Give Away

I forgot to put in my blog today that the give away for the cardinal candle holder will run until Feb lst. The more times you comment the more times your name will be in there. Have fun and I will be glad to hear from you.

One foot, two FEET

My FEET in polka dot boots standing in water. I tried to find something others feet but this turned out the best. Tomorrows word is anything that starts with Y.

It warmed up some today. I think it was 50 but it didn't feel like that because the wind was blowing so hard. It is supposed to die down tonight but it was nasty today.

The horses were happy to get in their clean stalls this evening. Wrangler was mad at them for getting to in. I wished I had something to throw at him. First he ran Ditto around and around and then Amelia. He was just plain aggrevated about it all. Don't know what got into him.

Have a great Y Saturday.

HAIR and Thursday

HAIR - Rusty has plenty. Isn't that some mane. Bob must get to working with her. She won't let me. I love her hair. Love it.

Tomorrow's word is FEET. I can guarantee that it won't be her feet.


Want to win this pretty candle holder complete with a pretty little red candle inside. I found it at a store clearance and thought, I love cardinals and love dogwoods and it reminded me of spring and an idea popped in my head. Give it away on the blog. Haven't done that for a long time. All you have to do is leave a comment and I will put your name in something and draw a name out. And abbra ca dabbra you won and I will get it to you. It is pretty enough I considered keeping it but........I am trying to rid myself of stuff. So my loss will be your gain.

The stalls are all clean but very scarcely bedded. We must find bedding tomorrow. I sure want shavings but they seem to be very hard to find if you can find them at all. Straw should not be so difficult. The Exchange came out today and Bob will start calling tomorrow. A friend in Reardan was supposed to call but Bob hasn't heard so my guess is he didn't find any either. I am feeling so bad for all our animals. Oliver is on a little island and seems happy but the rest are in muck.

Hope this dries up soon, we have calves due in about a month. I wanted later spring babies but that didn't happen so in the mud they will be. At least not in a snow storm like Henry was born last year.

Have a good Friday, its a long weekend. I will like that.

We are WALKing to.....................

They were crossing the creek for the fourth or fifth time on the trail. Neither horse has a problem walking across the water. I was worried about the round rocks that seemed slippery. Bob is on Raven and Katie is on Abby. I was riding Pepper bringing up the rear. We were riding out of the Clearwater Crossing Trailhead in Montana. There are several wonderful trails out of the trailhead going in different directions.

The word for tomorrow is HAIR.

I went with friend/neighbor Shannon today to take her mule and her driving harness to the Indiana Harness so Pat could do some repair work on it and put some buckles on where their were none. Its an OK harness but made with cheap leather. The price was right though. I am helping her get her mule ready to teach to drive. I will be helping her with that also. She is going to do help me some with the donkeys that I want to drive also.

Blessings to you all

Black and White

My Skeeter

The black and white tornado.

I had intended to post a picture of the herd of black and white cows down the road but but Bob took my car to work so I had to figure something else out. I sat him on the table to take the picture and he knew he wasn't supposed to be there.

Tomorrow's word is WALKING.

I predicted water if it rained on top of the ice and snow. My prognosticating skills are right on target. Where Lane and Isaac were here last weekend they played on the ice. Now the ice is covered with water almost to my boot tops. Not too fun. The horses are miserable, the goat is miserable, the cows are miserable. The only happy ones are the barn cats. The are curled up in the hay and enjoying it.

This is a Thankful Tuesday. Despite all the griping about the weather, I am a blessed woman. I have a loving husband, great kids, great grand kids, great great grand kids. Cousins I have recently reconnected with. My family gives me much to be thankful for. Each one of them. I love you.

My eyes are watching you

I have never done my own eyes before but the word today was EYES and I tried to get Troubles eyes but he would not let me. So I thought my own eyes looking out at you.

Tomorrows word is Black/White. I have an idea but will have to wait and see how that comes out.

Everything is water today on the top of ice. Oh Ick. I walked very carefully putting the horses out and then in. Ditto and Amelia trotted by me going in and I hid my face because I did not want to get splatted in the face with that mud. Its not all plain dirt mud and would probably landed in my mouth if I know my luck. LOL

Spent the better part of the day at the stockyards looking for a donkey or a pony but none there. If I was not going to Burns in a month I would have bought a cute paint yearling filly that sold for 25.00. She was pretty quiet. She went to a good home I think though. Lots of cattle. Bob wanted me to stay for cow calf pairs but I didn't. I was cold. When I went to leave some big buyer had parked behind me and did not come and move his truck until they threatened to call the sheriff to have it towed if he did not come immediately. He was a rude man. Grrrrr.

Hope it warms up in the south where they are just not used to this kind of weather. It could warm up here too for that matter but it is January. I am ready for warm weather.

Tomorrow then.

Curves, that was the word today

This is my curves picture. How much more could a tongue curve when reaching for a slice of bread. Her favorite treat. The cow is Candy. She is a character. So Curve it was.

Tomorrow the word is EYES which is my favorite thing to photograph. Hope you have fun with it.

Nikki went home today and that is always sad. The little boys were kind of glad to be going home I think. Maybe just because they were tired. I gave Lane a paperback book I had picked up at a yard sale - Where The Red Fern Grows - to read on the way home. He reads every thing he can get his hands on. That is a classic for sure. I have read it many times. I love it, his mother reads that way and I certainly do. I will have to keep my eyes open at Thrift stores and in the spring yard sales for books for him to read.

I had to go buy some groceries this evening. I can get through the store pretty quickly. In and out that is my motto. We should not have to go for a few weeks again except for milk.

The horses are all fine. Slipping and sliding around and mostly just standing in their shelter because it isn't icy in there. They are all so fat and fuzzy. I want to ride though. Makes me sad when I can't even get the horse out without sliding around. The arena is a giant rink and the round pen is too.

I have permission to adopt a horse at Colorfest in Burns IF I can find a black and white pinto mare between 3 and 6. They will deliver. Whoopee. Nikki will help me pick. And I am going to help where ever I can with the adoption. Can't wait. Sort of makes up for Bob wigging out on me and not being able to go. LOL And I promise I did not plan it. When I saw the pictures and showed them to him, he said, even before I asked, yes you can. Does that make sense at my age, no, does that matter to me, no again. I am excited.

Have a mahhhvelus Monday. I plan on it.