Blog Award

Well Last week I got an award from Our Country Cove Life and it is the Liebster Award, which means Dearest or Favorite in German.

There are a few rules with accepting this award and they are:
-- I have to give it to 5 bloggers with less than 200 followers.
-- Show thanks to giver by linking to their blog.
-- Post this award to your blog (which I have no idea how to do this)
-- And list bloggers you gave it to with links to their blogs.

So I am hoping I never get more than 200 followers (not that I don't love all my followers) cause then it is so much less personal and its harder to keep track of everyone, now I have 51 and I can still have a life and a blog :)

So this is hard to chose only 5 bloggers, but here goes,

1.  Own a Morgan--Janice has a great blog with great pics of the flowers she grows and stories about her wonderful horse Tex (and others too)

2.Cheyenne Chronicles--Great posts about riding with his horse Gracie

3.5 Starr's Farm--great blog about her orange orchards and beautiful pictures!!

4.All These Pretty Horses--Great looking big horses with awesome temperaments and the stories about them

5.Little Prairie Baby--Great stories about living the rural life with her husband and 2 young children

OK off to let everyone know about their awards and tomorrow more info on Jessie!!

Canadian Supreme--Friday

Wow what an exciting week!!!  It was so much fun but so exhausting up there this week.  I never ended up working up there, becuase I had too many firends to visit with and too much to look at.  Shirley from Ride a Good Horse and Janice from Own a Morgan and Sherry from Fern Valley Appaloosas were there as well as Charlene and then I seen my Aunt Bonnie and Tracy too.

(Shirley, Janice, and Me in back with Sherry in front)

I really enjoyed visiting with them. It sure was fun, but too bad Sherry could only stay a couple hours. But she did come in time to see some spotted ponies run down the fence. Like this guy, Have A Drink On Me.   He ended up 9 in Open Hackmore Derby and 7th in Non Pro Snaffle bit/Hackmore.  (who apperently is for sale for $16,000).

And Ike Ant Be High (which is said I can't be high) With his cool stripe up his back leg.    He ended up 4th in CS Open Hackmore Derby, and 11 in Open Hackmore Derby.  He is such a cool horse! 

And Sheza Genuine Lena, who I wouldn't mind being in my pasture, I sure like here, have liked her since last year.  She isn't as obvious with her coloring shes an appy.  She ended up 4th in the Open Hackmore and second in CS Open Hackmore Derby.

Oh and then the sale.   What a event to go to.  I sure liked a few horses in the sale, but one was scratched which didn't matter too much cause I wasn't there to buy anyways.  And one Charlene was seriously debating on buying, but we knew it would be too much money.  I looked at this one, Misty Blue Boon (lot 7), but not too seriously. She didn't sell for $6700.

And this ones lot 30, Sheza Woody.  She sure was a pretty girl and sounds like she should be nice.  (she sold for $8000)

And then lot 49, Twice a Little Boon, I never looked at her before the sale, but like her color for sure and quite calm.  She sold for $2100, at least reasonable for me.

And then Charlenes pick.  Number 50.  MP Chrome Catt.  We knew it was bad when bidding started at $5000.  He eventually sold for $10,800.  High seller of the sale.  Which is pretty odd that its a yearling even if he was nice.   So hope to see him in a couple years.

And lot 57, which I never got a picture of.  Remel.  My Aunt Bonnie's friend Tracey bought him.  He sounds nice and quiet.  Just 2 and started.  She team pens, so that's probly what he will do although he is Reining Alberta and Canadian Supreme nominated too, so maybe she will start some reining too.  And then my pick, lot 60.  Pistols Cocoa Jay.  She is an 8  year old broke cutter that has 14000 in earnings.  She sold for $9750, which is quite a deal, but still way more than I have to spend now.  Bill Speight was riding her and showing her off then took of her bridle to do a bridleless demonstration.  Was cool :)

Sure was a fun day there, an another full day on Saturday.

