Update on Sage

I think it should heal faster but it is shrinking. I cleaned it all out tonight again. It is reallty gross to have to do it but since we have had horses, I have had to learn to do things that I never thought I could or would, in fact I didn't even want to learn how. But I have and I can do it. She just stands there and lets us. I am proud of her.

The view from my front door this evening. It was a pretty clear day but the mud is knee deep. It freezes every night and thaws during the day. We have half and inch to an inch of snow later yesterday that made the roads very very slick. After we went to dinner it was creeping along to get home. It is almost gone, just a little here and there today. We have had so little snow this winter that I really don't think I should complain.

Blessings,

This and That

This is Piper. She is l8 months old.
This is Kiyanna. She will be 3 next week. She is my little buddy.

Our grandson Robby who is the father of those precious great granddaughters. He looks so much like his father - our son Scott. They were too wound up to want to sit on his lap and post pretty for their Grammy and Robby said it was like trying to hold an armful of worms. We love them so much.

Nikki was here this weekend since late Thursday. We had such a good time. This is Isaac and Tiger. Lane was determined to take Tiger home but his mother of course said no and I told him that was my cat and he could not have him. Lane is 13 and having a hard time growing up. Isaac got to ride Rosie for a while but I forgot to take any pictures. Rosie was not really wanting to mind very much either. I should have lunged her first but it is still icy in the round pen and they wanted to go home today.

Lane and Raspberry. He is a real animal lover and its too bad they live in town. He would have chickens and cats and heaven knows what else.

This was Sage today. She is healing up so well. I would never have guessed it when I found it last week. Vetricin is wonderful stuff. She is getting a little better about the spray bottle but it is still not her favorite thing. Maybe by the time it is healed she will not wig out.

We did have a good weekend. I don't think Nikki realizes how much I miss her. She had a good morning at church. She got to see friends she has not seen in a while and I got to introduce her to Greg and Lisa, two of our favorite people. Her bestie friend from high school was there and she got to have a good chat with Joanne. Our youngest daughter Chrissy and her family came out Saturday evening. It was good. And today we sold two of our cows and now we have money to do some things and some to put in savings for an emergency fund. That had been worrying us.

So that was our weekend. Loved every minute of it.

Blessings

Looking Back

Mustangs at the Wild Horse Corrals in Burns Oregon Probably close to 15 years ago. Lloyd was a youngish man and has now retired.
Bob at Mt. Rainer, Longmire area when he was young. I think the date on the picture is l943 but its in his brothers hand writing and it was later than that. We were born in l938 and I know he is older than 5 in that picture. Maybe l0 or 11.

Me and the Horse at the Fredrick Meyer Gardens in Grand Rapids, Michigan a few years ago. My friend Sue lives in Hastings. We had such fun.

Sage is doing well. She does not like the spray bottle but she IS going to get used to it.

Blessings.

Update and Raspberry

This is how her cut looks this evening. Its getting much better. I will be glad when its covered over though.
My new little love bug - Raspberry. She is lonely because she has been with a large group but she will get used to being here. She is very sweet.

We are waiting for Nikki and her youngest two boys to arrive. It won't be for a while. She didn't leave until she got off work. I am so excited about her coming. It has been a long time it seems since she came over here. Last July I think.

An ugly grey day but no snow so I will not complain.

Blessings.

Winter Returns

Yesterday around the farm. Rowdy and his hens sitting in the sun. Its a good thing they enjoyed it yesterday because it snowed today. Nothing on the ground but it was nasty and grey. I wanted to ride again today but no such luck.
Raven looking for a treat.

Wrangler wondering if I was going to be waving that darn tarp around again. He has never gotten so he can tolerate that.

Domino. He is so pretty.

This afternoon we went to watch out grandson play basketball at his middle school His number is 24. He did great and they won by lots. I was proud of him. He used to be quite blond but now he is turning into a real redhead. His hair is very curly and he hates it. Grandma loves it.

Tomorrow evening Nikki will be here and I am so excited. Miss her so much. I have some real cleaning to do tomorrow like the guest room and the mess room to get it all ready for Nikki, Lane and Isaac. It isn't really dirty just messy and it makes me worry because she cleans houses for a living and is a perfectionist. She does not get that from her mother. Nor her father for that matter.

Sage is coming a long. I don't like how it looks but Bob says it is improving. I hope he and Shannon are right. I want it well yesterday. Ya know how that is.

Blessing

Happy Birthday Scotty

The last time our kids were together. Scott is on the left. He usually looked like he just got up but he was sweet.
Scott and his two kids. Robby and Coreen. Love that picture. Robby now has 2 little girls and Coreen is 20.

At the cemetery the next day.

She is looking better. You can see where it is beginning to try to build a scab. I did bridle her. It was not close to the cut. I have been putting the saddle on every day and today I got on her and rode her for about an hour in the round pen. I want to take her out of there. She was marvelous, kept her head down and responded to my legs just fine.

I am tired of begging for help. Bob doesn't want me to ride her out of the round pen but every one that tells me they will help have other things come up. Not their fault at all and I am not frustrated with them, just that I want help and can not afford a trainer. She is kind of spooky but really really seems better. She did not spook on Bob at all. She just walked along with him like a dolly. I am just whining I guess. I hear Bob and others saying you don't want to get hurt, over and over and of course I don't but I trust her. I really do. Oh well. Such is life.

Blessings.

Not such a good ending

Pepper got ridden today and was so happy to have his person riding him. He lets anyone ride him but when Bob gets on, he is a different horse. He has his head up and he was rearing to go.
Our little place from across the road.

Bob and Pepper ponying Sage. He lead her around for the better part of an hour. She did just awesome. Maybe tomorrow we will try down the road.

What are you doing out here?

Bob giving her head a rub when they got back to the barn.

And later in the day when I went to put her in for the night this is what I found. She somehow had gotten her head in between the gate and a fence post that the gate holds it closed. I about had a wigged out moment when I saw it. I called Bob and he and Katie came right over and he called Shannon. Shannon is our neighborhood vet tech and has a vet for a sister that she confers with. There is nothing to sew to so we will just treat it. I will go get some Shreiners tomorrow to spray on it. It is the best stuff that I know of to heal and usually no or very little scarring. When Ditto got into barbed wire one time I used that and there was nor is any scarring at all and her leg looked bad. At least to me.

Sage is very stoic or it doesn't hurt. She let Shannon treat it as long as I was feeding her treats. And of course I had sworn off treats for her. Well I guess this is a good excuse to give them to her.

So a really good day ended not so good but its just the top layer of hide, it could have been so very much worse.

Blessings