Sunshine and Lilacs

Bob was picking up the sod he peeling off to get ready for the patio. The chickens were helping. Some them even rode the bucket of the tractor while he was taking it to dump it where our lake was all winter.

My sweetie Sage having her dinner. She likes being tied out to eat grass. I worked her pretty good today. She does not work well on the lunge line going in circles. She does yield her hip when I ask both sides and today I set up a barrel and a log for her to go between the fence and the barrel. She did that OK after a few and I added a tarp. She got it without too much fuss both directions. Went back later and did it again and she remembered. I was so proud of her.

Rocky

And the beautiful Lilacs that are blooming so pretty. Love them.

A good day,

Blessings

Yakity Yak, I want one

A pair of Yaks. Isn't he cute. I want one.
Yesterday sunrise. I am usually not up. It was beautiful.

Made a decision yesterday to leave my housework and go with Bob for the day. We drove down to a little town of Dixie near Walla Walla to get our steers who have been on pasture down there. The man who had them didn't need them. He trains cutting horses and was using them a couple of times a week and the rest of the time they were on pasture. Free to us. But with the Equine Herpes problem, he can not take in nor send horses out and does not need them anymore. He had horses in Utah but non of his have contracted the disease. We were no where near where his horses are or the arena ect but when we got home we changed our clothes and took showers and washed our shoes with a bleach solution. I would not want to bring it home. I feel bad for him because his business is just sitting there.

Today was awful. Pouring rain and wind. We had doctor appointments. Our last appointment with our doctor of the last 41 years. He is retiring. Made me sad. He knows me better than I know myself. He told me to quit stressing over this stupid diet because that was worse than the triglicerides. Easier said than done.

I am not one to get into political discussions here but the person I am going to be campaigning for gave his statement to run for the presidency - Mitt Romney. And I am not Mormon.

We are supposed to have a good weekend, warm days and no rain. I hope that there prognostication is correct.

Blessings,

Garden and rain

No pictures because it is hard to take pictures when you are up to your elbows in dirt. I got peppers, cucumbers, and one hill of zucchini planted today. Will finish either this evening later or tomorrow. I would probably finished if the rain had not started falling in torrents. Bob starting peeling the sod so we can get the area ready for our patio. The chickens think he is doing it for them. Its kind of funny.

I did mess with Sage some between showers, or should I say downpours. Am laying over her and she doesn't seem to mind. One of these days I will just bite the bullet and swing my leg over.

We had a real scare this afternoon. Because it was so nasty outside Bob decided to tackle the mess under the kitchen sink. There was 3/4 of a container of Decon there. I went to the living room for a few minutes - actually only 2 or 3 - and found Pistol eating the poison. We called a vet in Airway Heights and they said 1/4 or so cup of Hydrogen Peroxide and come right in. We got her down her with a syringe and it did not make her throw up. The vet put some kind of drops in her eyes and it made her vomit. She had a lot in her stomach. It did make it all come up and everything she had eaten all afternoon. It had not digested at all thank God. Then they flushed her eyes out and the vomiting stopped. The vet gave her a vitamin K shot and we paid them 35.00 and came home. If we had not caught her she would have died an awful death very soon. So remember for a 15 pound or less dog 1/4 cup of peroxide only it did not make her throw up but that's what they said. Scared Bob out of his wits, he loves that little dog.

Blessings,

Spring was here this weekend

Today Bob was gone all day on a ride but I didn't feel up to a 12 miler so I stayed home and Katie went with him. I went some errands and went to see if I could get some pictures of the falls without going into town and paying to park. The river is running over full. It is so beautiful right there though.

There were lots I should have done but just lazed around the rest of the day.

Blessings.

A Nice Day

I don't know if someone dropped this kitten off or it was one or several litters that all died in the barn. It is very wild. Hardly seems old enough to be on its own.
The ducks are so pretty. He was posing for me.

This one too. LOL. He must have been eating off the bottom of the little pond.

At the new Veterans Cemetery. I think it opened last year this time. It is beautiful

Baby geese, LOTS of baby geese.

I think these are Wood Ducks. They sure were pretty.

More baby geese.

Enjoying the sunshine. Most of them look like they will have babies soon.

That was my Sunday. Did not sleep well and did not go to church. Just lay around.

Blessings.

Almost on and lots of pictures

The chickens really like watermelon rind. I open the back door and call chicky and they come running.
The view from Sages back. I was laying across her in the saddle but not my whole weight.

Looking frontwards. She was so patient and good. I had the saddle on her.

Chemmy wanted to taste whatever I had in my hand. We gave the donkeys their shots today.

The other day I posted a picture of this baby laying down. When we came by there on Friday the baby was standing by the fence. Such a cute face.

Best Friend Forever

Pokey was still wet and her first time on her feet and Jazzy just had to come and say hello to her cousin. She looks little to me until I looked at this picture.

Woops, couldn't quite get her front feet coordinated with the back ones.

Maybe 5 minutes old.

She ate all the tall grass for me.

Our daughter Coreen's grave. I hope you don't mind looking at these pictures but my family will appreciate them. Things were done so differently then than now. When you lose a baby now they give you remembrances and really take care of you. Then it was shes dead and get used to it. I have nothing from her, they would not allow is to take pictures. She was beautiful. Don't mean to be so down about it after all these years but it really has bothered me today.

Our Scotty's grave. Hardly seems possible that its been eight years.

The flags at the cemetery. They are so beautiful.


Don't know why there is so much space but blame it on blogger. No matter what I do it spaces it that way.

Blessings.

Trouble With Blogger.

The apple tree is starting to bloom. That is a sure sign of spring. The lilacs will be in bloom by next week.

I have had a terrible time with Blogger. It would not let me in to write my blog. Its kind of been doing its own thing lately but I had to go around in circle until I remembered Nikki put it in a second place on my Favorites list. That let me in. Don't know whats up but it made me pretty irritated.
Most of the cows went to summer pasture this morning. This is Rita. She has been very standoffish as her mother is. We finally caught her and gave her the baby shot. We kept Candy and her two babies here and Annie whose baby is taking its time getting here. When it gets here and has its shots and banding if necessary those will go up too.

Yesterday I took a walk about 1/2 mile from home is all. I always stick a couple of bags in my pockets. I filled both of these with plastic bottle, glass bottles and a few aluminum cans. It is disgusting to me. I will walk the other way today when I go. And take a couple of bags. I just don't understand people throwing their garbage out as they drive along. We who live out here will just have to keep picking it up I guess.

These are so pretty every spring popping up all over the place. Don't know what they are, think I have said that before, but love them and they brighten things up.

Sage having her breakfast. She ties out now so she is happily eating. She just gets more loving and comfortable around different stuff all the time.

This is a sad sad story. I am not telling it to point fingers, just to relate what has happened. A couple bought this house and had some animals. Their daughter had a horse and rode almost every day. She seemed happy. She had a boyfriend that rode with her some days. Mom works. One day Mom and Dad had a fight and Dad moved out and took most of the animals. He left her horse. The divorce itself is not the issue although it appears to have been contentious. One day the police, ambulance and all sorts of people were down there. Daughter had committed suicide because her boyfriend broke up with her. Please, please if you have daughters, teach them, talk to them, whatever you do that boys or men do not make or break your life. They, the girls, are bigger than that, they have power in their lives, they can do without a man. Especially at 16 years old. She was beautiful, she had an entire life in front of her. Who knows what else was on her mind but that is the note she left. Such a permanent solution to a temporary problem in her young life. Mom still lives there and walks her dog every day but have never seen her smile again. She walks like the weight of the world is on her shoulders. It probably is.

Blessings, to her and to all.