First Snake Of The Season...

Got a text last night from my friend Mary, killed the first rattlesnake of the season on her back porch... found it because my granddog Chelsie was nose to nose with it!!! Must have been cold or sick as it didn't even coil or try to strike and luckily Chelsie listened when she was called off... so Mary put the dogs in the house, got the shovel and baby snake lost its head... didn't even really try to strike at Mary! I asked her what she did with it and she said it was bagged in the trash so I asked her to go get it and put it in the freezer... in the back of my mind is Mikey skinning snakes and wouldn't it be cool to give Randy one to hang in his {indoor} shop... Mary says EEWWW but does it :)

So I e-mailed Mikey back and forth and long story short we have a date with a couple of dead snakes!

Some Cowboy Poetry

I heard this done by a young man named Eric a couple of years ago on a ride with the Arizona Desert Riders... imagine my surprise at receiving it in an e-mail... and the fond memories of lots of good rides with those folks that it brought back!

I ain't much for shopping,
Or for goin' into town
Except at cattle-shipping time,
I ain't too easily found.

But the day came when I had to go -
I left the kids with Ma.
But 'fore I left, she asked me,
'Would you pick me up a bra?'

So without thinkin' I said, 'Sure,'
How tough could that job be?
An' I bent down and kissed her
An' said, 'I'll be back by three.'

Well, I done the things I needed,
But I started to regret
Ever offering to buy that thing -
I worked me up a sweat

I walked into the ladies shop
My hat pulled over my eyes,
I didn't want to take a chance
On bein' recognized.

I walked up to the sales clerk -
I didn't hem or haw -
I told that lady right straight out,
'I'm here to buy a bra.'

From behind I heard some snickers,
So I turned around to see
Every woman in that store
Was a'gawkin' right at me!

'What kind would you be looking for?'
Well, I just scratched my head.
I'd only seen one kind before,
'Thought bras was bras,' I said.

She gave me a disgusted look,
'Well sir, that's where you're wrong.
Follow me,' I heard her say,
Like a dog, I tagged along.

She took me down this alley
Where bras was on display.
I thought my jaw would hit the floor
When I saw that lingerie.

They had all these different styles
That I'd never seen before
I thought I'd go plumb crazy
'fore I left that women's store.

They had bras you wear for eighteen hours
And bras that cross your heart.
There was bras that lift and separate,
And that was just the start.



They had bras that made you feel
Like you ain't wearing one at all,
And bras that you can train in
When you start off when you're small.

Well, I finally made my mind up -
Picked a black and lacy one -
I told the lady, 'Bag it up,'
And figured I was done.

But then she asked me for the size
I didn't hesitate
I knew that measurement by heart,
'A six-and-seven-eighths.'

'Six and seven eighths you say?
That really isn't right.'
'Oh, yes ma'am! I'm real positive -
I measured them last night!'

I thought that she'd go into shock,
Musta took her by surprise
When I told her that my wife's bust
Was the same as my hat size.

'That's what I used to measure with,
I figured it was fair,
But if I'm wrong, I'm sorry ma'am.'
This drew another stare.

By now a crowd had gathered
And they all was crackin' up
When the lady asked to see my hat,
To measure for the cup.

When she finally had it figured,
I gave the gal her pay.
Then I turned to leave the store,
Tipped my hat and said, 'Good day.'

My wife had heard the story
'fore I ever made it home.
She'd talked to fifteen women
Who called her on the phone.

She was still a-laughin'
But by then I didn't care.
Now she don't ask and I don't shop
For women's underwear.

~ Author Unknown ~

Bust A Gut Again...

No visual here, just a funny riddle from an OLD Reader's Digest...

What do you call a bad psychic?

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Telepathetic!

{groan}

Back To Work

Blech.

Can I go back to Flagstaff now???

Back Already Darn It!

Sherman and Rocket forced to take a break from playing to get their picture taken with mama...

Luna was fantastic today. We jumped a couple of logs... we opened and closed more gates... AND WE LOPED! A LOT!!!!! Didn't get any pictures though darn it! And we almost brought home this:

But it came untied while we were loping and I didn't notice until we got back :(

Another wonderful weekend with AZBCR!!!

Forest Fun

Just some fun shots from our day at Little Elden...

My friends Pat on Rocky and Lisa on Maggie

Coming through the gate (which we actually opened and closed on the way back!!!)

Yup that's me in my fashionable riding headgear ;)

See Luna, everyone else is doing it...

Still trying to get Luna in the water...

Luna and Rocky caught in a kiss lol.

A Luna earcam - look, who's that in front of us? That's right, NO ONE! Luna was actually leading...

Luna off on her own...

Rocky and Luna sharing an after-trail beverage!

Rocket just loves Carter... and I just love that one ear up and one ear down look of his...

The dogs are having a blast and Luna was very good today :)

Off We Go Again

...to Little Elden, the horse camp north of Flagstaff... we will be a caravan... me first because I've been there before, with Rocket and Sherman, and in the trailer, Luna and Rocky... then Lisa with son Carter and horses Lady and Maggie... and then Pat with her camper (Rocky is her ride)...

So look for pictures when we return...