got my new glasses. I am not sure I like them at all. It will take some getting used to. Debbie looked good, she had had a shower and washed her hair and was kind of tired but was feeling much better. They removed her IV and she was glad to get rid of that even though they left the thingy in her hand. I believe she will go home tomorrow.

Blessings

I was going through more old pictures and came upon a picture of my Daddy. I don't know the year but I am sure it was at Longbeach, WA. I love the picture.

This evening I went in to visit Debbie on my way to the monthly Meeting of the North East Zone. She looked good. She was sitting up in a chair. She is uncomfortable but not pushing the pain med button often enough. A stubborn one she is. Her color was good and she was getting ready to have supper but she has already told them she wouldn't eat it. She thought she would go home tomorrow but the doctor said Saturday or Sunday and she was really quite irritated by that. She had a mind set of going home tomorrow.

The meeting was good but they let other people come in there to eat and they were not thoughtful at all and laughed and talked and it was hard to hear the president or anyone speaking. That is irritating to me. We had a really good turnout though. For that I was glad.

Blessings

Great News

Steve and Debbie last Christmas

The best news we could have had and nothing to do with our horses. Today our Daughter In Law Debbie went in for her surgery for ovarian cancer and possible uterine cancer. They sent her off to surgery and we sat and sat and sat - about 4 hours I believe and the doctor came out and said NO CANCER anywhere. They sent tissue the lab and it was all clear. Thank you so much for all your prayers, thoughts and whatever you believe in because it worked. You could see the load lift off of Steve's shoulders when the doctor told us. I thought he was going to levitate to the moon. What a relief. She now has to recover from the surgery but the relief will help her through that.

Then, what a day, sitting at the hospital is exhausting. When we got home there were flowers waiting for us. A dear friend, Grandma Jean, sent them as a thank you to Bob for all he does for her. We did not expect it but it was wonderful to find on the porch. They look like spring.

More rain today. It was pouring when we left for the hospital but had slowed down by this evening. Our lake - Lake Dru - is full again. We changed the name to Lake Dru because last year Nikki and a friend came to visit and her little guy Dru had been told to stay out of the water, and you know what he did, went out and "fell" in. He expected great sympathy from his mother but didn't get it. Anita reminded me of it and we changed the name to Lake Dru.

Blessings,

PS - Kelly at Rose Hill Farm, why can't I send you a comment?

Lake Bob

I would call it Williams Lake but that is already taken so I settled on Lake Bob. We had nearly 2" of rain last night and with frozen ground, now we have a lake. It is grass to put it mildly. I had to lead Sage out through another part of it to get her from the pasture. She didn't seem to mind. That was good. In fact she came running to me for me to put her halter on. I think she was expecting a treat and of course she got one. Spoiled, wwwwwweeeeeeeeeellllllllllll maybe.
I put the saddle on her today. She just let me pop it up on her back and cinch it up. She had not forgotten a thing. In fact she just stood there looking at me like what am I supposed to do now. Why aren't you getting on. I will one day soon when the round pen dries up enough to get in there. My goal is to ride her in the Bob Marshall on June 24th.

While Sage and Ditto were eating their lunches I started cleaning up the barn some. Its a big mess and Bob left stuff sitting around that I was afraid if Sage did a spooky dance she might hurt herself. My back is saying ouch a little tonight but that's OK. I felt good getting some things accomplished.

This evening I went down to Shannon's and tested 2 of her goats milk. I will need to mail it in tomorrow. I just took the refresher class a week or so ago. Not complicated but would have been better if I had remembered my reading glasses.

So that was the high points of my day.

Blessings