Hanging Out

 Everyone just hanging out being horses…. Nothing to see around here. Such a sweet little family!

Big horses: Neighbors Doc & my Riffics
Mini horses: Breezy & Stormy

Dud

 My neighbor thought she was getting a “barn cat” but she got a dud! Gray Kitty has found her way to my air conditioned and heated sunroom, finding comfort in Lacy and playing with my other two cats.

Gray Kitty & Lacy

Driving Stormy

This is how my drive went today with Stormy LOL

Even though it looks like it, I promise you, we did NOT hit a tree LOL

Christmas Goodies

For Christmas the boys got new halters, leads and blankeys! OMG! So stinking cute!

Good Morning!

 Ponies are already at it this morning!

Christmas Day

 Since Dave left for a trip today I took Stormy to TRT Main Park for a Christmas drive. Dave usually works every Christmas so I am usually out with horses doing something fun. Luckily it turned out to be a beautiful day with a high of 50 degrees. I was debating whether I should drive Stormy or Breezy at the park today and decided to take Stormy for a nice and relaxing drive plus I didn’t want to over do it with Breezy. And I am so glad I took Stormy! A man’s German shepherd got off its leash and ran straight for us. I saw it coming and quickly got out of the cart. Stormy handled it like the little champ he is! He didn’t bolt or do anything stupid, he did flinch but that is to be expected because the dog was in his face after all. My neighbors dog is always charging the fence barking at the horses, so Stormy is desensitized to this, but when it happens away from home and with unfamiliar dogs you just never know how things will turn out. I did get my kicking leg ready and was about to kick the dog but it ended up on the opposite side and the man was pretty quick to retrieve him. I really need to have my mace ready at a moments notice because that could have turned out really bad especially with the bayou having such steep banks right next to the trail. If we started to head down the banks of the bayou we would probably end up in the river, I don’t think Stormy would be able to stop us once we get going down hill, he is just too small. Other than that our drive through the park was fun and uneventful.

Stormy

Merry Christmas Eve

 We had Dave’s parents over for Christmas Eve dinner. Dave made his famous lasagna and it turned out fabulous.

Dave captured the beautiful Christmas Eve sunset over my barn, it was magnificent!

Christmas Eve

Having the best Christmas Eve ever! Dave surprised me with this picture of Riffics that he had put on a banner. The perfect gift, he is so thoughtful and so sweet!! He hung it up for me today in Riffics stall. Riffics will probably spook when he walks in and sees himself LOL LOL

Me in Riffics stall with my new beautiful banner.

Playful Seniors

 Riffics and Doc having some holiday fun!

Mini horses on the left: Stormy & Breezy
Neighbors big horse Doc
And Riffics on the right

‘Twas the Night Before Christmas

 ‘‘Twas right before feeding, and all through the barn,

Ponies were stirring and raising a ruckus on the farm.

They were jumping and prancing, rearing with wild hair.

With the thought of that sweet hay, soon to be there.

I grab the feed and and buckets a plenty,

While I know that Stormy’s thinking “Criminey, woman. Hurry up already!”

Open the gate and down the aisle they come.

They stop in their tracks while I exclaim, “Hey, where’d that cat come from?”

A little grey kitty came to us in need.

And Riffic’s eyes roll while he thinks, “Oh great, another mouth before me!”

“Come on owner, bring that food over to us!”

“It’s just a cat, what’s all the fuss?”

This little one is special, Storms and Breeze don’t seem to mind.

They nudge her and snuggle her, being very gentle and kind.

You see, two ponies left this year and they’re living on new farms,

Thunder and Nova are out making friends with their sweet charms.

They may be gone but it looks like to me,

One has returned in the form of a sweet kitty.

Coincidence, maybe. But I do believe.

There might have been more to this,

“Hey What was the noise from the eave?”

We rush outside and see the reindeer and sleigh,

Fly away from the barn as we heard him say.

“Welcome the little one back, she will make your heart thump.”

“That sweet kitty is Nova. Not Thunder, the grump.”

Merry Christmas to my wife.

My love, my life.

Merry Christmas & Happy New Year!

Happy holidays from our barn to yours!

Riffics, Breezy, & Stormy

Stormy

Breezy

Fat Cat

 Who is that fat cat in the window??

Cheddar!

Christmas Trees

Dave and I love the holiday season and we just love our Christmas Trees! A few years ago we decided to buy a couple of table top trees instead of one big Christmas tree, what a great decision! It not only feels a little more modern and less cluttered but they are so easy to put up and take down. I stow the trees in a closet and I leave them set up with the ornaments on. It doesn’t get any easier than that! They are so bright and cheery! We have some very meaningful ornaments as well. We have the cork from the wine bottle from our wedding night, cat collars from kitties who are no longer with us, of course some airplanes and we try to find ornaments that remind us of our pets. The holidays is such a special time for us. Happy holidays from our barn to yours!

Cute Photos!

 

Me, Breezy, & Gray Kitty Nova

Stormy, Breezy, & Me

Stormy & Breezy COOL Day

 

Frosty the Snowman

 

Bad weather today: extremely STORMY & BREEZY

 It was extremely STORMY here all morning long and it was very BREEZY too! Tornados North of Fort Worth… that could be my next pony… TORNADO!  Finally stopped raining… RAINING … so I was able to let the boys out for a while, what a dreary day.

Breezy & Stormy
View from my bedroom

Bedroom Window

 I have the BEST view from my bedroom window!

Breezy & Stormy

Stormy & Breezy

 It rained earlier today making it a little too wet to drive the boys but the perfect day to take them for a walk.

Stormy & Breezy

Lacy & Gray Kitty

 My neighbors kitten “Gray Kitty” was attacked by her dogs the other day. She probably thought all dogs are as sweet as Lacy. Luckily she escaped uninjured but was covered in dog slobber, poor baby.

Lacy & Gray Kitty

Broke to Ride!

 It’s official, Stormy is broke to ride!

Stormy - TRT Main Park

 What a fabulous day at our favorite park! It was absolutely beautiful! I couldn’t stop giggling and taking pictures, it was a real treat seeing all the magnificent colors.

Stormy

Horse Ribbon Wreath

 My horse ribbons were collecting dust in the barn so I made a wreath. Now they can collect dust in wreath form.

Before

After