What's Been Going on Lately

Hey everyone! Sorry I haven’t blogged for a while. But you know there’s always that thing that’s higher up on your to do list than computer time. And that is work ;P. And work means busy, and busy means you might not get enough time on the computer than you want.

As I sit here typing this, I can hear; Canon in D playing on the computer, Mom playing the piano, and the lovely music of people talking out in the kitchen (where I probably should be right now). There are several smells wafting through out the house as well; probably the strongest scent is Vinegar but at this time of year I like the smell cuz it means canning and freezing and stocking up food for winter. Once in a while I smell that sweet smell of apples simmering on the stove, and if you went into the kitchen right now and stuck your nose over the big pan on the stove you would smell tomatoes, apples, cucumbers, sugar, hot pepper, garlic, cinnamon, ginger, and salt all blended together and getting boiled down to be made into Chutney.

Amigo (the prettiest horse we’ve got) somehow managed to get a long ugly gash across his ribs and stomach! It’s not that deep but it’ll leave a scar :(!

Yesterday and today, Levi has been working on making a little cart that Tinker will pull. It’s very cute but I don’t know if Tinker thinks it is =D! I know, I know, we need to make the shafts a little shorter ;P.



Well I better go get back to the kitchen and help Britt, but here’s another picture. Dad just bought an Olympus 6.0 MP Digital Camera and I’m having a lot of fun with it! I found this little black-eyed-susan and it happened to have a little tiny bee busily sipping nectar. Isn’t it cute!

Sweet

A couple years ago, Levi and I were inseparable. We played together, ate together, got in fixes together, and once in a while, fought together. Then when Tabby got old enough, she got in on all we did too. Whether it was playing in mud puddles in the Spring, riding bike and building forts in the Summer, raking the yard and playing in the leaves in the Autumn, or sledding in the Winter, we were always together!

Now that I'm have other interests and don't do as much with them, they still go on without me. I’ve noticed that over the past few days, they’ve done more together than they have in a long time! But now they have Zack in their gang.

It’s been so cute to watch them having the time of their lives over they’re own small version of football, or playing farm with their little toy farm animals.

I’ve managed to get a few snapshots of them but usually they see me in time to make a run for cover. ;o)

Words of Wisdom

I got this in a forward from a friend. So cute.

Happenings

Yesterday, Levi, Tabby and I saddled up and went out to the clover pasture where we had set up some barrels for racing. Dad came out and timed us. We did okay but it wouldn’t be a record for a real barrel-racing contest!

There are a couple gopher holes on the track so my horse won’t run fast till we get past the last barrel.

Shivohn and I getting ready to take off

Amigo did pretty well. He is the fastest of the bunch but hopefully not for long! ;oD

Levi and Amigo

We have been putting Maggie in a pen behind our garden so she can eat what little grass there is. Today I went out there to check on her and she wasn’t in there! I started calling for her but she wasn’t around. I was just going to go get Levi when I saw something on the road. There she was trotting along like she had every right in the world to be out and running away! She wasn’t turning in to the yard, but kept right on going, heading down the hill towards the highway! I ran as fast as I could to get in front of her before she started going down. We both were running pretty fast and almost crashed into each other but Maggie stopped right before she would have hit me. I got her turned around and into the yard all the while calling for someone to help get her put away, but everyone was in the house and couldn’t hear me! Finally Levi came out when the cow was in the middle of the yard and he helped get her put in a pen she couldn’t get out of. She must have gone through the fence because we forgot to turn it on after we had been working on it. Never a dull moment!

Uh, except for Maggie

I'm Still Around...

...I'm just having a hard time finding something to post. So this is just to let you know I haven't left the planet ;) :P Here is a picture of one of the kittens from our latest batch. His name is Boots--can you tell why?

And here's a picture of Tabby and Archie. The way I got the dog to look at the camera was by saying "Archie, do you want some liver?" (I got him some liver treats and he LOVES them)