Horse Update

Here's the Bug-Man! TreyTrey seems to have developed an allergy to bugs over the last couple of years, so he gets to wear a flysheet. We got him this Weatherbeata flysheet from Laurel Farm and Western Supply, and I must say I love it! It has a bellyband and neck cover, stays put on him, has the little rubber bands on the buckles to hold it tight, and yesterday when it was 90 degrees out, he wasn't sweating under it!
I realized as I was walking past my trailer to take pics of the horses, that I didn't get a pic of the trailer up when I got it last year because I wasn't being a very diligent blogger. So for those of you who haven't seen it, this is my new trailer that I had custom made last year. It's complete with electric jack (my requirement) and aluminum wheels (Paul's requirement). I'll get some more pics one of these days. It is made by Double R Trailers in Nampa, Idaho, and if you like it, talk to C.A.B. Trailers in Ferndale, they are the local dealer and great to deal with!

PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE go to Http://www.StephanieStremlerPhotography.Blogspot.Com and see the pics of Gina's recent photoshoot! Thank you so much Stephanie for all your kind words and beautiful pics of Gina. She said to tell you sorry she kept trying to kill you. Actually that's a lie, Gina wouldn't apologize for that, so I am sorry she kept trying to kill you! :)

Fence is up!

Here is our temporary fence, until we tear it all out, fall a few more trees, build the barn and put in permanent paddocks. Paul cut down a bunch of little trees for some of the posts, they look cute! Too bad they aren't treated, so we will replace them when we build the barn, but for now they are great! Apparently I didn't get any pics of those ones though, sorry! Maybe later.

Horse Habitat Progress

T found this umbrella and kept calling it her umbarrow and then laughing hysterically. She carted it all around for a while. Here she and her Umbarrow are checking out the new driveway.

These logs will be beams for the barn.

Driveway and future lawn area leveled and ready for gravel.

The new gravel spread out. We traded a horse for this gravel, it has a lot cheaper upkeep!

Hunter follows me everywhere, so he ends up in a lot of these pics!

Yay for Hay!!!

Well, I think we have enough hay to last through the winter. We got 194 bales off a field last week, and got it put up in the barn. I love seeing trucks working ( I know, I'm a hillbilly) so I thought I would let you share in the joy. This beautiful Ford is my Mom's truck Georgie P. Green. It reminds me so much of the truck I drove when I first got my license, only mine was blue. Can you picture this in the Lynden Christian parking lot?

Better Late than Never...

Here's T on her new horse Cookie, T has been riding her and we taught her how to stand on the stump. She is a champion driving mare and we took her for a drive down our little road yesterday, she did so great. T likes to take her toy horses (all are now named Cookie) and stand them up on blocks just like the real Cookie. She is so horse crazy!

My Snow Pony

Here's my TreyTrey in the snow. I'm wasn't sure how he would feel about having a run in stall where he could come and go as he pleases this winter. But from the looks of it, he doesn't mind being outside one bit! I'm pretty sure I'm going to geld him in the spring and then he and Boomie can play together.

Fence Handle Icicles

Well with even more snow on the weekend, I found some cool icicles on the handles of the horses pens. That's Boomer in the background.

Kyra

Kyra is my friend Jodi's daughter and she is asolutely adorable, (and a bit mischevious!) She is seen below dipping her peacock feather in the horses water trough and tickling Abby in the nose with her wet feather!

Please note: This incredibly quiet mare is for sale, she is coming three next April, ties, loads, great with feet, quiet around kids, has been saddled, bridled, lunged, completely sacked out, you name it. Offered at $800. She is not registered, and those of you who knew my mare Mystic, she is her filly. Extremely athletic mare.

Riding Lessons in the Bay

At one of our lessons a couple of weeks ago we went to the beach for probably one of the last times before it gets to slick to get down there. Here Skyy and Sox get to be seahorses.

Sling Blade

The above pictures are of AQHA gelding Sling Blade, known as BillyBob. (Or The Bobster, Blilly, Blob) This is an incredible gelding I had the chance to train until sold about 18 months ago. Thanks Kitty for the chance to work with such an amazing horse!

Pictures of BillyBob courtesy of Stephanie Stremler Photography.

Bueno Fide Chex

For all of you horse people wondering where the horse pics are, here's my boy, AQHA stallion Bueno Fide Chex, known as Trey. (Or TreyTrey, Twinkle Toes, Mighty Mouse) All above photos of Trey are courtesy of Stephanie Stremler Photography.

Finally- My first post!

Well here it is FINALLY! THose ofyou who have been checking in on my blank blog- sorry! To start with here's a couple of horses that were in training two summers ago (can't believe its been that long!) Angel is the grey mare, now owned by my best friend Sarah, and Mystic is the bay mare. We were getting some shots of Mystic being ponied and got to check out the cows while we were at it.

Photo courtesy of Stephanie Stremler Photography