Shots of Summer

Summer Time......

Zoey's First Ice Cream Sundae !

We had such a gorgeous weekend. All sunshine and warm temps! We took the fathers up to Alexandria Bay 1000 Islands for a lunch & scenic cruise on the Uncle Sam Boat Tours and we also toured Boldt Castle.....was a fantastic afternoon.

And we took little Zoey out for ice cream. She got a little doggy sundae.....it's vanilla ice cream with little dog bisquits.....boy did she LOVE this treat! And my boys enjoying the sunshine as well!

Well, now it's monday again....the start of another work week....so I had better get back to work...........Enjoy your day!

Little Zoey on the back deck......

The Boys Want To Be Your Valentine !

Wishing you a Happy Valentine's Day!

Hugs From: Cody, Jack & Garret

SNOW........LOTS OF SNOW !!!!!

Snapped a couple pics with my phone this morning as I headed out for the studio......we are getting hit with lake effect snow....lots and lots of snow......

My boys eating breakfast.........

Enjoy your day!

Waiting for Spring.........

You see....where I live.....it's still really cold and I have alot of snow yet to melt ...yuk! We are in a bit of a cold snap with temps only reaching 40 and nights are frigid. Even though most of you guys are enjoying the "real" spring, you know, grass is growing, flowers are coming up (sigh) ..... it takes us about mid May before we experience anything like that.

And since I'm a baby about riding in the cold weather......we sit and wait.....the tack is ready just waiting.

Although the boys could care less! They would rather just hang around and be lazy, than to get saddled and worked a bit. We don't show horses anymore so they got it real easy!

My daughter is itching to get out and ride Cody (the palomino [blonde] horse)....but he got into a bit of a fight with Jack on Friday. He injured is back hock where he has been limping for a few days....I've got him on meds and keeping an eye on him because I lost a horse from a leg injury...... that's one of the reasons I don't board my horses anymore....but I won't bore you with the nasty details of that incident. Anyhow......as soon as the weather brakes and everybody is healthy enough to ride.....I will be posting some of that fun :)

Enjoy your day!

p.s. So far no signs of the tumor returning on Jack....... thank you everybody who has been inquirying about him :) He very much appreciates it! He is such a sweetie....he is the big baby of the three.....loves to be hugged and pampered....but scared of his own shadow :0

Surgery In The Barn...

If you could spare a few minutes and send some prayers upstairs for my boy, Jack.....it would be greatly appreciated.


You see, for those who don't know me , my boys are my 3 horses....and the one that is in distress is Jack. He is a 7 yr old sorrel gelding. This past spring I saw something growing on his (private part) but thought it might just fall off over time. Well it never fell off , it just got bigger and bigger...about the size of a small apple....it was not pretty! Rather gross....bloody,pussy and looked alot like brains...well, you get the idea. Of course, the wonderful internet is perfect for research and I had alot of ideas as what it could be and none were good.


The vet came this morning and she tells me it is a tumor but not sure if it was cancerous. She wanted to refer me to a "horse hospital" to have it removed....which would have cost ALOT of money and no guarantees he would be cured. I have had my share of "hospital procedures" right here in my barn so she agreed to do the surgical removal right in the stall. We performed the rather disgusting task of surgery on his "you know what" to remove this tumor. In the end, she was able to get the stalk part that connected to the good skin but no guarantees it won't regrow. If it grows back.....well lets just say that means its cancer....and that is never a happy ending :(

So we need all the extra prayers that we can get so that this tumor is gone and won't ever come back!

Me working with Jack

A Little Weekend Down Time

It was a weekend to spend time with my boys, my dad & mom, my daughter (the other was in Niagara Falls playing softball) and myself for some stawberry picking :) ----

Note: this has got to be my biggest post yet.....lots of photos...lots to share......so stay with me here ;)

Here are the boys.....Jack (aka. Jackster)....Garret (aka Gare-Bare)...Cody(aka Cody Boy)


What a weekend! The weather was perfect (a bit hot, but all sunshine on sunday).... thought I would share a bit of 'the boys' with you. Here they are having Sunday Breakfast on my backyard lawn......I don't have any green grass pasture for them to graze in so every chance I get, I'll just let them out to graze in the yard.

