Really, I can’t remember how old he was. I can’t remember what his registered name was. I do remember he was my mode of transportation for many, many years. He was a sweetheart. Brought up from Oklahoma by a guy from Hyattville, Wyoming… This man used to drive to Oklahoma, buy a new horsetrailer and…
Category: Horses
Wordless Wednesday – “You Scratch My Back…”
When spring comes, that itchy winter hair needs to disappear! Two of our horses help each other out in this trio of photos… “You Scratch My Back… and I’ll Scratch Yours…”
Meet Brownie
Yesterday as we kicked those 100 pairs out on grass, Vernon was test driving a new horse. Meet the brown horse. No name. Well, there’s probably a name on his papers, but we haven’t seen them. Pretty papers don’t make a good horse… so we’ll look at them if we buy him. “Brownie” works for…
Sepia Shipping OOPE
Before my eyes slam shut and I lose consciousness… I’ll share my sepia flavored OOPE photos from today’s mountain excursion. My favorite flavor! The plan must be made… the 30 old and open cows… and the 24 heifers… and 1 errant steer… must be loaded onto the semi for the sale on Tuesday. The calves…
Wordless Wednesday – Tall Grass/Quarterhorse/Fat Cows/Brisk Wind
Panama grazes during our windy lunch break yesterday… please ignore the houndstongue in his forelock.
Wordless Wednesday – A Feather in His Mane
Panama sports a feather in his mane…
Cody Trip 2
Today was gorgeous and I spent most of it outside, so this is a late post, sorry! To continue the story from yesterday… The preview show began at 8 am… that’s why we had to leave home so early. We arrived in good time. The preview is simply the seller’s showing off what their horse…
Cody Trip
Yes, it snowed again this morning. Yes, we left at 5 am for the Cody Wild West Days Top Notch Horse Sale. Yes, we looked at so many horses I was getting confused. Yes, we discarded some of our pre-sale favorites and chose new ones. Yes, I got sunburned. Yes, there were LOTS of people…
Ponies
If you’re one of our horses… you need patience. You need to wait when we doctor, sort in the corral, eartag, eat lunch, and do a hundred other things. You get to take naps and swish flies (though the fly population hasn’t exploded yet!). You get to get used to your buddy and not get…
Test Drive OOPE
Yesterday I spent the afternoon horseback, hunched against the Wyoming wind. That is guaranteed to make my shoulders ache, but it seems impossible for me to ride in the wind without raising my shoulders and trying to protect myself from the blasts. Luckily, the wind wasn’t the freezing cold temperature that it often is, and…
Test Drive
I went to a good friend’s house yesterday afternoon for a test drive. I’ve been on the lookout for a new horse, and he’s been helping me. My dream horse: 6 or 7 years old (the stupid has usually left by then!) Short enough I can get on…(the stirrup keeps getting harder…
Busy Day… one of many to come!
I know I’m late, but I have had a busy day… My mother and daughter left after lunch today… so we spent the morning trying to talk about everything we’ve not had a chance to cover the past two days. It always seems like such a short visit… We had to play with the puppies…