That's a picture of Cisco, one of the horses on the ranch here. He's 27 years old and in retirement. He's worked on a ranch all of his life out on the range pushing cattle around, moving them to new pasture, and into corrals for counting and branding. He's been a good horse. So good that he's been written up for an issue of Western Horseman magazine. I feed him twice a day along with the other two horses we have here. They all get an allotment of grain and some hay. Cisco gets alfalfa hay which is richer than the grass hay the others get. I have to be careful not to give him too much or he'll get sick.
This is Sonny. He's a clown and a mischief maker. He's a gelding, which means he's been neutered. That's supposed to calm him down but he gets into more trouble than the other two combined. But he's a nice horse. When the kids try to ride him, he just stands there and won't move. But we can lead him around and he's fine.
I finally got all four cats into the shop for the night tonight. They get fed in there at night but they don't all want to spend the night in there so they're reluctant to go in when I feed them. But they need to be shut in at night because there's always the threat of coyotes getting them if they're out. But herding cats is like herding cats and I don't always get them in there, but tonight I did.
We're settling in to a quieter pace. Today we went to garage sales for entertainment but didn't find too much. We got a couple of things for the grand kids and Diane found a bunch of tops at a thrift store, not that she needs any.
I had to water everything today 'cause it just won't rain. It threatens every day but its always to one side of us. Right now it's blowing like mad and there's rain on three sides of us but it's 8-10 miles away and I have no faith that it's going to get here and give us some relief. In the area in general it's rained enough for things to green up considerably. It looks like spring and it's almost August. The country is deceptively attractive but underneath it's still rocks and sand and prickers.
So, a low key time for awhile, but that's OK. but I need to tell you about the parade we went to. Next time.
Hey there, sounds like you're having quite a time out there. Wish we could've done Vegas together, that's a fun place. You always said you wanted to be a forest ranger so I guess house sitting horses out west is a dream come true. I'd probably rather get a root canal but to each his own. We just arrived at the outter banks for a week of relaxation, rented a house this year down in Frisco and already happy with this decision. Been trying to ride the bike to work at least but we've been hit with severe thunder storms almost every afternoon. In fact, on my way home on Friday, the sotrm was so bad it up rooted several mature tree's on campus, sad really. Keep up the blog, I really enjoy reading about your adventures and besides, since it looks like you're not comong back anytime soon it's the only way I get to stay in touch! Take care guys, love you both.
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