A GREEN Thursday

GREEN

I had a hard time finding what I wanted to take a green picture of. So when I found Rusty laying down with her green halter on in a round pen of green panels, I thought Yes this is it.

Tomorrow word is TEXTURE.

It did not take long at all to get the halter on Rusty. We ran off some spook off her doing a few laps changing directions and so forth. The I got her to stand and rubbed her neck. Put the lead rope around her neck and the first time she left. So, we did a few more directions and then she stopped and let me put the rope around her neck and then the halter on her. Well, then she just did what I wanted. She knew she had lost control. I petted her a big and then went up to the house to accomplish something inside. When I went back she let me walk right up to her. We did some despooking things and she did good. When she didn't spook and did what I asked she got a hunk of apple. Good girl. When Bob got home he went down and rubbed her neck and talked to her. She was glad to see him.

Then we went to the Mustang Horse Club meeting. We are going to have a ride on April 10th. Hope the weather is good. We are planning Mustang Days. We need to get going on it. A few different people are going to get some solid prices on arenas. Either of the first two weekends in June will be what we are aiming at.

Friday is a coming.

OBSTACLE WEDNESDAY

The OBSTACLE

Today that's the fog. It was starting to lift a little but still was there.

The word tomorrow is GREEN

Today I spent the afternoon with Rusty. I put her in the round pen and ran her around a few time changing directions ect. Then I tried to walk up to her. Didn't work the first time so back around she went. Tried again, back to work again. She is NOT afraid of me, just does not like me for some reason. The third or so time I could rub her neck. Then I gave her half an apple. So we worked like that for quite a while. You let me rub your neck and you will get a piece of an apple. I did not try to put the halter on her. I just had it hanging over my arm all the time. when I get the halter on her and can handle her more I will start getting the dreads out of her mane. It is about 36 or so inches long. I don't want to pull it out but I am not sure she will let me spray anything on it. I will keep working though. I love that face.

Thinking Thursday tomorrow. Stay tuned.

DROOPY TUESDAY

DROOPY

This little busy was droopy under the weight of the very wet snow we had yesterday. And the poor little truck someone left out there. The snow is about gone today.

OBSTACLE

That is the word for tomorrow

I had quite a time today and it really was my own fault but still not too much fun. When I went in to put Cody and Rusty in their pen for the night and to feed them, I did not latch the gate. I just closed it. Wrong thing to do. Rusty and Cody went in the pen just fine and Rusty went right straight to the gate and pushed it open with her chest and off they went on a romp around the barn and around, and around. I put their hay in their feeder and thought they would go in. Wrong again. The neighbor had been watching us run around the barn. Well they were running, I was walking. Wayman stood there and waved his arms at them when they came around the barn and guess what. They went right in their pen. He is not crazy about horses and he usually is not sober but he was this evening. I appreciated it a lot.
Remember only five more days to comment here on the blog to have an entry for the give away. The candle and candle holder are really cute. At least I think so. I love cardinals.

Hope your Wednesday is happy.

WILD Monday

WILD

She must have had an itch. I took this thru the window with my long lens. She wasn't too concerned about my stopping the car and sitting there.

Tomorrow's word is DROOPY.

Finally got my prescriptions all picked up today so think I will have a little more get up and go when the proper levels get where they should again. Sometimes my ideas about not taking them are not helpful.

Rusty is certainly a poop sometimes. She does not want to be a gentled horse very often. The weather has been so winter like she has not been worked a whole lot. BUT, she loves apples. She would do just about anything for an apple. She would not take them from me when I was in the pen until today. I told her she was not going to get an apple if she did not take it from me when I was in the pen with her. She finally did. She got three or four halves of apples from my hand. Cody was jealous but he got some too. I think we may have found a key to getting thru to her. I hope so.

Yesterday after church and after visiting with the baby and his sister, we went to lunch at the Rusty Moose in Airway Heights. We received a gift card from our friends Terri and Kurt Carstens. Thank you so much Terri and Kurt. We have enough to go to breakfast sometime on the same card. You don't know how much we appreciate it. We will come and finish what we started in the spring.

We woke up to snow this morning. Just because I said we probably have some. Then it turned into rain and then it turned into heavy pea soupy fog. Winter.

Have a Tuesday better than today.

MOVEMENT on Sunday

MOVEMENT

What better example could there be. This is Coyote Ice Cream aka as Cody to me. He was having a good time.

Tomorrow's word is WILD

Me and Nathanial having a discussion. We stopped to visit after church today. He was wide awake and seemed to enjoy our conversation. We didn't solve any of the world problems but we talked about them.

Nathanial. Isn't he a dolly?

Papa Great having a good time with Liliana his big sister. She loves her Papa Great. Me, not so much but she does love him.

She wanted to come see the horses and this is how we had to leave her. Complete with a cowboy hat and shoes. She probably would not have gotten any further than the car but she thought she wanted to come with us. I felt so sad, almost cried with her.

Church was good this morning. The worship was awesome and the message gave us much to think about. God did not give us the spirit of fear but of power and love and a strong mind.

Please, all of you whether you know Andrea of Mustang Saga or not, pray for her sister Amy. Amy has breast cancer, has young children and found out her cancer has spread to her bone. I want to so bad do something to help that family out but at this point all I know to do is pray.

On that note, have a great Monday.

BEAUTY

BEAUTY

Wild life is beauty at its best for me. These two Canadian Geese were in a field when I left to go to Ellensburg this morning. I named it Book Ends. OR, I am not speaking to you. LOL.

Tomorrow the word is MOVEMENT.

I went to Ellensburg to a meeting this morning. It was very productive but I am glad we only meet three times a year. Its about a 325 mile trip for me. With a meeting in the middle.

Oliver is much better today. He has not had a good few weeks. First he knocks off a horn and then he gets sick. His temp was almost normal and he ate a little today. Poor baby. He has been my pet and buddy for about 10 years now. I was scared to look out the window this morning but Bob told me he was better. Made me breathe better. I did not think he would make it last night. Poor goat.

Have a blessed Sunday.

Cats, cats, I have lots of cats.

Yang

The boss man of the barn.

He is lovable and sweet. We have no idea where he came from. He had a brother we called Ying but he decided some place else was better living quarters. Then 4 more young cats appeared and then 6 more little bitty ones. I know there is a big black cat living under the shed where Bob has his horseshoeing stuff. Wilder than wild. Could be the mother of the bitty ones but don't know. How do the people who dump these sweet critters off know if we will feed and take care of them. Grrrrrrrrr. It makes me mad. All but one or two of the bitty ones are friendly, the others don't want to be touched. We have no rodents in the barn.

The word tomorrow is BEAUTY.

That to me is going to be easy. There is beauty all around us if we look.

I have a very sick goat. The goat lady down the road does not give me much hope of him pulling through. He has pneumonia. Probably from this crazy up and down weather. I hate it. He looks so sick. We gave him a big double shot of antibiotics and that is all we can do. Shannon is a vet tech and she raises goats. I appreciate her so much. Oliver is about 9 years old. I have had him since he was 3 months old.

I have to go to Ellensburg tomorrow for a Washington State Horsemen state board meeting. Its about a 2 1/2 hr. drive. I usually go and stay the night but the meeting doesn't start until noon so I will just go for the day.

Hope your Saturday is happy.