Memories

My Daddy in his younger years. Even though he has been gone since I was 17 I still miss him.

My sister Sharon, My Aunt Eleanor and me a few years ago. She has been gone a while. She was my fathers youngest sister and only 12 years older than me.

Lime Kiln lighthouse in the San Juan Islands. We saw lots of Orcas that day.

Tracey's daughter Katie riding Yuma

Another of Seattle's offspring. Isn't he pretty.

On the roof of our barn.

A day on Sage. Didn't get to ride today but loved on her.

An old school house west of Wilbur on Highway 2.

Teaching Pistol to sit. She is not that size any more.

Target, a mustang mare we started a few years ago.

My hand is not going to get better until a hand surgeon fixes it. Its so hard to get in to see anyone like that.

Get to work tomorrow at a horse show but its just about 5 miles from home and its just one day. It is supposed to be over 90 though.

Blessings

Mostly more oldies

I do so hope you are tiring of past pictures. This is our son Tom while we were building our barn. Heights don't both him, scared me.

My beautiful Mt. Rainer.

Horses coming out of the trailer at the Odessa adoption.

Tracey's horse Sandy that she did a Mustang Makeover on.

Yes, that is a bobcat. He was very sweet and purred loud. Her loved to be love on. This was in Lewiston at a Back Country Horsemen thingy.

We were the first to get off the Keystone ferry.

1957 Our engagement

One of Bob's trips in to the Bob Marshall.

My beloved Ditto

On our living room wall

Two weeks after I had my stroke.

Rose on another of Bobs trips

From the top of Mt. Spokane

The Sandpoint Draft Horse Show. Its this weekend and won't get to go.

Had a good ride on Sage today. Worked her a long time on a lounge line doing different things. Mostly in the arena. Then took her into the round pen and rode her. Used some of Andrea's suggestions and had my first real free walk ride. Next week it will be to the arena. She is flexing nicely. Katie's saddle pad is working wonderful. Will go to Will Rogers tomorrow and see what he has.

Blessings

Hope you don't mind.

Back to meandering through past pictures. It just hurts too bad and my hand does not work well.We were camping at Larabee Corrals and Bob is bringing the horses in.
One of Andi's orphans but I don't remember which one or when

We started out at Larabee and rode 12 miles down the hill toward the Snake River. That is where we camped.

In the Burns Wild horse Corrals.

Cowboy - a young POA that we started for some people. He went well.

Someplace at Clearwater Crossing

At a horse show last April. The footing is plain old squishy wet mud.

Another picture of Star. Sage is build much like her.

Colville adoption.

I have a question. I am having a little trouble with Sage not moving. Bob always starts me out on the lead rope and the last couple of times when he unhooks the rope she won't go forward. I wiggle and kiss and cluck and bump but she just stands there. She doesn't act like she is going to bolt, she just does not move. I don't want to take her out of the round pen until she will move forward. She goes on a lunge line but without a handle on her she has decided not to move. I am puzzled.

Blessings

More Meandering

Our sunset this evening. We have such beautiful sunsets here on the West Plains.

I was riding Rosie and needed a break. She, Pepper and Bob were walking ahead of me.

My young friend Marissa with her pony Sequoia. Marissa now is 18 and lives over on the west side of the mountains. Sequoia lives up near Sandpoint and is loved by two little girls.

My Dixie Chick. I fostered her for a year and rode her and then she went back to her owner who was so glad to have her back.

One of Seattle's offspring in the Pryor Mountains in southern Montana just across the border from Wyoming. Seattle is my favorite stallion in the Pryor's. He is so beautiful. And he throws lovely babies.

Up on Hoodoo pass.

Down out from Larabee Corrals one of our trips down there. Love riding out of there.

Down at Red Ives between Peppers ears.

Carrie's mini stallion Elvis.

Riding up Marie Creek just east of Cour d'Alene.

Katie on Pepper

I think this adoption was in Longview. Love that nose marking.

Rusty


Have lots of pictures to meander through. I am enjoying going through them all.

Blessings

Monday Meandering

Tonight I am just meandering back through time with our horses.

I don't remember the year of this picture but it was Memorial weekend down at Madden Corrals south of Lewiston. I took Rosie and the cart. Most people had not ridden in a cart like that and lots of people got a chance. I do remember waking up one morning to 3" of wet slushy snow. It all melted away though.

When I used to show nearly every weekend, and I was more overweight than I am now. This is Dun In Glory. We did well but I sold her. Our personalities were at odds most of the time.

Caroline riding Ditto when she was about 12. She is now a freshman in college at Mississippi State University. She was riding bareback the first time.

Bob taking the horses to water at Larabee Corrals. The year????

The last ride on Star. Had to put her down the next week. Wasn't she beautiful?

On a Mustang Club ride at Riverside State Park.

A bachelor stallion in the Steens Mts of Oregon herd. I know he has a name but I can't remember what it is. Tracey if you read this tell me please. You were there with Nikki and I and Deb

Our friend April standing by her horse on a ride on a Labor Day weekend on HooDoo Pass between Idaho and Montana.

The trail ride that Pepper laid down in the pond with me on him. Probably one of the most embarrassing days of my life.

Isaac was four I think there, maybe 3. He rides all over by himself now. He is 7

And no collection would be complete without Sage when she first got here.

Hope you enjoyed it all. Its hard to type with my hand and every day it gets worse. I am waiting for a call from the hand surgeon.

Blessings.