Thursday

So I feel like I haven't gotten anything done this week with going to the Supreme Tuesday and going back this afternoon and staying till Saturday. In between, on Tuesday Neil took in a dry heifer to be butchered and today he is taking in the other two drys to the sale. Last night I rode both Kali and Razz. I need to get Kali ridden a few more times before she goes, so she will at least be sorta legged up for training.  She is pretty good now even takes longer for her to start puffing and for the whole ride yesterday she walked super fast to keep up to Ricki.  So she is feeling good.  I am pretty excited for her.

I haven't done a lot of canning since last week, made 2 batches (13 jars) raspberry jelly and canned 2 batches tomatoes(6 jars of Italian and 6 jars of Mexican).  I still have to make more jam and jellies but the fruit is frozen so its not as big a rush now.  But since we took a beef in, I will have to start cleaning out the freezer to make room.

And since we got a good hard frost last night I now should be putting away hoses and all summer things and closing up the garden shed for winter.  I hope that means the rest of the flies are gone.  Can't say I'm really sad about that frost now.  As long as it doesn't get really cold I'm okay.

Pretty excited to meet up with blog friends this weekend, should be lots of fun :))  So much to talk about and yet we all know all about our lives so kinda weird like we know each other with only meeting a couple times.Will also be fun staying at my moms for the evenings and visiting with her.

I am pretty excited for the trade show at the Supreme cause I know I need a few things and stuff is usually on sale and some new stuff to check out too.  I need a winter blanket and maybe a lighter blanket for Kali, and another neoprene pad and a show pad, I really like the one I have and wish I had saved it instead of using it for the last three years.  And I hope there is a chap booth and always like the art even though I usually can't afford any of it, and I want to look at all the arena/barn booths and get pamphlets to take home and try to talk Neil into an arena this winter.

Oh and I got a fun package in the mail.  Carol from All These Pretty Horses sent me my prize in the foaling contest and it was coasters!  They are so cool and even better I dont have them yet :)  Thanks for the prize. 

Blogger Trail Ride-The Way Home

Me and Charlene were gonna stay overnight on Sunday and maybe go fro a short ride then head home, but since it was a radio controlled road, and the logging trucks would be coming up Monday morning, we decided to head out Sunday night. Also it started raining as we left, so I think it was the right choice.

Charlene took some pictures on the way out, most are through the windshield, so they are kinda rain spotted.

The mountains look so different in the rain and fog than they do in the sunshine.

Still we took lots of pictures cause we knew we were gonna leave them behind.


The river we crossed like 3 times was so pretty, so different than the Red Deer River!

The fog and clouds were so weird in certain spots that they almost looked like smoke from a fire.

The river flowed into a dam where they were making power.

We went through the sawmill town and finally back onto the pavement after an hour and a half(we only went 50 kms!)

We went through the town of Frank and I told Charlene the story of the Frank Slide which she had never heard before.

We phoned around to everyone and finally got a hold of someone from the Claresholm Agriplex and kept our horses there overnight so we could go shopping on Monday since Charlene never had to work. We had a shower which was awesome! and the next morning fed the ponies and then went to Frontier Western wear and all I bought was a hat (which Eeyore is modeling for me, lol)

Charlene ended up getting a pair of Boulet boots there. We went and rode in the outdoor arena there and headed up the road for home. We saw the Cowboy Country Clothing store in Nanton and stopped there and Charlene found an pair of spurs she had been looking for forever, then since it was going so fast, we stopped at K&K Livestock in Strathmore (our regular tack store) and they had like 5 used Vic Bennett saddles! usually its hard to find a used one and they had one Charlene loved and it fit her and Ricky (we had him there so we tried it out) and so she went home and convinced Mike to let her get it early (she was gonna get it at Christmas with her bonus from work) so she went last night to pick it up, what a lucky girl but I am glad she got it, cause I woulda been awfully tempted otherwise and I really cant afford it this year but it was soo nice.

I just had to include the pic of Fly for CCC (and her cowboy!)

Ive been trying to figure out how to schedule posts and its not working, can anyone help?

