She got her horse.
After all these years.
Beauty kept her out of trouble. Beauty, the first horse, also sent her to the ER with a broken arm. But now there’s Cassie, and granddaughter Abby will have her own love affair with the sweaty, obstinate, romantic beasts because her momma couldn’t live any longer without a horse in her life.
If it will keep her a safe distance from other harms and wastes of time, I’m all for it–especially given the fact that I don’t have to call the vet, the ferrier, or the neighbors to see if the horse showed up over at their place after getting out of the pasture. Those duties I happily confer to son-in-law Mike (who is wearing my shirt, I notice here! Some styles never go out of style, eh?)
Stumble it!
6 responses so far ↓
1 susan // Dec 21, 2006 at 5:53 am
Great pictures, so different in time, so similar in content. Passing it on to the kids and grandkids, our values, love for animals, the work involved in keeping them. Life goes on.
2 Lorianne // Dec 21, 2006 at 7:34 am
Sweet! You know, Fred, you have such a good-looking family…and I don’t say that just because I’ve been mistaken for your daughter…
3 COD // Dec 21, 2006 at 8:46 am
That picture looks vaguely familiar…
I considering the lack of boys at the barn as part of my payback for buying the horse
4 Dave // Dec 21, 2006 at 3:00 pm
“Some styles never go out of style, eh?”
Either that, or she married the closest thing to dear ol’ Dad that she could find.
5 Dottie // Dec 21, 2006 at 7:53 pm
Beautiful family picture…..Abby sure is growing up to be a beautiful child……My 4 year old grand-daughter wishes for a pony for Christmas - since that is not feasible, I purchased a “Horse corral and barn” with some toy ponies from a store called ToyTyme here in St. Louis……….hopefully it will keep her occupied as she has a wonderful imagination……….
6 Mouse // Dec 26, 2006 at 3:32 pm
I have wished for a pony for Christmas for the last 45 years…
Every year I received a doll and something ‘girlie’…
Maybe it’s time I followed this lead and darned well bought one for myself!
Merry Christmas!
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