Monday

While I was gone we had a hail storm. My poor zuchinni. It looks like it got shot with a shotgun. It will recover though. The tomatoe plants still have little tomatoes growning on them. I am glad to have missed the store however.

A news alert about Granny, the old horse. We are going to buy her and have a sponsor that will pay for her food and care. So she will be staying here. She has been wormed and we have purchased the shots. Will give them to her this week. She is looking more content.

I had a great weekend in Milton Freewater, Oregon and Walla Walla. The shows were both small but good competition. There are some really nice horses down there. I was tickled with an 8 1/2 year old boy riding a good sized appy mare and competing with the adults. He is so little. He only rides english. I asked if he was going to ride western and he gave me a funny look and said nah, I don't like that. He is so cute. Another small competitor named Nicholas caused me to crack up. He was dead serious. He is 4 1/2. Someone told him he had grown a foot since they had seen him last. He looked at his feet and said no, I only have 2. Funny.

I also met a gentlemen this weekend that read my blog. He is interested in mustangs. He is coming to the right place. He also could read Mustang Saga and others too. Andrea actually talks more about her horses. I get side tracked.

Please remember that next weekend is Mustang Days. Saturday we will just be there with our horses for people to see, pet and talk about and the Sunday an Open Schooling Show. It will be fun.

Remember: Success is to be measured not so much by the position that one has reached in life as by the obstacles which he has overcome.
Booker T. Washington

Have a Tuesday that is not filled with obstacles.

Thursday

The siding is going on. I love it, love it , love it. This was taken yesterday. Its a little further today. Steve will not be out over the weekend so it will be Monday until more gets done. Our new door should be here on Monday too.

Linda and Beautiful. And she is beautiful. I did her Compliance Check today so she will soon get her title. It was fun.

Linda did not want me to take a picture of this side because she had layed in the manure but it was OK. She is truley a wonderful young horse.

This is Granny's brand. We shaved it to read it to make sure it was correct. She is so gentle and cooperative. We have her on grass, Sr. feed, and grass hay. I am going to mix a little beet pulp to see if she will eat that. That should put some weight on her.

I am leaving in the morning to have my PT appointment and then off to Walla Walla. Saturday I work a horse show in Milton Freewater, Oregon and then Sunday at a show in WW. I hope its not too hot Saturday. There is no shade at the Possee Grounds.

Remember: Friendship is the gold thread that ties the hearts of all the world.

John Evelyn

Friends are very important to me - hope they are to you too. Have a wonderful weekend.

Thankful Tuesday

These are pictures of the Granny. She is a very sweet old lady. I picked up both her front feet and she did that fine. Her hind feet were a little more touchy. She is loving the grass, I do not believe she has picked up her head in 24 hrs.

She deserves somewhere to live her life out being pampered and loved. I will hate for her to go back to the corralls but that is where she is headed if we can't find a permanent home for her.

Today I am thankful for my little garden. Tomatoes have started, beans are coming up, radishes are up, lettuce is rising out of the dirt. I have wanted a garden for several years and am so thankful Bob built me the boxes. It makes sit so much easier on my back.

These are the raspberries that are coming right along. They are something I have wanted for a long time. They are getting little green berries starting. We need to put posts up and wires for them to grow on and lean on.

These are radishes that are coming up the farthest.. I love the boxes.

Tomatoes are setting too. Have 3 other plants in a planter. So on this thankful Tuesday, its my garden that I am thankful for.

We are going to a bbq this evening and won't get home until late so am doing this early in the afternoon. The weather doesn't look too good for a bbq but its a fareweall to our goodfriends Bernie and Sherrie who are leaving for Montana. Hate it when friends that you really care about move away.

Remember: If the point is sharp, and the arrow is swift, it can pierce through the dust no matter how thick.

Bob Dylan

Hope your dust is good and you have a good Thursday.

Tuesday

I thought I would have pictures today but when I got to the pastures, the batteries would not run the camera and I did not have time to go back down there.

This morning we got the call from Angie at the BLM office to go pick up the old mare at Stockland. She had never been titled. She is indeed 26 and no amount of digging around could find where she came from. So, a long story shorter, Bob went down to Davenport to get her. He went in the pen and put the halter on her. She just was kind of resigned and let him do it. He led her out and she hopped right up into the trailer. When he got her home he led her over to the pen we were going to put her in and she put her head down to eat grass and has not stopped. We did put some hay in for her this evening and I am going to start her on a little Sr. feed tomorrow. She has brighter eyes and looks relieved to be here. We call her Granny. Angie told us they would pay for her worming and shots and we have the wormer so we will do that tomorrow. Then we will go get a 5 way and WN and give that to her. I think I will worm her and in 2 weeks worm her again. Bob will try to get at her feet one day soon too. Her front ones are kind of bad. She is up for adoption, anyone want a 26 year old lawn ornament. I promise I will have pictures tomorrow.

Had PT today. Jeff is on vacation so had a lady therapist. She was very nice but did not really work as hard as Jeff so don't know if it was worth it or not. He will be back on Friday.

Remember: Friendship with oneself is all important, because without it, one cannot be friends with anyone else in the world.
Eleanor Roosevelt

So, love yourself and have a good Wednesday.

