Thinking Thursday

Thinking Thursday

A few years ago I wrote about this wagon and decided to do it again.  I am going to be thinking about different things on Thursdays.

This little wagon has been around our place for a long time.  It is a little worse for wear but still has loveing memories.  I can imagine the things that happened before we got the wagon at a yard sale I think.  I can see a little blonde boy with his hands over his mouth jumping up and down in excitement over what Santa had brought him.  He pulled it around and around and his mama and daddy pulled him and his baby sister in it too.  He grew up and the wagon was just in a corner of his parents garage.  They decided to clean out their garage.  Thus the yard sale and we bought it.

We were just starting to have grandchildren.  They played with it,

pulling each other, toys, hay and what have you all around.  As they got older, they attatched it to the four wheeler and pulled the younger kids around.  They pulled it with their bikes, they have pulled it behind the tractor with Grandpa. 

Now our grandchildren are growing up and have outgrown the little red wagon.  But we have the great grandchildren now.  They don't come out so much but when they do, the little Red Radio Flyer will be here, tucked away in the corner of the barn waiting for the.

Blessings,

Lea

Justin and I taking a nap this afternoon.  .  He pulled up on a chair and was so proud of himself.  I knew he was going to fall and hit the wooden dog bed.  He did, he turned around thinking he could walk to me.  He couldn't.  He isn't even 7 months old yet.  He cried pretty hard and will have a bruise but did not split his head open like I thought.  We snuggled a while and then I lay back and was talking to him and then he was asleep and I was dozing.  Katie came in and caught us.  He is a brave little bugger,  he thinks he can do anything.

Didn't do too much after noon.  This morning I helped Bob gather our steers up so he could brand the five of them.  Not my favorite job but as a farmers wife you don't always get to pick and choose.  They are now up on their summer pasture with the ones he branded last week.  He is working on fence up by Deer Park so we can take our cow calf pairs, the bull and bred heifers up there.

I wanted to work with Sage but when Justin went home we went to buy groceries for the month.  I try to get everything but milk etc. once a month.  Doesn't always work but close to it. 

So that was my day.  Tomorrow, I am going to ride Sage whether Bob is here or not.  Just can't wait any longer.  I can't.

Blessings

Lea

I could not get the other picture to load.   This is Ft. Spokane, established in 1840.  It is maintained beautifully.  We didn't stop to walk around, just to take this picture.  It sits on the east side of the Spokane River overlooking the river.

I worked with Sage today and too bad no one was here.  She was so laid back I think I could have ridden her anywhere.  Keep doing things to take the spooks out of her and so far that is working.  I sat the bucket of nails on her back and rattled it.  Did that from both sides.  I put a couple of poles on the ground and put the end of one on the bottom rail of the panel.  She just hopped over it fine.  She never stumbled over the other one either.  I get so proud of her every time she does something different happily.

Blessings,

Lea

 These are at the entrance to the Two Rivers Casino on the Columbia River on the Spokane Indian Reservation.  We stopped at their big gas station to use their facilities.  They are very large way up in the air on big metal poles.

I got Justin come cowboy boots at a yard sale.  He already had his jammies on but I had to see them on him.  A little big for him yet..  I loved them and hope he gets to wear them when he grows into them.

Our warm sunny weather moved on somewhere else.  Darn but we really needed the rain.  You could almost hear things growing out there.  We have wheat and barley  fields all around us and needed the drink today.  I hope it doesn't last for more than a couple of days though.  Back to sweat pants for now.  I was cold today.  So Sage gets a day or two off too then.  I just can't go out in the wind and rain to work her. 

Bed calling to me.  Blessings to you all,

Lea

 Today Bob and I did our usual Mothers Day drive.  I told him I wanted to go back roads where we didn't usually go and for the most part that is what we did.  This horse was at the gate of a very expensive neighborhood that I had no idea was up there in the hills.  It is SW of Deer Park.

This is the confluence of the Spokane River and the Columbia River.  Have been there lots of times but it is always beautiful.  The water is so low we could not imagine.  It was a beautiful day and not hot, just lovely.  We had dinner in Davenport and came home.  Will have more pictures tomorrow.  I give up trying to post more than two at a time.

When we got home I changed my clothes and went to check on Rosie. No, no baby darn it.  And I put Ditto back into a pen where we can give her extra feed and keep hay in front of her all the time.  She looks awful.  I don't think she can eat very well but she can wolf down the combination of stuff we give her.  At 33, its hard to keep her going.  Love that old girl.  We have done lots of things together.

Blessings to you all, hope you had a wonderful Mothers Day.

Lea

 Candy and her babies.  That is Ed on her left.  He is growing like a weed.  The other calf is her own - Dandy.  She is the larger of the two.

Her forelock resembles Rod Stewart.  Nothing I do helps it grow or be pretty.  I wanted her to have a mane and forelock like Rusty but to no avail.  This is what she has.  A friend recommended coconut oil on it to calm it and to encourage it to grow.  Didn't have time today though.  Did some ground work in the round pen earlier and some bending and backing  and so on.  I didn't feel too  much like riding and I was here by myself.  But wanted to keep her reminded of doing the ground work.

Hope you had a good Saturday.

Blessings,

Lea