Jun 27
Drover, KAT Ballou and I traveled to Seven Mile Ford in Virginia and picked up the ram. All is well and the girls are quite pleased to be courted! On the trip up…I am all ways amazed by the mountains, their mystery, majesty, and beauty. The air was cool and pleasant. The sky was grey …
Jun 21
The moon rose slowly, and brightly over Dutchmen’s Mountain. The clouds hung low and dark at times across the face of the moon but never blocked it. The birds were singing It’s Summer! It’s Summer! and having quite a time with their song! I have never heard such sweet, beautiful music. The evening seemed all …
Jun 13
I love to go camping! So do my dogs, and I like to think my horse likes to go camping too! I kinda think Tuff may have the worst of it! He has to carry me on his back so I can enjoy the trails. Last week Marianne, Gerry, Diane, and I all went to …
May 06
Grandma use to say “well this is a sheep shearing rain in May!” I would ask her what that meant… She would say…Every year they sheared the sheep in May…and shortly afterwards there would be a cold rain, and a short cold spell. Well we are experiencing the Sheep Shearing Rain in May! Some folk …
Apr 04
Oh Spring! it has arrived in all its glory and beauty! The birds are singing happily and busy making homes! The frogs are singing their songs…Crickets are playing with the frogs and birds their special part of nature’s Spring Song….The lambs are doing their part too! The grass is growing and turning spring green… Today …
Aug 31
Oh, How could I have forgotten my sweet Dixie?! That is my Daddy on Copper in the hat… Dixie was a Shetland pony I had when I was 10 (I think) She was a dapple grey with a flax mane and tail. (Flax is like a white blond color) so She was striking! She was …
Aug 31
Today we rode! Buck came down from Reidsville with his Grandsons Nick and Dillon. Buck brought a horse for Les to ride. Saddled! It was a big sorrel gelding called Max. A very nice horse… I rode Tuff. Tuff is my gelding… I have had 4 HEART horses in my lifetime. (Owned so many horses) …
Mar 11
Les and I went to Uwharrie National Forrest to trail ride today with some folk we know. Les has rode with them many times, this was my second time. Friday afternoon Les and I gave Tuff and Goodnight baths. They were so dirty that was the only way to clean them up. Then we blanketed …
Feb 24
Bronwin on Chiscoe, and I am on a Roan QH… A cold Fall Day…at the farm. In my search for that wonderful perfect horse, I came across this Roan Gelding at Ken Treadways. He rode good! I rode him for several months. I even went on a pack in trip with him and two of …
Feb 19
This is Peppy, Montanna and Boobie Dog on the Creek Trail at my house. The creek is Cedar Run…It can be quite a stream when there has been lots of rain…This was in the fall several years ago. This is one of my most favorite rides and “Memory “…. I was down at Ken Treadways …
