Category Archives: Regular Update

The Weekend in Review

The weekend gave us a chance to go to Las Vegas, which we did happily, via Hoover Dam.  The drive down was scenic in the light of the rising sun.  We did run across a carcass that was less than … Continue reading

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Observations

I woke up at 3:50 this morning, a Saturday, and felt quite wide awake!  Boo!  So I walked outside and observed Ursa Major just above the northern horizon, something I have not seen in the past eight years that I … Continue reading

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Summer Days!

The summer days in Nevada have not been speeding by, I will tell you that!  We get lodged indoors most of the time trying to cower from the heat!  The poor chickens and ducks and horses are stuck outside in … Continue reading

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Interesting or Not!

This morning I am recovering from a party that I didn’t attend.  Mostly the pain is in my neck, probably from sleeping on it wrong.  It was enough that I dreamed of being in a head on traffic collision that … Continue reading

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A Friday to Remember

There is a gallon of Flavor-Aid in the freezer cooling off so I can drink it later, and the air conditioning is doing its thing, working on keeping the house at a reasonable temperature so we can stay active and … Continue reading

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Out the Door at 5:30

This morning JJ and I got out at 5:30 on Patches and Precious.  Now, Precious has been a troublesome horse from the start, and is the same one which threw me off several weeks back.  She has been through some … Continue reading

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4:00 Am Wakeup for Horseback Ride

This morning’s fun and games started at 4:00 when JJ and I got up and ate breakfast, then got ourselves ready to go for a ride on Patches and Umber.  By the time we got over the time and got … Continue reading

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My Horse

Patches This guy is in for a bit of training right now with the help of one of our neighbors, without which we would be just lost as to what to do with him at the moment as none of … Continue reading

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Colic in a Thousand Pound Animal

I was stood outside with the hose, having just filled up a water tank for the horses, I turned my back for a moment, then turned around again to find one of the horses laying on her side, breathing shallow, … Continue reading

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The Kids Must Despise Us!

Our kids would probably like it if we got drunk and had a hangover on a Sunday morning, but that’s just not the case!  So, we got up relatively early and got to work on the garden, and several other … Continue reading

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