My trainer got a job to train several untrained three year old mares. These mares have been to pasture since birth and have not been handled, wild like mustangs. They are all in horse "boot camp" learning to become usable quarter horses. This week was halter breaking and lunging with a saddle pad. The mares need to pay attention and trust humans for a change instead of just their herd mates.
We were offered to buy a vintage Longhorn Roping Saddle. It is an old one but the leather has been taken care of and is soft. The owner used to herd cattle in the west a long time ago with his wife. They are now retired from riding but could out ride me any day on any kind of horse. It will be nice to see if this saddle fits our horses.
Poppy our "mostly outdoor cat that thinks he is a dog" caught his first field mouse. Poppy is an overfed walking mousetrap so it is good to see him earning his keep for a change. He did not eat the mouse but brought it to my car just for me. He waited all day lording over his prey until I came home to congratulate him.
This past Saturday was our annual Fish Fry at our historic Mill in Summersville, Missouri. The day got started early with setting up the food, tables and chairs, pumpkins and fish. Since I was setting up and serving food, I did not get any shots of that, too busy! But I did get shots of Roy our Mill coordinator and his blue donated shuttle taxi. You can also see our new park benches on the Mill porch. The log counter was made with the help of donated materials, skills and time by friends of the Mill; it turned out great! I missed getting a shot of the Bluegrass Fiddlers who played for us while people enjoyed the fish and desserts. It all turned out to be a wonderful event to get ready for Fall.
I had the pleasure visiting with crafter and writer Darlene Kenaga of Mountain View, Missouri. She is a quilter, knitter, tatter and rug maker. She has also written and printed her own book about her youth, "Four Kids in a Model-A". The book is only sold at events she is attending, like ours at the mill. She was there to sign books and demonstrate her crafting. I am always amazed at the skills people of the Ozark have and use on a daily basis. You just don't see this anymore in the modern city lifestyles of today. It was nice to stop and just listen to what she had to share. And she is a wonderful teacher of her crafts, a very patient.
