A.L.E. Ranch

May 2009 UPDATE!

2009-05-24T16:19:00.001-07:00

Well, things have been very busy here of late! Our calving season has finally slowed down.... whew! But we still have about 30 calves to come....

I have not had too much time to do too much.. I do have several sets in progress and almost completed! And also have been doing some painting... just seems like I don't get much time... that is the story of all of our lives huh? :o)

To the left is a picture of a CM Mini I did as a Curly horse and donated to The International Blessed Broodmare Project ( TIBBP ) I was proud to hear that it won a second in its first show! So has a NAN card! Janice Williford named him Mooshka! LOL

And this is an Absinth resin painted to look like McKinleigh the 2008 Silver medalist! :O) Below is a picture of Deb & Randy Buckler ( on the left) presenting the model to McKinleigh and his owners ( on the right ) Looks like McKinleigh is saying " Hey, a Mini ME!"

This is my first Haired model... and it is a portrait of my neighbors Arabian Stallion MCY Bur Bask "Phil" I was very happy with a third! :o)

This is the set I made my for my mom ( thank goodness she saw it before she passed away in Nov of of 2008 ) and also the pack set I made for Therese, also the Diorama was made by Mary Haynes. It took a first! I was SOOOO happy!

THis is the tack set I did as a Donation for OML I was very pleased with how it did at the silent auction for the show! :O)

And as a final note... Dixie had her Skipper baby!!! And it is a little filly!!! I hopefully will have more goodies to post soon! Sorry this was so short!

Visit from Austria

2009-04-17T20:04:00.000-07:00

We were blessed this month in that my husband's mother ( Mutti) and one of his sisters( Birgit ) came to visit us from Austria! We had fun as usual!
Here are just a few pics from their visit!

Mutti meeting Wonder... who turned 2 years old on the 8th of April!

Here is Muti and Dacota.

And ofcourse Mutti had to try riding the 4 Wheeler! She did a great job!

Birgit, seems to be much better at hiding from the camera! LOL I will try to get some of her next time! :O)

What I have been upto lately!

2009-03-03T05:48:00.000-08:00

Well we got hit with a little more than 2-3 inches of snow!! LOL more like 9"!!!!

It made the getting around rather fun! The worst part was the bitter wind... not only was it COLD, but it caused some really deep snow drifts!
We managed, and although it is still hanging around it will soon be gone when the high 60's come rolling back through!

Here is the latest goodies to come out of the Tack room and studio! :o)

This Akhal Teke saddle set is a donation to Ozark Mountain Live Model horse show, that is to be held in Springfield, MO on 11 April....Proxy bids are being accepted on it, contact me and I will send the info on to whom it needs to go to! :O) ( I don't want to put her email addy all over the web for her! :OP)
NOTE: the horse does NOT go with the set! JUST the tack is included! :O)

Here is a picture of the Lonesome cowboy I did for my mom...and the pack set I recently completed for a CM order! It even has a bear skin rolled up on top of it! :o)

This is a closeup shot of a Donation piece I did for TIBBP, it is a cute little Curly pony cross on the Paint by Numbers horse!

Here is a CM order that I did for Deb Buckler on the Abisnth mold ( Hope I spelled that right! )

That is about all for now... I have a couple more projects in the making which I hope to post about soon!

I hope all of you who are following this are doing well.... just a while longer for spring here! We have had 2 calves so far!!! Soon there will be more and more!

Till next time! Lydia :O)

Time for a catch up!

2009-01-28T20:09:00.000-08:00

Well, I have been very slack in my postings here... that is partly due to the fact that on the 30th of Nov my mother passed away....
She was at home where she wished to be and as comfortable as possible... there is never enough time... but we had many long talks before she passed on...
I have had many close friends who have experienced the loss of a loved one recently as well... it makes every loss all that much more tender...but has give us all someone to talk to about it!!! Friends are a must at this time for me... and I love everyone of you very much!!! ( you all know who you are!! :o) )
If you will notice to the right...SARA has been adopted!!! She has a WONDERFUL new home where she has a little Fur brother and her mom and dad are super people!!! She is gonna be SOOOO spoilt!!! ( I kinda wish I could have been adopted by them too! :OP )

I have been trying to work more with the painting while I am cleaning out my tack room( miniature tack that is! ) I am gonna get rid of a bunch of stuff I no longer use...! ( or so I keep telling myself!! I am SUCH a pack rat!)
So not much progress has been made in any direction there!! but it is slow and steady!!!

All the horses are doing great...Noodle is GROWING like a weed and is as tall as her mother now!! ( not saying much there! :oP As Flower is kinda like me; Well built and close to the ground!! LOL It just looks MUCH better on her than me! ;O) )
We recently got a new member to add to our Equine family... Ebony ( Ebony Desperado Mac ) AQHA ( 97% Foundation bred) She is a real sweetheart!

