My new home

I finally made it to Alabama. I still have to go back to MO and pick up the rest of my horses. I now have a good dsl connection so can upload photos. I hope to do a better job of staying current now. The trip was interesting. Life is an adventure. We drove all night and drove straight thru. I left in a flurry as Diamond Dust wasn't going to wait till her due date and I wanted the foal to be born here. She had it about 5 hours after we got here and settled in.

Missouri Miniature Donkey Breeders Association

I had such a good time with these people and their donkeys. I highly recommend everyone go see them at their shows and at their farms.

What do you think of this?

I recently was asked to judge the Miniature Donkey Breeders of Missouri www.mmdba.com fun show in Hartville MO. I have to admit it was harder than I thought it would be! Everyone deserved better than last place, but it had to go to someone each time. If you all get the chance to see them at the sate fair in August I recommend you do so. My favorite class had to be the coon jump. Talk about fun to watch. These little guys jump higher than their own backs from a stand still! This photo is from their website, used with permission.

Congratulations to the first collage grad in the family!

I am in CA for the big day and will soon return to MO for a short while. Charissa, my niece, has done the honors. This is a photo of myself, Chari, and my mother. Mom deserves her share of credit for this event. Way to go Char!!!

I am way behind. This is EZ, another AQHA horse. I call him that but he is a Brisco County horse. His momma was by Special Effort, making her a half sister to KC’s daddy, Flaunt Your Effort. If you don’t count the first day when he tore up my round pen, or the first time I tied him, he has earned the name. I think he will wear it well now that he has learned how to cooperate with a handler.

Bay-B has also come and gone but I failed to get photos as I couldn't post from the farm, I am at the airport now on my way to CA for a visit.

BAY...not his real name

This guy is a 4 year old AQHA colt. He came to be halter trained and I saw he also needed a bit of doctoring. I took this photo the day he got here. Besides the injury to his inner leg/chest there are several smaller leg abrasions.

potatoes

With all that is going on around here I am way behind on posting some of the photos I have of it all. Here is my potato box. 100 pounds of potatoes in 2 square feet is the plan. The wire is to keep the geese from nesting there. Silly goose.

Birthday machine

Here is my newest toy! I have much to learn but have already been practicing. Just think of all the neat things I can make now. Thank you Mom and Dad, I love you.

Mystic

Here is Mystic today. It is time for her to get some lessons on acting like a broke horse. She may only be a yearling but she will be two before I know it. I will post more photos of her on her page. I think she looks like Barbie's Dream Horse and is about the prettyest horse I have. Her dam is a looker so no suprise. Well, that and daddy isn't a slouch either. She got her stunning gold color from him as he is a more shiney gold than dapple-butt (Diamond Dust).