Baby Girls

Lily is shedding out from sorrel to more of a chestnut. Gorgeous girl
Cheyenne has a pretty head

Jewel's hip (11 months) on the left, Cheyenne hip (2 years) on the right.

Kissy is finally settling in

Horses in the Spring

Sky was worried about the babies in a separate pasture.
Sweet Old Ruby....

Tinkerbelle and Harley

While we were cleaning up the barn area we put the babies in the small pasture. Still a little early for thick grass, but they were happy to have an area to graze and not be standing in muck.

Spring Clean Up

Looks good now. From 2 feet of muck and mud to dry dirt.
About half way through

I love a man on a tractor Bob worked on the tractor while I moved panels from 8am to 7pm. It was a long day but the barn area is all cleaned up and ready for summer!! Yippee! This is my favorite spring project.

From Florida to Spokane

We had a wonderful time in Florida. The weather was a beautiful 75 pretty much the entire time we were there. The last couple of days I learned all about torrential rainfall however the temps still remained over 70 degrees. We arrived home at 12:30am after a long day of delayed flights. However, the ground was clear and no snow. I fell asleep around 1:30am. When I woke up some 4 hours later I looked outside and this is what I found. About 5 inches of snow.

Welcome Home :)

Nick & Amber's Wedding

Amber's family Cody, Michele, Bobby, Wayne, Aunt Debbie & Uncle Barry
Amber, Bobby, Michele, Mom and friends

Getting ready to go in to get married.

Pedicures

A white Peacock....so cool
Brilliant

Amber & Nick on the beach

Moose, Amber and Nick hanging out at home

Florida is Beautiful

Cool fence on Pensacola Beach
It is so different from the Pacific Coast

Mom, Amber & Me

Beautiful

Mom, Amber & Nick

Devastation left behind from Hurricane Ivan

It's Snowing

I was optimistic over the weekend. The sun was shining. Most of the snow had disappeared. I took pictures of Jewel and watching her color change in the bright sunshine....and then I woke up this morning. Here we go again. It is snowing like a big dawg and no relief in sight!! UGH! I hope it lets up and melts off before Thursday. Stay tuned.

Dirty Jewel - 10 Months Old

Even when Jewel has rolled in the mud she is the most beautiful horse I own.
I heard Jewel outside and realized it was Jewel talking to the neighbor horses.

Jewel is as precious as her name. Her true roan is coming out from under the dirt.

Broken Water Line

Well it isn't a great picture but gives you the idea of what we were dealing with. It is a 2'x2' hole in the concrete. I had to lay on my belly and reach down to dig out the sand, gravel and water. When I couldn't reach down any farther, I slid down the hole and knelt down. It was a nightmare. We had to hand dig over 4 feet to get to the water line. Not only is it hard to hand dig gravel but the water kept fillig the hole. So I would dig gravel and then bucket water out, about 2 to 1. It took 3 days to dig it out and repair the broken line. We left the hole open to watch to make sure the repair held. That night is rained all night and the next day. I checked the hole the next morning and it had given way exposing a 2x4' hole from the outside to the inside. What an ordeal.

Cowboys Velvet Kiss "Kissy"

Well, its a long story but I'll just cut to the chase. I've always dreamed of a black registered quarter horse with a blaze and white socks. Well, she is registered, and quarter horse, she has 2 white socks in the back and a beautiful blaze. However, I am unsure if she is really black, she looks more dark chocolate, well figure it out when she sheds out..

My only reservation is she is TINY.
Jewel is on the left, Kissy is on the right.....Kissy is 2 months older than Jewel. Now, yes Jewel is big for her age and yes, Kissy is tiny for her age. I think she is either the same size as Lily when we brought her home, she may be smaller.

She had a halter on 24/7 for 11 months. She has wear marks on the side of her face. We took the halter off and will teach her to let me catch her. She is pretty sweet.

She had never been trimmed so of course my first call was to Jeff our farrier.

It was a little bit of a rodeo but we got her trimmed and she is walking much better. Jeff will be back in March and we'll continue to shape them. I'll get Dr Kris out here to start on her immunizations. Kissy is barely halter broke so I will be working at length to get a little respect on the ground. Right now, she is spooky and doesn't like her head touched. She is a pretty little girl with a very kind soul, very much like Lily.

Winter Wonderland - January 2009

6ft Chainlink Fence a solid wall of ice
Stream out back

Meadow Trees

Meadow in the Winter

Patti's Pond