Tuesdays Tidbits

This is a sign hanging in my barn. It's quite effective in keeping guests from feeding the horses out of their hands!

I'm getting ready to take T to her riding lesson so you already know what kind of pictures you'll be seeing today! There's nothing like a proud grandmother with a digital camera! heehee! I need to start printing off some of them I am way behind. I need a nice rainy day when I can't be outside doing stuff to sit here and get them printed and put in books. I used to be a real die hard scrapbooker with all the gadgets and embellishments available in the stores and online, doing these incredibly (I thought) creative pages with pop ups and peekaboo's but now I'm lucky to get them IN a book!

Later:

T had a good lesson. The pony was a bit cranky today but who wouldn't be doing all those lessons. T's instructor had her doing a few different things today which was fun. She had to ride into a square and do two 360's and then ride out of it again and after a couple of tries did it very well. Also had to ride by a cone and lean over and touch it with her hand after putting the reins in one hand. A good way to learn balance.

She is getting much more confident in her riding and is learning that she is the driver and the pony is supposed to do what she wants him to do. It's fun to see her improve each week. When we got home she wanted to ride some more so she rode Kipper in the ring and then we went all around the neighborhood, so I got some exercise too! :0)

I declared war on the Japanese beetles that have been eating my plants. Along with the deer and the hail the beetles have done their share of damage this year to my gardens. I looked at one of my flowering crab trees and it looked like there were bees all over it and it was those darned ole' beetles. I went to the feed store and got some spray that is supposed to be effective in stopping them in their tracks so I gave everything they were eating a good spraying. Tomorrow I will see if there are any left. This has sure been a challenging year for growing things.

I'm cutting Mrs. Doe some slack though. Husband was out back and saw her with a set of TWINS! I guess they are just adorable with their spots all over them, wish he'd had a camera with him.

Tonight the kids came walking over through the woods for a visit. The grand kids wanted to see the horses so we went out there first and then they wanted to roast marshmallows so Son got a fire going in the pit.

I think they enjoy roasting them more then eating them as they wanted us to eat their charcoal covered confections which got a bit old after the first two or three! Cousin K was here too, he's a bit older then T and D but they all are like brothers and sister and have so much fun together.

We sat around the fire and told stories until it was time for them to go home and get ready for bedtime. What a blessing it is to have them so close by and to do things with them regularly. They are growing so fast and T starts school in the fall so I want to do as much as possible with them as time just flies by so fast. You all know what I'm talking about. :0) I'm so happy Son and DIL decided to build where they did and it is only a 5 minute walk from our house. ( I promised them I wouldn't drive them nuts! heehee!)

Guess that's it around here today. Tomorrow they are predicting some showers and thunder storms so it should be interesting. I hope you all are having a good week!:0)