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

 My Justin going after Tazzy.  She bites everyone else but lets him maul her.  He is beginning to pull himself up on things.  Now the fun really begins.

A lady that lives down the road has about 3/4 of an acre yard.  Just a little is fenced off and she asked if we wanted to bring horses down to eat.  She really did not want them overnight so Bob rides Wrangler and ponies Raven and then goes back and rides them home.  She is a very nice lady who has undergone some tragic things.  She has the cutest English Bulldogs. 

Again I had several pictures and two is what I could load.  They will get posted here and there.  I did not work with Sage today.  We had to be at a funeral at 11.  That meant leaving here by 10.  Then I had a doctor appointment with my regular doctor.  He can't figure out what was the matter either.  Next Friday, the l7th. I have a cardiologist appointment later in the afternoon.  So anyway when we got home there were chores and we moved five steers and Charlie the bull. (I know Katie you named him something else but I can't remember and I remember Charlie).  Bob put up some temporary panels and they followed him.  They are all in with the cows now.  Bob will brand the steers and then next week take them to their summer pasture.

So all that to say, I didn't have time.  I must tomorrow though.  I am not going to ride her next Sunday though.  She just is not ready for a ride with a bunch of other horses I don't think.  I will ride Raven.

It was 88 degrees here today.  It was pretty warm at the cemetery.  Betty was a dear lady but had been gone from here quite a while so not many people there.  We did get to meet up with her younger sister that we spent time with 30 years ago.  She lives close to our girls.  Maybe we will get to see them once in a while.  We had a lot of fun with them when we were all younger.  It was very good to see Betty's son and daughter too.  They have aged so much, (and we haven't).  Wish the circumstance had been different.  Betty would have laughed her head off at the stories told about her.

I received some beautiful cards from my kids.  I would like for every one to be here for Mothers Day but they are mothers too with younger children so they need to be with their families.  It always makes me sad though.

Blessings,

Lea

 Rusty.  I wish Sage could grow the mane and forlock like hers.  We have had a terrible time with the abcesses in her feet.  I think they are OK now but Bob is still a little cautious about moving her back out with the other horses.

I had such a wonderful ride on Sage yesterday.  She was a little goosey to start with but with lots of ground work she did well when I got on.  I got so excited about riding her that Marilyn had to keep telling me - heels down, sit up straight, use your legs -.  My legs are the weakest part of me when I am riding.  It sounded like me when I was giving lessons.  I know to keep my heels down and to sit up straight.  Lean forward and you a really suseptible to getting dumped right off.  Same with letting your heels come up.  From brain to body is another thing.

I have tried all day to get those two pictures loaded.  It will load two but three freezes up.  GRRRRRRRRRRR.

It is hot today again.  I am going out and work Sage a 2nd time today and ride her when it starts to cool down some.  I got a little sunburn yesterday and am trying to keep out of it during this most hot part of the day.  I worked her this morning and she did great but Bob was not home and I did not want to ride her with no one else here. 

Blessings,

Lea

These beauties always tell you when spring has arrived.  I don't know what they are, but they are plentiful where there is shade.  I tried to dig one up once and the roots go VERY deep, I could not get it and if you pick them for a bouquet they wilt immediately.  In a few weeks they will be gone.  Love them.

Nothing much but same old, same old going on around here.  It is hot but Bob got the cooler in so the house stays cool.  Rosie just gets rounder and rounder.  I keep thinking maybe tomorrow - maybe. 

I am so excited for my birthday ride on May l9th.  If you read this you are invited.  Hamburgers and potluck after the ride.  What a wonderful way to celebrate turning 75. 

We took out recycling to the center in Medical Lake.  We saw some turkeys, BIG tom and hens I guess.  And bunches of deer.  We go through Eastern State Hospital grounds and they have an abundance of deer.  I love looking at them.  Then one casually walked out in front of us about half a mile from home.  Bigger and healthier looking than the ones at the hospital.

Sage is going to get a real workout tomorrow and I hope to ride her.  I am getting down in the dumps about her.  I love her so much and want her to be quiet and ride nicely.  She is so big.

My regular doctor called me, rather his nurse, and told me I needed to come in so he could check me over after the episode last week.  She told me my appointment was Friday at 3.  I guess that tells me what I am doing Friday afternoon. 

I am just mumbling along this evening -

Blessings,

Lea