To finish your reins you need one more step. The keepers hold on your popper… or tighten your openings… Though they appear daunting, they really aren’t. I would invest in a hemostat to help you thread the cords. Put the popper in place and wrap an 18″ section of cording like so… And so… You’ve…
Reining Again, Part Two
We’re going to finish out your reins… This is the end that will attach to your hackamore or your bit. We use snaffle bits on almost every horse, so that is what I braid for. To attach to the bit you need to create a loop, like this one. You do this in two steps….
Reining Again
Wow… I guess a few of you liked the idea of braiding your own reins! That’s exciting and I’m always thrilled when people want to create objects! I know how much of a thinking process it is… and can only see how it benefits you… I think everybody needs to learn to do some creating……
May Day Wishes
Happy May Day! Mom always told me there are people better off and people worse off than what you are. Be grateful for what you have… That was reinforced today after I read Kari’s blog at http://montanaforreal.blogspot.com My pitiful couple of inches of snow pale horribly in comparison to Kari’s 5 foot (yes, I said…
Rein, Rain, Snow
Ugh. Wyoming. Really? You must not have received the message… but people in Wyoming are READY FOR SPRING! Yet, this was out my front window this morning… Oh, well… Time for a little creativity for Brandon… He needed some new reins… he and I both prefer round reins versus flat reins. I’m braiding an eight…
Getting Creative
I enjoy making things… I have made pen and ink greeting cards… Clay covered pens and altoid cans… Cross-stitch… Watercolor paintings… Hitched browband for a bridle… Beaded Indian dress, bags, and browbands… Pysanky eggs… Painted skulls… Air-brushed greeting cards… Quilts… Crocheted potholders… Built wooden benches and birdhouses and boot jacks… Photography… Plus many other little…
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…”
Garden – Potato 101
I spent the morning writing our ranch’s centennial story. They publish a book full of stories from each year’s Wyoming’s Centennial Farms and Ranches. Though our centennial was last year, they are just now collecting stories. For those of you who missed our party, you might investigate some entries from July of last year… I…
Sore
OK. Sore. Sore. <groan> I am so ready for a soak in a hot tub… but I don’t own one. It’s not that we traveled a lot of distance as the crow flies… it was like six or seven miles total crow distance… or that we kicked hundreds of pairs out… it was more like…
Blue Sky Gift
Wonderful Wyoming did it again… We awoke to rain with an occasional snowflake. For a bit, it was a full blizzard, then it backed off! Needless to say, Vernon voted for his tractor and plowing again, and I blasted off for the Mills Place to throw some paint on the walls. I painted ceilings first,…
Heading Home
After a couple of days of dismal weather, you couldn’t have asked for a better setting. Today was absolutely gorgeous Wyoming weather! Which was helpful, since we were trying to take the big bunch out to the hills. Since my little Panasonic camera is now kaput, I resorted to my OOPE style of photography. For…
Called for Rain
Our plan was to ride yesterday and today, kicking more pairs out to grass. Since yesterday threatened rain and thunderstorms, we decided to move the bulls to their bull pasture just over a mile away. I was mounted on Panama, the guys on their four-wheelers since it is road 90% of the way… I was…