Ouch

Please tell me why we needed another tractor? Bob explained it to me but I still do not understand why.

Lane has been practicing driving it.

Bob is out trying to figure out where he can unload it. I guess we must have needed it, he said so anyway.

I did nothing with horses today. My back really has hurt today. I could hardly get anything done even in the house. Made such progress with Sage yesterday, I was going to try but if she had pulled on the rope at all, I would have been done for so didn't.

I am going to go lay back down with ice on my back, must be better tomorrow OR ELSE.

Blessings

Good progress

The sweet soft eye of my much loved Sage.
Sunday Stills word was shadow. I am only half a week behind but I saw this, this afternoon when I was working with her. One of the other ones that was not so good looked like I was sitting on her. I can guarantee that I was not.

I did rub her clear down her back and earlier today I brushed her tail. She did not think too much of it but let me. From the one side it was not a big deal but the other side was a little more difficult but we did it. I need to remember to take a better brush out there. There is a big knot in it. I have some spray on stuff but I would imagine that spraying is not something that she would appreciate.

I did get her so I could rub clear down her leg. I did lift up her foot but it was hard on my back so I used the rope mostly to pick it up. That works but I want to be able to do it with my hand. Party of the problem was me bending over so I really spent quite a time just bending over and letting her smell me when I was bent over.

I found her "sweet spot" on her withers and she made the funniest faces. That is when she bit me a some weeks ago. She did not offer to this time. I watched her though.

Today I started with bleach bottles with rocks in them. I rattled them. She took off like a shot. We worked about 20 minutes and she finally just stood there and looked at them. I held one of them out to her without rattling it and she smelled it. Good job Sage. I put them in the middle of the round pen and later we walked around them all different ways but I did not rattle them. Tomorrow is another day.

Blessings

Cooler Day

She was saying to me, I don't want to work today. I said too bad Sage. We did and she did OK but had moments when I told her she knew better. She forgot how to lead at first but we continued to work on it. I did eventually pick up both front feet for a few seconds. I was very proud of that.
The wind was still blowing some today but nothing like yesterday. We did work on lunging some. I don't do mindless going round and round until I can work on something in particular. She needed to learn to do what I asked whether she wants to or not. She is giving her rear end and stepping over both directions. She moves her front shoulders to the left stepping over pretty good but the other way, not so much. Patience Lea.

Shannon came down and helped Bob unload these 100# bales. My back just was not up to it today. She did it so Bob would go riding with her down at Riverside. She is putting her fourth ride on her young mule Davon. No going alone at this stage. I would have gone if Lane had not been here but that was more important. He and I had fun.

I worked with Emma today and then Bob worked with her. A mustang that is her age and has been coddled but never tamed is a different ball of wax. You can't treat her like a new mustang but she is wild as one when you try to touch her. Bob accomplished some things but no touch. We are aiming for her shoulder, not her head. She bolts when you get close to her at all. She will turn and give you both eyes and let you get about 3' from her and then away she goes. I will try tomorrow again. Bob has to work.

Our bedroom floor is about done. Yahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh00000000000000. Now I am emptying out closet. I did not know we had so much stuff. STUFF. Better get back to it.

Blessings

Wind

My little pump pool. We have not had it up and going very long. We moved it from where we had it last summer.
The wind in the walnut tree. I thought it might blow them apart. These trees were started from starts from my Uncle Georges tree that was started from his grandfathers tree up in Bonney Lake.

Some one asked me what it was called when a spot like Sages white spots
had the shadow edge all around it. I said I didn't know but maybe one of you will.
All of her white spots are surrounded with that edging.

A bad hair day. I didn't do much with her today because of the wind. She ran and bucked and jumped before she let me catch her. She was a little touchy this evening but we have had monstrous wind all day. I am sure that was her problem.

Emma was about to fly away with the wind blowing stuff around.

Another tree that I thought might just blow off some where. There are fires all over the place.

It was just a nasty windy day. Not cold but the wind has been awful. Hate it when the wind blows like this in the summer because it always means lots of fires around.

Blessings

A non horsey weekend

This is our friends Judy and Merrill. Today they celebrated their 50th anniversary. We went to their party. It was good to see a lot of friends. Congratulations.
Three of our grandchildren. Skylor, Nikki and Jadeyn. We measured Sky and he is 5'11 at 14. They were not happy about Grandma taking their picture. Oh well, Grandma wanted to.

I really did nothing with the horses this weekend except feed and water. It was so hot I just couldn't do it. Like my friend Andrea said in her blog - Mustang Saga - I am going to have to become a morning person if I want to do things with the horses.

Lane is in town with his Uncle Tom and family. Bob will pick him up when he gets off work tomorrow. And, tomorrow the bedroom floor gets started. I hope he can do it in one day. Also the garage is ready for the new door. We are getting the things done we wanted to accomplish.

I hope your weekend was blessed.

Summer

It took some talking but I got Lane to pet Peppers nose. Then he picked up his rope and was not so afraid. Lane is a city kid. However, his chore every day when he is here is to get the eggs. He is even a little leery of them coming to close - the hens, not the eggs.

Katie's Abby in time out. She is tearing fences up right and left. I don't know what has gotten into her. Then, I tried to catch her to put her in with Amelia and no way no how was she going to let me. I text Katie and asked her to come when she got off work and catch her. She did. Abby is not happy but she won't break down that fence. She just walks through the hot wire. The others won't go near it but she just bully's right through. Bob is plumb upset with her. He does not like fixing fence every day with her out happily eating.

It was so hot today Sage and I did not do anything new. Just went over what we had covered. She let me walk right up to her and attach the rope but was just a little cranky about doing stuff so we didn't. I didn't blame her.

Bob is teaching a packing clinic tonight and tomorrow. Not too far from home so he will be home tonight. I hope we get to do some of it this summer but its not looking like it.

Blessings.

Hot and Tired

It was still 94 at 6:30 and that is the last time I checked. I am not complaining, it is just plain old hot.

This morning Lane and I started unloading 2 tons of hay but Bob and our oldest son Steve soon showed up. Lane was in the way a lot but he was trying to help. Steve put them on the elevator off the trailer, I drug them off and to Bob and he stacked. Our loft is almost full. We have several more tons coming though.

The, we gathered up the cow calf pairs and loaded them in the big trailer and took them up to Newport where they will spend the rest of the summer and fall as long as the grass holds. Not a hard job but its a drive up there with no AC. My face looks like a lobster. My nose will peel but the rest will turn brown.

I worked with Sage first thing this AM = probably about 7:30. She did fine. I did get one foot picked up. Nothing too new. It was too early for both of us. She was in a good frame of mind though. I could have led her about anywhere I think.

Bed is calling loudly and my knees are telling me its time = Blessings