Here is Baby Jack

Here is Mr. Cody Boy

Actually caught Garret itching his face with his hoof! Too Funny! They sure do have flexibility but try to ask them when you are in the riding ring....argh....they are like, riiiiight you want me to do what?? :)

And finally Mr. Garret..... by the way, he is the king of the little herd. He was not happy when I chose to ride baby Jack for the trail ride today.....all that frantic pacing and very loud whinneys while me & my daughter left the barn .... but after he saw that he would have had to actually workout a bit....well, needless to say he calmed right down and I think he actually was laughing at the other boys...probably something like "na na na na na, I don't have to work today :) "

Love how these 2 pictures came out of Garret!

The 3 musketeers ...

Brought my camera along on the trail ride to see if I would be able to get some pictures...but because there were soooooo many deer flies attacking us and the horses ....they were totally frustrated and too jumpy to get much of any pictures. Perhaps next time when the flies are not so bad.

Here is my oldest daughter, Kaylee... she tried to run away when I was trying to take a picture of her while sitting on my horse... I'll get her next time ..hehe.. My view from the top of my horse, Jack.....he was not in the mood for my picture taking....but the trailride was nice anyhow....

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I even did a little stawberry picking at our local farm....YUMMY!

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Went to my Mom & Dad's house on Sunday.....you know, cuz it was Father's Day. I had to go and give my Daddy-O some fresh picked strawberries :) --- it was an enjoyable time just sitting around with them going through some old photographs and vintage jewelry........of course, they gave me gobs of information about each piece of jewerly and every photo......I tried to talk them into jotting down those little short stories and tidbits into a journal ...well, you can guess the look I got about that.....perhaps I will just show up someday with an old tape recorder and just revisit all those old photos and jewelry with them again.....and then I will have all those treasured stories to pass along to the next generation :) Happy Father's Day Dad!

Here is my baby dad and my grandfather

What a handsome little chap he was back in the day....

My Dad....a little James Deanish don't you think?

My Dad.....I think he looks alot like Conan O'Brien here....don't you? :)

And of course, my beautiful Mom......dig those sunglasses Mom :0

My Mom & Dad...ooooh la la....and the best is yet to come Mom & Dad! Love ya always...your brat, wendy

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And lastly......WAAAAA HOOOO... My daughter's team were CHAMPIONS at the tournament in Niagara Falls this weekend!!!!! OMG...they were undefeated....they had to play 7 games and in order to win and they took all of the games ......... walked away with this giant almost 5 foot tall trophy!!! Nice job girls....I'm soooo proud of you.

My daughter...is standing in the middle right behind the giant trophy :)

and here she is getting her trophy from the head coach :)

Boys Will Be Boys!

Along with raising 2 teenage daughters, which is a handful in itself, some of you might not know that I also raise and care for 3 boys! Well, not your normal teen boys..... but three sometimes troublemaking boy horses or geldings as we horse folk call them.

I took a couple pictures of them the other day when I made them stay inside in the warm and dry barn because the weather was too nasty to turn them outside. They were not very happy with Mom for leaving them inside....they love to go out!

This is Cody & Garret. Cody (13yrs old aka-Perfection Par Bar) is the palomino peeking from the back and Garret (16 yrs old and the leader aka-Can Hope) is the front and of course middle stall. He needs to be in control of the other two.

And this is Jack (7 yrs old aka-Poco Lil Red), my big baby.

Garret and Jack just checking me out wondering, "What the Heck, Mom, are ya gonna let us out or what?".....Nope I say, Guys.....it's really nasty outside and I don't want you out in minus zero degree temps with winchill..........

And right before my eyes, (don't know how I got the picture),baby Jack decides he is gonna try to open Garret's stall door and try to escape! That Little Stinker! BOYS!

I promise I will blog more about the boys, I'll just need to carry my camera more often to get pics of them.....!

These were taken about 3 yrs ago when my girls still were interested in "boy horses" now they are interested in "boys"!!! Kaylee, my oldest, riding Cody in a show. And Ellen, my youngest riding Garret in a show.