Rick Lamb and The Horse Show-Fame!!

Posted inMiscellaneous, Miss America, Pine Dell Farm
Rick Lamb. The Horse Show: Meet the Morgan Horse. The ADM segment was filmed at Pine Dell Farm. The program was aired in 2008,but Dr Judy Reynolds and Rick Lamb filmed at Pine Dell and both Pine Dell and I am in the final credits!! Wowsa! I learned that the Morgan is "The Horse That Chooses You". I now have a Morgan horse that came knocking on my door! Coincidence? I think not! Pine Dell is also the location on the ADM segment called The HayThorn Land and Cattle Co,…

Nathan Granner, Operatic Tenor

Posted inMiscellaneous, Nathan Granner
Nathan Granner, operatic tenor, who sang the anthem the last two weekends at Longview Horse Park. He lives in KC and hires out to sing for special events, including weddings. www.nathangranner.com Here is YouTube of Nathan singing at Longview Horse Park while Kansas City Mounted Patrol carry the flag. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w0mCVQMgFhs&feature=youtube_gdata_player

Spontaneous Outbreak Of Joy

Posted inMiscellaneous
It happened tonight.  It was downtown small town America. Everyone was there.  It was Cruise Night in Pleasant Hill. After the blistering months of heat, it was nice. Rock band squalling in the empty lot.  Lawn chairs, people chatting, groups walking, old cars every where you could see.  Oh it was nice. Spouse and I found our car friends and that's when it happened. The lead singer was a woman. The song came out of the band. She started screaming Bobby McGee.  Oh Lord.  My body twitched to the raucous…

Summer Definition

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Summer is when I first realize that the great horse show is coming in September and I really need to practice stuff. Summer is when it's hot and humid. Summer is when I don't want to ride after work in the 100+ temperature. Summer is when I'm glad to be an "office worker". Summer is when I realize that I should have been practicing for the horse show during the spring.  What was I thinking! Summer happens every year.  I remember. Going riding all three days of this weekend, even…

Vote for Lynette and DJ on May 29

Posted inACTHA, Miscellaneous, Missouri Fox Trotter
I've been riding with Lynette for years at clinics and horse camps with natural horsemanship trainers, Tony and Jenny Vaught. Two years ago Lynette bought a Missouri Fox Trotter from Big Barn Ranch named DJ. DJ had been trained by Tony and Jenny Vaught, but he still had a journey to cover with Lynette to bring him along into being a happy "finished bridle horse".  I was there participating in some of the clinics in which Lynette and DJ participated.  It was fun to watch Lynette learn what Missouri Fox…