This is before we got the snow and Ice! Thank goodness it did not hit us too bad... but I sure feel for those that it did hit... we have been there..and hope that things get up and running ( or back to normal) ASAP!

Well, I think mostly that is about it for now... I hope to be able to get back in the swing of things and start posting more regularly!

Wonder update

2008-11-08T05:24:00.000-08:00

Well my friend and neighbor Brig came over and we decided to go play with Wonder!
These are a few pics I took of that ... ( hee hee I have found if you are t he one always holding the camera... you are NOT IN the shots! :oP )

We laughed over this one cause I took it as we were walking up and she is over the small hill and the scale is WAY off cause that feeder is only a foot tall and so it makes Wonder look like a MINI horse!! LOL

As you can see her that is NOT the case! :oP She just loves everyone and is so curious!

This pick she may hate me for..... I had to show her petite rump...... snicker snicker.....

At first glance in this Pic Wonder has a VERY strange shadow... But that is actually Precious one of our Limousin heifers....

Here Precious and Wonder are both trying to get all of Brig's attention...Brig was covered in both cow and horse slobbers before we were done! :o)

Wonder was walking after Sara... one of our dogs....

and getting loves from Brig.....

Below is a silly video I took it was windy that day so there is lots of noise.... And Wonder Chases Sara a bit after trying to steal Brigs cigarette she had yet to light!

I stopped abruptly as Sara, whom Wonder had been chasing ran behind me! OFCOURSE...

And I wanted to be able to distract Wonder from her.... No humans or dogs were injured during the making of this film! LOL

The Lonesome Cowboy Minature Set

2008-11-02T07:34:00.000-08:00

This is one of the current sets I am working on...when completed there will be a horse, cowboy and diorama to go with it... :o)
The set is anything but pretty...it is supposed to be a REAL cowboys saddle!! and has been used , abused, and even repaired... it has plenty of scuffs, scratches and battle scars adding to its wonderful patina.... I will post more pics of it when the other parts are completed!!! :o)

The Breast collar

the bridle...

Detail of the pouch on the cantle support.

detail picture showing a repair and some of the "rope burns" caused from working the calves....

Some of our bulls....

2008-11-02T06:47:00.000-08:00

I have had several people inquire about our bulls... :o) So I thought I would post a few pictures.....

This is one I call Cupie Doll cause of his hair doo it forms a peak just like the Cupie Dolls! LOL He is busy seeing what books I am bring him to read...:oP ( I borrowed some from mom and was taking them home in a plastic bag...)

This is Bear...an Angus bull we had for many years...we ended up having to sell him because we had kept so many heifers out of him it was not wise to keep him anymore... he got a great home at a ranch down in AR. He is taking snacks from Andy in this pic.

And getting scratches from me in this one! Such a sweety!!

This is Cody feeding some of our yearling bulls this summer...

This is Mr. Universe...a Charolais bull we sold to a ranch across town when we started switching to all Limousin bulls... you can pick up his feet like a horse and even ride him! GENTLE was his middle name!!!

This is a very YOUNG Bull... his first day in this world...his momma did not want to clean him so good so we brought him to the house and gave him a warm bath and played with him for a while then gave him back to momma who was happy to have him back and then proceeded to clean all the human smell off of him! ...HEE HEE And Kitty smell too! :OP

( Bug... THIS would be a lap size bovine!!! LOL )

This is one of our yearling bulls flexing for the camera....

Here is ALER Lord Olympus 024N ( OLY , we call him) and a 500+ lb steer.... looks like they are cruzin for a fight!!! ( My neighbor said it looks like Oly is saying " Ok ,point out the kid that beat ya up...*I'LL* take care of him!" LOL Both are more lovers than fighters!

Here I am scratching Oly's tail... cows and bulls alike LOVE to have their tails scratched!!! And they will start swaying from side to side cause it feels so good... sometimes they darn near fall over!! LOL Which is what Oly almost did soon after hubby took this pic! :O)

Here is hubby ( Andy) scratching the 63 bull... he makes them all look short cause he is well over 6 foot!

Here are some of the yearlings... just hanging out....

CND Martin 083M ... our Limousin Herd bull....

Pictures from around our ranch

2008-10-06T09:28:00.000-07:00

Here are some pictures I have taken at various times of objects, critters, and hay fields around the ranch... enjoy....

A discarded feather on a dewy morning...

The morning sun across the fields...

Spitfire ( in back) and Gusano in front....

The sunrise over one of our lakes....

one of our rye fields as it is being mowed....

Cody feeding the yearling bulls...

and the Geese....( was supposed to be the fish...but early bird gets the fish food! :oP )

A stunning iris....