Monday

Our ugly porch got windows today. Both front windows and one on the R side. It is looking better but is still ugly. It is getting closer to not being though.

I took a picture of the color of the siding but it looks faded out and kind of grey instead of the green that it is. I will try again tomorrow. Steve worked hard. He finished the well house except the siding. He is supposed to be back here in the morning.

Today we went down to the livestock auction in Davenport. Do you know anyone who does that for entertainment. Bob did buy another steer that will be ready in about a month. If you know anyone who wants to buy meat, we will have some available. But that is not what I was going to tell you. We were sitting there watching the cattle come and go and a guy motioned for Bob to go down to him and out the door. Then in came Angie who is the BLM Mustang person. And, there was a mustang that was an impound horse. Which could mean about anything. We tried to read her brand. Its kind of hard but we think she is about 26 years old. They are trying to find out whether she is titled or not. If she is not, she can not go thru the auction. We should know in the next day or so. If she is not, we will take her until they decided what to do with her. She is thin and sad. And very thin. Maybe a 2 on the BLM chart. Sad. She is greying around her muscle and kneck. Poor old girl. Life has been difficult for her. If she is titled, next Monday she will probably go thru the auction for 10.00.

Remember: Friendship compounded of esteen and love, derives from one its tenderness and its permanence from the other.
Samuel Johnson

Have a friendfilled Tuesday.

A Super Sunday

Today after church Bob and I went down to do a compliance check for the BLM. We are volunteers and having been through their training program. We went to Arlene of the blog "My Mustang Wildairo" Although she now has Echo too. We met her husband Brad and her son Williams also. Wildairo is a beautiful horse. He has not liked strangers but he came right up to Bob and ate carrots from his hand. They have had some trouble with a farrier and he needs a front foot trimmed. I told her I thought they might want to try a different one who would spend more time with Wildairo first and get to know him. Other than that he is an awesome horse.

This is Arlene's other horse Echo. He is black bay and is stunning. He will take a carrot from Arlene but she can not touch him. She is working a plan to get a halter on him with a catch rope. I am sure she will make big progress then. His year is not up until the last of August so we will go back then to check him out. He is going to max out over 15 hands I think. Wildairo will be close. Both are beautiful mustangs and she is proud of them both. She is level headed about their training and I was impressed.

Bob talked farming and cows ect. after he looked at thoses horses. Brad has the most beautiful pure alfalfa hay for $125.00 a ton. Bob and I are thinking of a couple of tons but we have not had time to talk too much. He slept all the way home and I drove.

This is Arlenes old horse Foxsun. He does not look too well and he has something growing under his chin. He is a delightful old horse that loves his belly scratched. In face he will come and nearly lean on you to get you to rub it

This little guy was standing by the fence just down the road from Arlenes. He is sooooo cute. We just had to stop and take his picture.

I want to say hello to Arlene's auntie in England. Arlene says she reads my blog. Thank you.

I wanted to elaborate a little more on our ride yesterday. We saw lots of deer. One was laying down not too far from the trail. Lots of bugs and a great deal of mosquitos. It was fun though and I hope we will do it again before too long. I must get a trail map though so we don't wander like we did part of the time. Hello again to Charlie who had been at our last meeting, Terri and Melissa.

Remember: Always and never are two words you thould always remember never to use.

Wendell Jones.

Hope your Monday is a day you will love.

Sore and aching Saturday

This is Melissa with her black Wyoming mustang. I can not remember the horses name. I think its an Indian name. I asked her so many times I am embarrassed. She was a new rider with us today. Welcome Melissa. This person is Terri. She did not ride a mustang but a beautiful buckskin Missouri Foxtrotter. She was new to us today too. Welcome. They came with a friends dad Charlie. He rode a grey arabian cross mare. We welcome theme to the groupl It was fun and when I had ridden all I could and had to walk a way, Charlie got off and walked with him. I appreciated that so much.We stopped to eat lunch in the shade. We rode 12 miles. In the heat and I think it was a little much for all of us. Other than being sore I think the only near wreck we had was John on Cisco. Cisco had a tantrum and laid down with John on his back. John is Andrea's husband. We were glad to have him join us too.

Laura Richards and her horse Danny. He is a big QH. She has been part of our group for a while.

Bob Andrea and John at lunch. I think that is Melissa off to the left. We were so happy to have Mike and Jo Cameron ride with us. We had not seen them in a long time. They ride Tennessee Walkers. I think there were 10 of us. A nice ride on a hot day. I hope my aches have gone by tomorrow morning.

Katie rode Pepper because we could not catch Abby. She was going to meet us there. I have made a major decision I think. I am thinking of finding a home for Dixie. She pony's packs and nothing spooks her. She has way too much energy for me at my age. I really prefer to ride Pepper and plod along. She is easy to rode if she is ridden more. Then she settles down and is a great horse. She crosses water, goes anywhere you point her. Its just her energy level is so high when she is not ridden often and my old body needs the plugging along.

Remember: Beautiful young people are accident of nature - but beautiful old people are works of art.

Eleanor Roosevelt

I feel old tonight but don't know about the work of art. Have a blessed Sunday.