Trail Riding Part two

As soon as I got home I had to check out the babies and they almost finished shedding while I was gone! How crazy, I wait forever then go away for a weekend and they finish! Oh and yesterday I rode Dinero in for a while and Charlene was riding Rou and we went outside for my and his first time ever and he was sooo good, except he wanted to eat, but I never let him and he was awesome, even at the trot.

Finally after getting the tires fixed and everything ready to go, we got to take a ride. We went up some steep area into some really pretty trees. It was kinda fun until we almost got lost. The trail wasn't very clear, but Dave found the way out. No harm done, but Charlene was pretty worried for a while. Charlene and Ricky comin through the trees


Shirley's horse wasn't being very good, so she had a horrible ride so we headed back with a new plan for tomorrow. Janice (hiding her head) on Moxie and Dave on Buster

Bailey and Ricky were in the corral for the next night with all Dave and Janice's horses, who were mostly hobbled, but they just stuck together like glue.

The next morning after breakfast, we headed out towards the cabins. Shirley rode Beamer in the camp area and he was much better behaved.

Her and Dave headed out first and a little farther back, Janice and Charlene and me rode out.

Bailey was in heat, but was actually better behaved than she usually is.

There was a pretty meadow so we stopped and posed behind the mountains. Charlene and Ricky

And me and Bailey (with Shirley and Beamer and Tess in the background)

Dave on Indy and Janice on Maddie

When we got to the cabins, we tied up the ponies and had a look around. There were a couple cabins, a shower house, a kitchen all with a beautiful view.

Up the hill a ways was a corral and a really cool barn all filled with hay ready for the outfitters and guides to come up. Dave said they helicopter the hay in

They also had to helicopter the lumber in cause no roads go up there. Charlene had to pose in the barn, we both sure liked it.

The ride back was fun as well, Bailey had chipped a piece of her toe off and was a little sore, so was trying to go through all the trees and stuff. She was pretty careful about where she stepped so that was good, and she knows how wide I am so no knees in the trees, but not how tall I am, so I had to watch what was over my head.

Ricky was so good all during the I trip, think Charlene was a little worried about him, but she was very confident in him afterwards.


This is ending up being longer than I planned, but tomorrow the ride home.

Trail Riding Post Part One

Well I finally made it back from our trip out to the mountains on the blogger trail ride. It was so much fun. I convinced a girl from our barn to go with me and she was pretty nervous, but I think it was a good time over all.

We left from Drum and drove, even Charlene drove for a while, but mostly took pictures out the windows of mountains and the cool color of the mountain water.

We got to Jaffrey and met up with Shirley from Ride a good horse, and we followed her to the base of the mountain where we met up Janice at Own a Morgan and she led us up the mountain. Its a radio controlled road, so she had the radio to let anyone coming down know we were on the road. We had a flat tire just south of Calgary, but not a big deal, we got it changed and kept going, then about 4 kms from camp, another tire was shredded.

This caused the fron tire to go flat as well, so there we were on the side of a mountain with two flat tires and no spare. Luckily one of Shirley's tires fit on the trailer and we limped out way up to the campsite. While Dave took our horses in his trailer.

We finally got there, got the horses out of the trailer and set up the tent.

Our horses spent the night tied to the trailer because there was a community corral, but other people had their horses there and we we uneasy about keeping ours with them. Shirley had a separate pen for Beamer, and Janice and Dave highlined their horses.

Then Saturday morning, I went with Shirley down to Cranbrook and got new tires for my trailer and Charlene went on a ride with Janice and Dave.

The scenery in camp was beautiful, we were prolly about 20 feet from the river, which was the start of the trail.

Both Shirley and Janice brought 3 dogs, so it was kinda chaotic in camp, but they were well behaved.

The dogs were very focused on us throwing the stick for them, especially Sage.

Shirley set up a hammock and the dogs loved it, Charlene and Callie,

And Shirley and Tess in the dark.

Then Tucker (the only dog that wasnt a border collie) and Callie playing with a stick

The view of the mountains was just amazing, I took tons of pictures of them.