warning to visitors

If you come visit us, you probably don't want to leave your yogurt on the kitchen counter and walk away.

Just saying....

Building a Wall

With the entire OUTSIDE of the gazebo (screens and all) stained, Bruce and I started building the stone wall which wraps around, following the contures of the patio.

Bruce is more precise than I am, but between the two of us... it's getting done! :)

We plan on building it 6 blocks high, so we have a ways to go. We're hoping the arbor will be built by tomorrow, and then, we have to start the wall on the other side of the patio. It takes longer than we thought it would!

But, we were treated to this incredible sunset while we were working.

I don't think I've ever seen the sun so RED (and these photos don't do it justice at all. I just couldn't get the color... even with my UV filter on). 

I don't know how Bruce feels about all this, but I have really enjoyed doing this project!

What are friends for?

It pleases me very much that my three mares are such good friends. Journey, (the Paint in the middle) is the dominant mare... but she's such a polite, sweet-natured boss. She shares her hay, she hangs with the other two mares... and the extreme of her assertiveness is when she lays her ears back, and bulldozes forward.

She assumes everyone loves her, and wants to be with her, and I think she's probably right.

But then, she does something like this... hanging her head over Dakota's back, seemingly for comfort, or companionship, that I remember how young she is.... Just a child, really. 

Just a great, big, 1250 lb. child needing to touch her family. How can you NOT love this horse?  :)