Life's a beach

Fred took me to the beach today at Gulf Shores, about 30 min from the house.

first try at blogging video

Blackriver Smokey

This is the colt from the wild mare. With the move to Alabama choices had to be made. Richard is now the proud owners of the wild mares and Fred is the new owner of Smokey. Isn't he a cutie. He is progressing nicely with his taming.

Sweet home Alabama

Here are the new digs. A little house and lots of grass is my idea of home. My goat likes it here too.

One week old

Here is our little express as a happy healthy one week old. I hope to post a short photo of her in action to show how nice she really is.

one down and one to go

Here is our little Alabama Express. She is finally stable-ish on her feet in this photo and ready for breakfast.

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!!!