Happy Father's Day!

Got all my calls made - my father, my step-father, my father-in-law... and yes my son-in-law. I don't have any 2-legged grandkids but I wanted to call and tell him how much I appreciated that he was such a good dad to my granddogs :)

Surprised him! But I think he liked it...

All 3 of my girls called Randy which makes me feel good. And we had Alex with us for the weekend, so we met up with T.J. on the east side before taking Alex back to school (long story short, this whiz kid is in summer school at ASU for the second year, and he just finished his junior year of HS!) - anyway we had a nice lunch at Monti's La Casa Vieja, we'd never eat there before. Of course the lunch conversation was pretty much guy stuff so since I couldn't talk I ate too much lol. Thanks boys!! Seriously, thanks so much for including me in your dad's lunch...

Had some time to kill so visited the local Ross store and SCORE I found 3 pairs of capris :) Happy Father's Day to ME! ;)

An Awesome Day...

I was fortunate to be able to join a few friends as they worked on their horses for upcoming endurance rides. First ting out on the trail the lead horse came upon a rattler... the rest of us backed off so she could turn around, then a couple of us walked back to toss rocks and convince the snake to move on and let us pass. Stubborn thing took quite a few rocks!
A Katie earcam

Gorgeous day, gorgeous rocks, gorgeous view (and if you look close you can see the rigs between the rocks!)

One of my friends is trying out a horse and, I believe, this was her first "real" ride - several others and several hours.
Melanie and Baloo

Caught this shot of Melanie after a session of gaiting along the wash...I think she's happy!

What a great couple ;) I hope it works out that she can keep this horse!


Afterward we hit Harold's in Cave Creek for lunch and I had the YUMMIEST chicken sandwich - if you go there, try the "Sandscratcher"! Then I came home and took a nap ;) I was supposed to go get hay but by the time I got home I wouldn't have made it, so I talked Randy into going during the week for me - he's such a great guy! And to top off the day he took me to Olive Garden for dinner!

Walking With Winnie

WOW! I got an e-mail today with this link:



ok link not working for some reason so you will have to cut and paste this:

http://www.shawangunkjournal.com/2009/06/18/news/0906184.html

and I will try to fix it later at home, sometimes my work computer doesn't allow stuff {go figure}

...anyway so I checked it out and WOW! Definitely added Ann and Winnie to my blog roll and I am going to follow their journey...

Quite the uplift after yesterday's post huh?

Sugarfoot Is So Lucky!!!

This mare was not.

I found out about this yesterday. It is unknown whether the horse was turned loose or whether she got out but even if she wasn't dumped, just look at her apalling condition. And she got caught in the cattleguard - 3 broken legs, yes she had to be put down on the spot. By the way this was in Tonopah and the pictures were taken by someone I "know" through my riding forum.

It just makes me want to shoot someone.

This is happening more and more. This is why, despite a huge decrease in our income, I still have 20 equines. It's heartbreaking to see this happen to ANY horse. If it happened to one of mine, it would kill me... so if we have to eat Top Ramen so we can feed our herd, well, so be it.

Little Boy Pupdate

No pictures this time darn it, but on a whim I stopped by and got lucky, found the ladies in the dining room after no response at the apartment door, they were finished so took me back upstairs to see our boy. He's grown a bit but still really little... his ears are about standing up... and HE REMEMBERED ME!

They decided to name him Cocoa, which is still an awful trite cliche name to me but not quite as bad as their first idea, Pepper... at least he LOOKS like a "Cocoa" with his chocolate color. But the important thing is, HE IS LOVED. And he has a buddy, a tiny gray poodle named Dusty, who was quite put out with me for touching HIS puppy! Once I got Cocoa on my lap, though, he decided to join in and after that I guess I was okay...

And we have a tentative plan for me to bring Darci for a visit, to see if they remember each other and because the pup's owners would like to meet her. I WILL have the camera with me then!

Donkey Stuff

Well tonight I trimmed two more donkeys, Taffy and Mary Ellen. Both were almost perfect for me. So I am wondering, WHAT IS UP with my donkeys???? Of course I did have oatmeal raisin cookies to bribe them with...

And I forgot to post these on Sunday: This is what was waiting for me when I returned from my ride...

Do you think they are hungry?

Once the gate was opened, all I saw was heels


Happily eating - better late than never!

Little Girl Pupdate

She's getting cuter all the time isn't she?

As for me I'm feeling good about accomplishing something. Got Betty Lou trimmed and she gave me no trouble at all. And I brushed ten yes TEN donkeys tonight! Then fed everybody, and all after work and before dark!