Time for a catch up!

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

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

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....

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

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....

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

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)