CND Martin 083M Our Homo Black Herd sire

Martin with his kiddos....

One of the boys ice skating on the lake...

Some cool birds at the waters edge....

Lu Lu ( left) and Yo Yo ( right) 17 years old....

Some of our Charolais momma cows with their red Limousin calves...

Flower and Noodle...

ALER Lord Olympus our Fullblood Limousin bull ( He is for sale, and is the sire to the calves shown with the Charolais cows...)

Across the yard and out into the field...

I have lots more but will start with these! I hope you enjoyed them....

Lydia :o)

Tucker saddle ...SOLD! And other Tack info....

2008-10-06T09:14:00.000-07:00

The set mentioned below has been sold!!! ( Thank you Gina! :o) )

I will show you all pictures of it when it is all completed!!

Lots of other things going on in the tack room also... there are quite a few sets in varying stages of progress, and a few BF orders I am completing hopefully soon!!!

This is a peek at the Breast collar of one set!

I am also working on a sneaky project and that is lots of fun..... :o) I always love the SURPRISE at the end for the unsuspecting party! :O)

Lydia :o)

Family update

2008-10-06T08:48:00.000-07:00

Well, I wanted to let everyone know that things here at home have taken a dark turn, My mother has be diagnosed with Cancer. For now things are pretty much as they were, BUT if for some reason things should get worse I may not reply to emails as often as usual...
We are unsure of the time frame, but it is not good, and mom does not want any treatments... so things will go as they will...
I will still be around just may be slower than normal to reply!!! and like I said for now everything is still business as usual...

Thanks for all your support!!!

Lydia :O)

Horse updates!

2008-09-28T08:00:00.000-07:00

Well, all the hooved kiddos are doing quite nicely!

Noodle has fully healed from her run in with the barb wire and is getting darker! I am HOPING she will end up a smutty buckskin!

She is growing so wonderfully and such a calm friendly girl!

I hope that the the other Skipper babies will have the same personalities!

Speaking of Skipper... he is done with his first full breeding season and there should be 4 new babies on the ground next year from him!

I just LOVE his tail coloring! :o)

He bred 3 outside mares this year and our own "Dixie" shown in the pic below ( Far right)

Also shown in this picture is Dotty, my bay Tobiano riding mare and Punky, my black gaited riding gelding. Although Dixie is broke to ride , you can see she is a few hands taller than either of the the other two... and me being a whopping 5'3" with my boots on I like a horse to ride that I don't need an elevator to get up on! :oP

But then I go and fib about that too as I did adopt WONDER , my PMU filly....

Who is ½ Percheron, ¼ Clydesdale, and ¼ Paint

Adopted during a major TIBBP adoption of former PMU mares and babies

( for more info on TIBBP,

click here http://theinternationalblessedbroodmareproject.com/ )

I must teach her to lay down so I can get on her! In the above pic she and her moo friends are meeting Sara, one of the dogs I foster

( who is available through http://www.gspbr.petfinder.com/ )

Dakota My husbands riding gelding is awaiting his trip to CO for Elk season! :o)

Well I think that about covers everyone! Well for the equines anyway! :oP

LSQ Tucker style trail saddle

2008-09-20T09:31:00.001-07:00

This saddle was a custom order and due to other obligations the person no longer will be taking the set.:o(

BUT this does allow all of you to have an opportunity to get this set!!! And with YOUR options!! :o)

As my current tack books are closed this is the only opportunity for someone to get a set from me.

It will come with choice of bridle style, cinch type, crupper, breast collar choice and blanket.

The saddle was done to resemble a well used trail saddle and has variances in the color to simulate wear and use, PLEASE NOTE this was done on purpose! :o)

The details are wonderful on this saddle... brass conchos, with braided ties, Simulated padded seat, all brass Sulser Buckles and Dee rings,

Minimal double line tooling along edges, and it even has cinch covers!

The fenders are non adjustable ( as this was how the original order was , and they are tied authintically ). They are sized to fit a Breyer doll so there is no reason to go to the expence to have them changed.

As the choice of Bridle and Breast Collar will be up to the new owner, you are unlimited as to the horses this set will fit! Your trail Mule, QH, show horse or Or even your gaited horse!

Time payments will be accepted, please contact me if you are interested in this set.

Total cost for the set including world wide shipping is $500.

Welcome to my blog!

2008-09-20T09:22:00.000-07:00

Ok, I finally decided to start one!! I figured it might be easier for some than waiting on updates to my webpage! :oP

I currently have many projects going on in the TACK ROOM but as calving season has started again my time is more limited!

The picture is of ALE Royal Cole 071R a registered Limousin Cow and her first calf , a wonderful LimFlex heifer.

I will try to post new goodies to this page as I can to keep everyone updated as to the prgress in my TACK ROOM.