Rainy Days and Thursdays ?

Something was rustling in the bean field. It might have been Miss Mina.



Misty's thought process is as the following, "Well, I'll just go and roll, then."



Kola is still not quite sure. Her thought process, "What the hell?".

Kota dog , the nincompoop, has just a bit too much curiosity.........LOL, Dork!

Mina thinking the hot weather preceding the rain, "Just blows!"

And some of our local wild life, an egret and a family of cranes. You can see about two or three babies towards the left of the photo.

What Would You Do ?

Many of the Movers and Shakers Including Presidents, Highly Successful Entrepreneurs, High Profile Celebrities decide once they have fulfilled their original ambitions set out to support a cause they believe in strongly. They set up trusts, campaign, or use their high profile for a specific cause they believe in, some may do it very publicly others in private. This is not a modern phenomenon and goes back as far as history itself.


Most of us ordinary mortals could not achieve the same lofty success, but if you could what would you like to devote the latter part of your life to.

As I wrote this post I thought about what I would like to do if I had that similar opportunity my own goal might be to do something to improve health care in the developing world or with Callie set up a large facility to rescue animals ( All kinds Dogs, Cats, Wildlife, and of course horses ) with sufficient funding to do a good job and employ specialists to help.


So what would you like to do if you had the opportunity ?

Steve

Latest Update on Joe's TB Horse, Sky

Well, I think we can all agree that Sky is truly on the road to recovery. She's really looking great in my opinion. Kudos to Joe and a job well done. It's nice to see him care enough to put in the effort to consult Vets and nutritionists and get it right. She looks so much better.

On a personal note, once again it is so steaming hot, I still have not gotten a ride in myself on either of my girls. I still keep my goal of at least one ride in before winter comes, but who knows when that will be. Neither the girls nor I have the energy in this heat. Misty came out of winter under weight and needing muscle built. Daily turnouts have done the trick. She's looking like she's back to her ole self and has built up her muscle, lucky I am, as I have not worked her, but walking and running the pasture daily has made all the difference. I'm beginning to wean Kola off the Levothyroxine for now, she lost all the fat pads in her shoulders, still has her tail fat pads and a little crest, but she has always had a little crest. I would still score at a "6", still much better than the "8" she was. She too has more energy and has benefited from the daily pasture turnout.

And this old gal bought a new pair of CK jeans today that are one size smaller than my usual, I'll take that and they are straight legs.........I haven't worn those since I was very young and skinny, LOL!

Hope Everyone Had A Great Holiday...........

This first image, I'm sure most of you heard this sad and tragic news of a July 4th parade that turned disastrous. Here's the link http://www.kcrg.com/news/local/97767114.html . I found this tremendously sad and although this ended tragically for this parade, there were millions more that went on that day and no one was hurt.

Recently I had my old faded tattoo covered with this one. It's still in the healing process, hoping it will still look good as it's now in the flaking stage. Makes me want to get another one with horses on it. Hmmmmmmmm, maybe.

The girls are a bit sluggish this week as it's another hot and humid one......

Stephen and I took the goats and the dogs for walk around the property yesterday afternoon. They love their walks.

Zoe took this pic and at the time, says, "They always stop and stare at me, Mom."

And we still have a happy dog. I'll have to get some video of him playing. It's hilarious, he starts with a roll and a bark or two and then wants to play tag with Stephen. Kota will fly up into the air, twist sideways and slam Steve, knocking him to the ground. Too funny.

Recently.............

Well, the shed is gone........Finally........And Russ, our construction dude, who is very good, has begun on the outside wall and replacement of joists and siding on that side of the house. Although, I just had 21 days off, I did not get in any riding I had hoped for, storming or hot or busy.........Oh well, at least I have weekdays to work on that. Hopefully, at least one ride in before summer ends........Ugh! I set that small goal because we have been so busy. We'll have a second attempt at a pork roast dinner tonight as last night's exploded in the oven, Pyrex roasting pan exploded, roast was full of glass shards and Steve and I had to completely clear out the oven of bazillions of glass shards. So we'll try again tonight. I spent the last two days of my vacation time driving around to second hand stores, looking for cheap apartment furniture for Zoe and Brandon for their last apartment back at college. So far she found two very nice "90's" decor armchairs and two kind of cool chrome kitchen chairs. She still needs a very small kitchen table and they'll have to make a trip to IKEA for some cooking supplies. She'll be heading down towards Missouri this week to sort out their storage before they move in. And tomorrow I'm back to work, back to the normal routine. I could have gotten used to full time retirement. I will have more vacation in September when we plan on going to England. Flight tickets are in hand, and my bags are packed, pitiful, I know. Now we just need to sort out hotels. We're really looking forward to it.