The “Cowboy Couple”

We eat our evening meal at the Wine Stop.  It has a sticky entry door and with incessant rain, the wood door has sweat and is hard to push open. The staff open the door for me to make it easier to get Terry and the wheel chair in.  We walked by a couple sitting near the door.  The man was wearing a cowboy hat.  That is unusual in Missouri.  Some time went by and the cowboy walked past me and back to his table.  He was wearing cowboy boots.…

Quite a Day

The afternoon after lunch looked good to ride my beautiful Fancy.  Terry and I got home.  I changed into riding clothes and went out to get Fancy.  I was going to ride in my nearby arena, first time since last Monday.  We have been in heat hell here, too hot to ride. I got Fancy in the trailer and looked for Emma to get her in the house.  Oh, she must be in the house.  Sometimes she goes into the house before I get Terry and his wheelchair inside.  Fancy…

Swan Lake with Susan and Fancy

The evil witch hates the royal family. She searches for the young woman whose destiny is to marry the Cowboy Prince. The witch finds the princess and casts an evil spell on her.  The future princess is turned into a SWAN!  The future princess wanders around and finds her lake (a blue tarp). Is the future princess destined to remain a swan, dragging her lake everywhere? The Cowboy Prince, future king, cares nothing about royal bloodlines.  He wants true love.  He decides to search for his future beloved in the countryside.…

Wild Time in the Round Pen

Delta has her own story.  She didn’t fare well in the human world and was ruined.  She was drugged and met new to horses (green), Kevin who purchased her.  Kevin and Delta went through early hell.  Florida based Kevin started going through the Parelli training with long distance coaching from Tony and Jenny Vaught, living in Missouri at the time.  Kevin and Delta connected and bonded.  Kevin only broke one bone riding Delta and that was in their bonded stage. some years later living in Florida, Delta became allergic to…

Fancy, Fancy!

Fancy made one of my dreams come true yesterday.  She was eating grass across the dam.  I walked started walking to the barn to get something.  Fancy saw me and galloped to me.  Good Lord!  She left the herd and came to me!  So I fed her and brushed her while she was eating.  Plus, this was after an earlier group lesson where she had to exert a lot of effort for me.  Again, what the heck! Today, I took her into my newly mowed round pen after saddling her…