Friday Happenings

I just finished reading the pioneer woman http://thepioneerwoman.com/ and she has a new puppy. He is soooooooo cute. Now basically I am a cat person, well, actually Hubby is not a dog person which makes me not a dog person as we have to live in the same house but I digress...

Ree's new puppy looks like a beagle but it might be something else, not sure. Anyway he is adorable with the big floppy ears and soft muzzle. Too bad they have to grow up and lose that puppy look. Maybe that's why the pocket pups are so popular now that all the celebrities seem to be carrying around, they are small and keep that puppy look. Sort of.

It snowed last night and is supposed to again tonight. Yippee! Last night we only got 3 or 4 inches, just enough that the plowman thinks he has to come plow us out as if we couldn't get out of the drive way in 3 inches of snow. Now in some areas that might be a lot of snow but here in Maine it's just a 'dusting' and wouldn't stop anyone from going anywhere.

You know it's amazing how much better a scanner works if it is plugged in.........my computer guy got a real kick out of that 'repair'! So consequently I have been scanning my little heart out today with some of the horses that I have had in my life.

No this isn't a young Buddy, it is Smokey Jack an appy that we had about 25 years ago. We bought him from a struggling college student who couldn't afford to pay his board for $350.00 and it's the best money we ever spent on a horse. He went western, English, drove and was great trail riding. We did really well with him at the smaller regional shows. We had him for many years. Yes, that is a much younger me, oh to be that thin again, I'm depressed!

This is Joe's Ginger Snap an appy mare we got in New York state. She was a lovely mare and we showed her all over New England. We used her for Leadline, Trail, Western, English and Halter. Son was about 4 or 5. We had her also for many years and then she went on to be a side saddle horse for a lady in Massachusetts. The next picture is of her foal only a few minutes old and the next one she is a couple months old.

This is Skipper B Brave a leopard appy that belonged to my sister in law. He was gorgeous and a nice gentle guy with a big heart. We had him till J went off to college and then he went to a family that had him till he died of old age. Yes, that is me on the fence. I'm more depressed!



This next one is going WAY back and this is Misty Dawn a filly we raised from a foal. She was our surprise baby. We didn't know her mother had been bred when we bought her. I think I was about 12 years old then, she was about 2. The next picture is her mother Flicka a little grade mare that we bought from a local horse dealer. I remember the day vividly as Dad and I went out to look at the horses and came home with her on the back of the pick up truck. Didn't have a horse trailer back then! It was the most exciting day of my young life to drive into the drive way with her!! Little did we know that in a few months we'd have Misty Dawn. We had her until she was 17 and she died with a twisted intestine. I was devastated, I'd had her so long, she was such a big part of my life from such a young age but these things happen.



This next one is Comanche a paint that we had for a while. He was a nice horse and we used him for parades and trail riding, didn't show back then.

This last picture is of Son when he was about three years old. He had ridden his pony in leadline and won his first ribbon. I probably still have it tucked away some where. Sniff..sniff..

Now isn't he the cutest thing you've seen in a long time? Hey he's even cuter then Ree's new puppy! :o)