Thankful Tuesday

Today I have much to be thankful for. Primarily on my list today was NO snow. Not one snowflake. Hallelujah. Its cold tonight though but the stars are out. That always makes me feel like a small pea in a large pond when the stars are so bright.

Now for the not so thankful thing today. Our 15 year old grandaughter found a lump in her breast. She is scheduled for a mammogram next week. She has large breasts for her age (like her mother did) and the doctor was not too worried about the smaller one Nikki found but there is a large one closer to under her arm that she is worried about. Please pray, Nikki is terrified and her mother is not too much better off.

Mucked stalls today. The horses were glad to get out today and in the crispy sunshine and ran and bucked. But they were glad to be back in this evening. I always enjoy that part of the chores. Amelia has got the routine down pat now.

Take care and have a wonderful Wednesday.

Monday

I took this picture yesterday. It poured down rain today so nothing would have been out in the field unless it was a duck. They looked so peaceful. There are 5 there. The one on the far left is a big buck. I think they can read the no hunting signs.

An awful weather day but not as awful as it is going to be. We had over an inch of rain today. And it is supposed to snow tonight. The snow level is 2,000" and we are at about 2,500'. I am not, I repeat NOT looking foreward to it at all. They are predicting a wet and pretty much snowless winter and that would be good after the last two years. I did have to shut the overhead barn door because it was blowing rain halfway down the aisle. The barn horses did not get out today.

We have got to figure out what to do with the donkeys. They have no shelter. And Bob is going elk hunting this weekend. I will figure something out. They looked pathetic when I fed them this evening. It did not quiet their voices though. They talk to me when I go out to feed until I get there with their hay.

I will get my flu shot tomorrow now that I am well. They think the older generation doesn't need the H1N1 shot. I hope they are right.

Sunday

Wish I had my longer lens. These were geese. Floating along the river enjoying the Sunday morning sunshine. They looked so pretty and relaxed along a pretty section of the river.

Bob went hunting but didn't get anything. I think he really enjoys being out there but he likes venison. I don't. I would rather he waited until elk season and hunted them. I like elk meat. He will hunt that too. He lives for this season of the year. I would rather have him home but won't argue about it. He does very little just for him.

The horses were not so anxious to come in this evening. It had been sunny and they enjoyed it. Wrangler was at the gate but he doesn't come in. Had to go call the other 3. Then they came and went into the barn. Both Amelia and Pepper had to be reminded to go to their stalls and not stop and eat grass along the way. Ditto never has to be reminded. I did not clean stalls today. I will strip them tomorrow.

Rusty is very funny when its feeding time. She starts pawing from the minute I go out until the minute she gets her hay. I ask her if she is counting. Wham wham wham. She is a funny mare. But so beautiful.

Saturday Smile

Let me introduce you to Miss Fancy Kitty. She is one of the barn kitties. Her sister has long hair and is much more timid than Fancy. I can pet her gently when she is eating. I don't know where she and Fluffy came from. Two white kittens appeared in the barn and they have grown up to be beautiful cats.
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Bob has been hunting today. He called a little bit ago and said they were in Chewelah on their way home. No deer. I think he expected me to be sad but I wasn't. I don't like venison so I am not sad.

The barn horses were glad to get out this morning in the sunshine even though it was chilly. It was windy and I wished I had put on a hat and gloves. They ran and bucked after not getting out yesterday. Later in the afternoon I cleaned the stalls. Two days and anymore it would have been really hard again. Ditto and Peppers stalls were not too bad but Amelia really can mess a stall up good. She is getting good about going in though. I just turned her loose with the other two to go in and she was the first to get there. Pepper as usual had to have a pop on the rear to remind him. I had intended to ride this afternoon but it was too windy. So, I took a nap instead.

Friday.

I figured out why my camera was on strike. Duh, the battery was dead and I then could not find the charger. I found it this evening in the car. Its one that you can plug in the car or in the house. Well, it was in the car so its charging up. I don't know what I would have taken a picture of today. It poured rain all day long. I didn't even put the barn horses out. I imagine they are mad but I could not bear it because there is no shelter in their pasture.

I have some bruises today but was not as sore as I thought I would be. The worst one is on my left wrist. Didn't know I hit it. I will survive though. I did have to give Amelia a treat today though and tell her I knew she didn't so it on purpose.

On the blog The Serenity Room, Barbara is giving away a beautiful Pashima shawl. I would love to win it. I will have to think of something one of these days to give away. I keep my horse books usually. Will have to think about it.

Thoughtful Thursday

I was thinking I was glad no one had a camera today when I was doing chores. I would have been embarrassed, humiliated and anything else you can think of. Poor Amelia had a run in with first the goat, then Pepper and then me. The goat head butted her in the rear, Pepper wouldn't let her by and she knocked me head over tea kettle, splat on the ground on my back looking up. She looked at me like oops, I am sorry. Do you have any idea how big a 13 hand horse looks when you are laying on the ground. She looked like a Belgian Draft horse. She just trotted over and went into her stall. I lay there groaning. I am fine, just some sore spots.

Then on a more serious note, I was thinking of families and how important they are. And I was thinking about our DIL Debbie and her sister Donna. Now Donna can be abrasive and has a past of drugs and who knows what but they are all each other have. When their dad died this past weekend, Debbie did not call Donna and Donna heard about from a 3rd party on Monday. Debbie can't understand why Donna was so mad. I told Debbie that should have been her second telephone call. She told me she could not deal with her. I have been thinking about that and praising God that our family is relatively close. Not that they don't have their disagreements about life styles, and other junk but God help anyone who said anything about siblings. My sister and I are very close even though we live far apart. I just don't get this disfunction.

Then I was thinking that this was a beautiful day. I should have gone riding.

Thankful Tuesday

No pictures. My camera went on strike for some reason. Darn.

I am thankful tonight for the garden I had. I have tons of squash in the freezer, a lot of zucchini ground and in the freezer. A lot of applesauce and apple pie filling in the freezer and today I made tomato sauce. I will have to figure out how to add what spices because the recipes I have found all have stuff in it that I don't want. Five pounds of tomatoes don't make a lot of sauce however and that is about what I had left. Five pounds. Still have carrots in the ground. I did not thin them too well and they are odd shaped but still good.

I need to tell a joke on myself. Well, it will be a joke to you but not so much to me at the time. I cleaned stalls, worked in the barn and decided it was such a nice day I would ride Pepper for a little bit bareback. I thought, everyone rides him with just a halter and I would. Well, I got on him. I have to be high enough just to swing my leg over and that is what i did. However, Pepper did not want to go for a ride anywhere, he wanted to eat grass. He put his head down and eat he did. The rope I had tied on to his halter so it was like a bridle came untied and I had one rope and he was determined to put his head down and eat. I had to sit on him until Bob got home because I can't get off without being able to step on to something and in the middle of the lawn, nothing. I thought Bob was going to have a seizure laughing at me. He got Pepper over so I could get off and I had a loud conversation with a horse that knows he is king of the universe. Next time I get a bug to ride bareback, and I do love to ride bareback, he will have a bridle on his little black head.

Now that you all have had a good laugh, talk to you tomorrow.