Tuesday, March 24, 2009

Spring Weather and Assorted Stuff

My cowboy washes my truck for me.
In the snow. While I stayed in the warm, dry house.


Spring... and we had snow. At our house. On the blossoms. So much for living below the snow line.
I considered requesting a refund from our realtor, I desired property that did not get snowed on.



UFOs hovering above that outbuilding? Nah, just my trick photography.




Horse teeth. You can tell a horse's age by it's incisors. Really. And by this picture you can even make a very accurate statement about this horse's gender without looking at the nether regions. Guess how?



This is my horse on drugs. She wouldn't normally submit to having her mouth cranked wide open with a large metal device designed to allow access to her molars, which extend as far back as her cheek shows in this picture. Horses require regular dental work. Really.







OK, sometimes I do enjoy the snow. Especially when it is not at my house and I get to enjoy it on the ski slopes, with my daughter and my grandson.




When it wasn't snowing it rained. and rained. and rained. Carson enjoyed the snow more than the rain. Our new trees and the pastures and the flowers love the rain. Me too, until our roof started leaking, in the middle of the night, in the bedroom, right beside my side of the bed. drip, drip, drip....




Wet.








It didn't rain or snow all of the time. The weather cleared enough during Di's visit in Feb. for an enjoyable trail ride. My nephew rides horses and snow boards, I miss you Kev!










It stopped raining enough for another trail ride. Tristan in the lead on the tall horse, Jerry and his good buddy follow on the mules.









It really doesn't rain and snow all of the time. I enjoyed a very lovely ride with a small group of lady friends recently. I need to get over my fear of heights, then I could take pictures while we ride along the cliffs, instead of being gripped in a panic, imagining plunging to a terrifying and painful death....











The snow in February was pretty I suppose and didn't hang around for long.











My nephew rides horses and snowboards and is missed.













The grandson who (whom?) is learning to snowboard.



I have sorely neglected my blog, life is just busy, and I feel 'behind' most of the time. There is always so much to do. Yes we are able to get out and enjoy life and I enjoy sharing that. We also are busy working and busy with all of the 'projects' around our log cabin in the woods.


Snow skiing and horseback riding are two of my favorite activities. I am so thankful that we have been able to enjoy both with good friends and family.


I am calling a hotel room 'home' this week. Excellent Internet connection here. I watched a little TV this evening. Very little, I don't understand the popularity of 'Dancing With the Stars'. The news continues to depress. I am so ignorant that as hard as I try, I cannot comprehend, not by any stretch of my mind, how going into unimaginable debt will save our economy. So I turn off the news, turn on my computer and blog. I get form letter emails from one of my government representatives. I disagree with all of her views, I reply to her emails personally, but she never addresses my concerns personally. All I ask is for some common sense explanations. Listen to me go on and on. See, it's better that I don't regularly watch the television.


It's time to go lay down and do a bit of reading, compliments of the Gideons.


Oh and some grandma (nana) brag, visit greenslobber.blogspot.com and scroll down a few entries to see my youngest granddaughter in her very first horseshow. Yeehaw.


Happy Trails, whether they be dusty, wet or rainy!










Sunday, March 1, 2009

March First

I just spent an hour composing my Best Blog Post ever. I pressed publish post and lost it forever. It was lost even though blogger was supposedly saving it. Oh well. *sigh*
February was a fast and busy month. This will be a fast and busy post.
Last month we planted our mini orchard, built more rock flower beds, I spent a week out of town working, I spent a couple days in Las Vegas at a conference, my sister and nephew came to visit for a week, we snow skied once, have been trail riding a few times, have had lots of rain, enjoyed some warm sunny days also, the green grass is thick and growing, the flowers are blooming, Carson is blooming also, we are all well and healthy.
Life is good.
Today has been grey, windy and rainy. A lovely day, relaxing and restful. A warm house, a pot of bean soup and pan of warm cornbread. Perfect indeed.