Hitching

Amanda took these videos of us hitching the horses. Never got to watch the process before.

Dufur Threshing Bee 2010

All dressed up and ready to go, not to mention the man sitting there waiting for the photo op to be over.

Waiting for the parade to start.

Parade over we get to the good part, visiting with Barb Tobey and eating our lunch sitting between the Fjords. Which was fine, we were all in the shade, getting to watch the horse drawn traffic go by. Although you can see Feather eyeballing my sandwich from above.

Lisa Hubbe's Brabant Belgians, hitched to a people hauler. It was their first big party and you can see how calm they are.

Just having fun with the Fjords while loading.

Fort Dalles Parade 2010

 Fort Dalles Parade in July tends to be family and friends. Linda Ellett and her girls decorating the wagon and horses.

 

 

 Amanda, Fay, Kai and I.

 

 Duane and Liz McGlothlin, East Wind Percherons.

 Morgan and a buddy and Linda as clowns.

The wagon is okay, but Kai just can't stay too far from Immie. 

Our hitch hikers, MCMC had people passing out brochures and this lady's boy got tired out. They were welcome, the wagon has plenty of room.

 

 So proud of Amos, taking pictures of the parade for Linda, he's not much for cameras. 

One of the joys of my summers

One of the joys of my summers has been my daughter and grand daughter coming to visit. Those two weeks are wonderful. Every year, Deonna Mae wants to ride.

 This year she started out behind me as always and Immie said nicely that we were too much now.

 So Miss Mae got riding by her own self lessons. From this little bitty round pen to the big arena at the saddle club and then on her last ride: all the way home.

 

 

 

Meanwhile, back on the farm.

 We'd been thinking about another family milk cow. Although Fay loves the Jersey breed, their milk, their colors, and cream. We just can't keep up with even a low producing cow. So I'd been doing some research and located a nice 6 month old Dexter heifer named Penelope up in Kent, WA. Shelley at Whistling Train Farm has a small unregistered herd of beautiful black cows.

 You haven't lived until you're a country mouse driving through Seattle, WA suburb rush hour traffic with a bellowing heifer in the back of the truck.

But we survived and here's Penelope at her new home.

Nehalem Bay Part Five: The search for seals.

We spent three rides looking to get close to the seals. We didn't, but it was sure fun to try. 

 

 

Nehalem Bay Part Four: On the Beach