This is Luke

[valley ranch]

Well, thistlebloom ~ that looks like a nice ride to me ~ white sock in the back ~ looks like ``` Let me have another look at her ~ Yeh ~ she looks good ~ I give you my Ornewtioon ( blessing ) well ~ I'll give it when she's at you home and you can hug and kiss her ```

 

[valley ranch]

You have a knee problem ~ tell me about that ```

 

[thistlebloom]

You have a knee problem ~ tell me about that ```

Not much to tell, one was injured 23 years ago and the other "good" knee has had a lot more use than it would normally. I tweaked it somehow this week, it's probably cumulative damage from doing something at work, doing a lot of digging and using an edger lately, but it is swollen and painful to use.

It will be usable as usual in 3 or 4 days probably.

 

[Nyboy]

How long have you had Luke

 

[thistlebloom]

How long have you had Luke

Two years this August.

 

[flowerbug]

she is a nice looking mare. I am of the firm opinion that sometimes animals choose YOU, not the other way around. You were pulled to her because she wanted you.

why cannot it be love at first sight just like people?

 

[Nyboy]

Two years this August.

very short time !!! I guess like any animal its a gamble. My partner had to have a sheepdog he saw at a show one day. Breeder named a outrageous price he paid it. Dog developed cancer was put down in less then a year.

 

[Carol Dee]

Took a last minute late afternoon ride in the mountains yesterday up a logging road.

So many things blooming! There were Woods rose, yarrow, orange and yellow hawkweed, Mariposa lily, oxeye daisy, a lily that looked like a Turks turban, Thimbleberries and wild honeysuckle. Lots and lots more that I don't know.

I took some pictures from horseback, but most were too blurry. I can't get Luke to be still and hold his breath. Here's a honeysuckle and a thimbleberry.


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This view used to be filtered through trees, but it's been logged out and opened up. I preferred the former one, it was a shaded foresty route before.
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We're in front of a cliff that drops down to lake Pend Oreille.
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My husband claims I kiss Luke more than him.
I sent him those pics from the mountain to tease him.

I love the photos of you and Luke. You look so HAPPY.

 

[thistlebloom]

Syringa

everywhere

?

Steve

Steve, the Syringa is blooming in the mountains now. Did the same ride as the one where the flowers were all in bloom and they were abundant.
It was all over next to the highway when we went to MT.
It inspired me to name my little mustang mare after it.

 

[baymule]

Not much to tell, one was injured 23 years ago and the other "good" knee has had a lot more use than it would normally. I tweaked it somehow this week, it's probably cumulative damage from doing something at work, doing a lot of digging and using an edger lately, but it is swollen and painful to use.

It will be usable as usual in 3 or 4 days probably.

Arnicare. I use the Arnicare cream and tablets.

http://www.arnicare.com/