A Grand day out~

Being that it is another beautiful day, even with the clouds hanging about, I decided to take Maggie for a walk. She is sporting her new bitting rig.. needs a bit of fine tuning but it should do. Took a walk down the road to the corner where our property line is... very long walk for me but I think Maggie would of loved a longer walk. Could see her looking at me from the corner of her eye as she is want to do, as if to say... "why didn't we bring my cart? Then we could go farther and even trot!!". I told her, maybe tomorrow.

Needed to have Maggie help me back up the road to the house but she doesn't seem to mind. Just grab a bit of her mane and she pulls me along.

Above are some pictures of our mini adventure. Heading out.. then resting when we arrived back home.

DS took the photos.

Beautiful Fall day

What a beautiful Autumn day! Is one of my slow days, so I decided to just sit down and watch the animals eat and the wild birds flit around. Bright blue sky, a slight breeze, around 50*...just perfect.

This video short is from my very old ditgal camera and I think it is finally showing its age. But it gives you an idea of one of my wonderful views.

This and That ~

I was asked what kind of snow do we get up here. Well... we have gotten up to 3' of snow at one time, though most are snow storms dump around 1' to 2' and can last up too a couple of weeks at a time. Then we kind have it melt, for the most part. Get this kind of snow and super hard frozen ground and 100+gallon water tanks that freeze solid for about 3 months. Rest of the winter that happens off and on.

A number of years ago I decided I wanted a custom Checker board..so I made it myself.
Have also made Drop spindles in the past. These ones were waiting for their hooks.

As you can see... with the weather up here...it is easy to stay busy with Crafts and Art.

First frost and wee Rose gaden

Slight frost the other morning with a bit of fog. No change in tree color quite yet. At most, we get yellowish brown leaves.
My small Rose garden to be...there are a couple of nice sized Rose plants but most are tiny heritage Rose starts. Should be more hardy in this area than the standard Tea Roses.
In a few years it will be quite beautiful!

The Magic of Miniature Horses!

This is Maggie, she is an AMHA/AMHR Miniature mare. I have had her a long time and trained her to do scaled down draft work, to cart and many other things. A wonderfull all around wee horse.
She is 33 1/2" tall... a Dark liver chestnut in color, when she is not sun faded.
Here she is sporting her Sawbuck and Pannier. She is very helpful when I do things around the Farm. And will get upset if she is not allowed to help in some way.
Maggie in Cart. She is pulling a "Country Road Cart", and wearing her Zilco harness. She really loves having jobs to do..can see her just about glow with pride.
Here Maggie is giving my niece her first ride in a Miniature horse cart.... think they both enjoyed it.
Miniature horses are such a joy to have around.

Chances Miniature Horse Rescue Fund Raiser

Photo is of my miniature Maggie,, who is very lucky to have a good home with my family but there are many out there that are not so lucky.

I do not normally post these kinds of things but I feel it is important to help this wonderful group Raise money, so they can continue to help, Miniature horses in need.
Here is the Link to their Auction.... please go look and hopefully bid!
http://www.lblastchanceauction.com/cgi-bin/auction/catlisting?cmd=do_cat_listing&searchstring=&categoryID=136

If you would like to learn more about Chances Miniature horse rescue... here is their site.
http://www.chancesminihorserescue.org/

More Cat going on~s.....

Mia... in the Twilight zone... DS captured all these candid Cat shots.
Nari, on the back of DH's Chair
Remember the kitten pictures of Nari in this trash can? Well, she has never gotten over this fetish and I have stopped trying to keep her from doing it. So this is how an Adult Nari looks canned.
Sadie is saying.... "waaaa... get her off, get her off.. I don't want to share,, she is too big"!