Saturday, June 11, 2011
June buzz
Yesterday I actually put a bit in the mouth of a young horse I have been working with for 3 weeks. She is at my friends house in Pilot Hill. Honey, is her name. She came to Elke's as a rescue horse. Elke takes them in and gentles them so the rescue group can find them a home. Elke spent most of the winter -between ALL that rain- just getting her used to friendly humans. But Elke doesn't really have the time to take the training up a notch. Elke was unable to catch her -so I offered to take on the horse. I could see upon meeting her that she was really a kind horse- fearful and untrained. Honey was jumpy at just being touched. I told Elke I couldn't work with her with her feet so long- so she called her (very kind farrier) out to trim. He did the front feet but got kicked by her rear foot-so no trim there. I said I would work on that and we would call him back. One of the thing a farrier does is wrap his leg around the horses to hold the foot (yeah-right) So I have been working on that too (eek) but I can do it for a short time- I am working on holding it longer and longer. Now 3 weeks later- here are some incredible pics that Elke took ; one shes nuzzling my hand - this after I had put a bit in her mouth for the first time. The pics were taken after our "work" session- this is the third time with the saddle on. Oh- it was a lot of work EVERY day- but 3 weeks not bad- I am smitten with this very nice animal!!
Notice how relaxed she is. foot cocked, head low. And me in my "please no sun on me " outfit !
Wednesday, June 1, 2011
Nora's present
My friend has a Rhodesian Ridgeback, Ranger-I made this for her birthday! its on a 8x10 canvas board from wal-mart. acrylic background. I found a picture I had of him, blew his face up a little. I then found a cover picture, from Cowboys and Indians mag- (its a Paul Newman body-LOL). I cut a slit in the hat and slid Ranger's head there and collaged the rest. Too funny that the dog was wearing a neck scarf that goes very well!!!
This was fun to do. I'd like to do one for all my doggy pals.
Sunday, May 22, 2011
A busy Sunday
It was a busy Sunday. I have a new project. I've agreed to help my friend with a rescue horse. She doesn't have a lot of time so I went out yesterday and today- and have made little by little progress. Actually my friend has been working with the mare for several months- feeding lots of carrots. She still is a little reluctant to take them- but she used to not even come close. The horse is wearing a halter and long rope in the pasture so she can be caught. I have plans for that...I'll take pictures tomorrow.
I rode my two FAT horses today also-actually, I rode Ruby and ponied Willy. It was a 3 hour ride. Nice, but I don't know how much fat it burned off! Here is a link for pictures of the trail.
Monday, May 16, 2011
News of the moment
I had a fun weekend. My friend Elke's B&B (see it here) was one of the homes featured in the garden home tour. It was very cold but lots of fun visiting with folks. Here is the article from the Sacramento Bee about it.
I also took a picture of this Lily, she had in her dining room. Do you know what it is?
Sonia came up and stayed a few days and we cooked and did the usual quilt project. Except it was different-involving chemicls! Here are some photos of the blocks- it calls for creating a shadow image.
For Mothers day I went to marine world with Heather and the family,and Aunt Kathie and the other Grandma (Barb) it was fun. Domo wanted a superman cape and I was having Deja Vu of miles!
Sonia came up and stayed a few days and we cooked and did the usual quilt project. Except it was different-involving chemicls! Here are some photos of the blocks- it calls for creating a shadow image.
I'm taking some workshops on the Strathmore site and I drew a scene using 40 year old oil pastels- I never knew how to use them?! So with a little You Tube help- here it is! a pge in my visiual journal.
That's the scoop for now.
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