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Posted on 02/24/2006 9:12:25 AM PST by HairOfTheDog
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Well, I'm counting the minutes till 9:30 when the saddle shop opens. Today is the day my saddle is suppose to be ready.
My nutty neighbor, Beth called yesterday, and somehow we got on the subject of saddles. She wants to try my English Saddle. I'm going to take it down to her house today. I really don't think it will work for her, she's really a tiny person, I think the seat will be too big. and she may not even get to try it, because I'll bet my girth is going to be to long. She's got a pretty small, lean Arab. If she can't try it I doubt she'd buy it. But hey, it's her decision.
Becky
Oooh - I sure hope it's ready :~D
She wants to come, she was just scared of Austin for some reason.
Well,,,not today:(, but this week sometime. The oiler guy has it, and he's not made it into work yet today. As soon as he gets and the girl finds out what day it will be ready she's going to call me and let me know, but it won't be ready today.
Becky
Rats :~\
Well, I gotta get going here... Have a good day everyone :~D
Hmph...doesn't suprise me. What is it?
Hey Becky...do you know what it takes to remain a legal resident of Oklahoma, even if you have to temporarily move out of the state? You know, like travelers, who travel most of the year and aren't home but still call Oklahoma home? Can you actually live in one state and work in another?
Wonder who'd you ask about stuff like this?
Oh Man! That's a nasty looking claw mark! I'm glad she didn't get your eye. If house cats were any bigger they'd REALLY be dangerous. They can cut you to shreads without meaning to as it is.
Oh, and I LOVED the Monty Python reference! That was one STRANGE movie. ;o)
The saddle shop called back. My saddle will be ready tomorrow. I'm going out of town for the day tomorrow so I'll pick it up on my way back home tomorrow afternoon. With the time change and it staying light later, I still should be able to get a ride in:)
Becky
Speaking of new saddles, this is the one I picked up on Saturday. I rode it a little yesterday around the pasture and I REALLY like it, except for the fact that it SQUEAKS like CRAZY. That's the one thing I don't like about new saddles. I stopped by the Dollar General and bought a can of baby powder and that problem is going to go away tomorrow.
I rode around a bit in the other new saddle that I bought on ebay and have decided that the stirrup leathers are just too long and it can't be taken up any more and it's really just too big over all, so I'm probably going to try to sell it.
Guineas may be ugly, but they're about the best kind of watch dog you can have. With them around, ain't NOBODY gonna drive up to your place without you knowing about it. But they're about the stupidest things I've ever seen too. They don't have sense enough to get in out from in front of a car.
They're great "watchdogs", will alert you when a stranger is around and great tick eaters, from what I understand...but they are loud and ugly. They are hardier than chickens too and can fly up into the trees to escape danger.
I would love a flock some day...
OHHHH, I like that one. It really looks comfy:) Is it on Grace here? Will if fit your bigger horses? Is this one of the ones made by an Amish Guy? (Sorry for all the questions:), I have trouble keeping everything straight).
I like the stirrups, they look comfortable for a long ride too. Are they the swivel kind, or just hang at the right angle?
So is the saddle you are selling the one with the adjustable tree?
Becky
Well, I'm happy to let the neighbors guineas come over anytime they want to help my chickens eat the ticks:). My dogs don't know what to think of them. I'm keeping an eye out that they don't start chasing them. so far they just seem curious to watch them.
All the places around here that have Guineas do have trouble keeping them from being killed in the roads. They are stupid. When one is dead in the road, the others all stand around him making noise and don't move. You can pass one dead in the road, come back by latter and they'll be 2-3 more.
Becky
The live side, and at the bottom of the picture you can see the other.
Closer look at the side I think is dying.
And then for the heck of it:), the dogwood tree I got last year from Jenny for mothers day. It's blooming, I was wondering if it would survive. I've had alot of people tell me they are hard to grow.
Becky
That's Bob in the pictures modeling the saddle. I haven't tried it on Tennessee yet, but hopefully it'll fit him ok too. It is one of the ones made by an Amish guy. It's similar to the Tucker Endurance saddle. The stirrups don't swivel. I went ahead and had him put some of those metal stirrup hangers on there that make them hang straight like that. I hate having to break in new fenders, plus sometimes, depending on where you have to set your stirrup leathers, the blevins buckle can jab the horse in the side when you have them twisted out like that.
The one I'm selling is the adjustable tree one. I sure hate to sell it because it fit everybody so well, but it just doesn't fit me. I'm hoping my friend who bought Blade will want it. The one she has is too small for her and it doesn't fit Blade either. she's been looking at new saddles on ebay but is having to wait until she sells a litter of pups before she'll have the money. She raises and shows champion Irish Setters, so her puppies bring a fair amount of money.
Well, the one side of your fern does look pretty bad. It looks like maybe the top 3 fiddle heads in the bottom picture are rotting or something. Hopefully it'll make it. I don't know if cutting them off would help or not. I just happened to glance at mine this moring and it's greening up too. I didn't look close enough to see if part of it isn't doing to well. I'll have to check it out this evening.
Well, I really like your saddle.
I don't know if they are rotting, but they sure aren't doing well. I think I am going to go ahead and trim them off. Since I've got one doing so well I can risk this one. Did you put both halves in one hole?
Becky
I think Tennessee even thought it was sexy. He was following her around like an old stud after a mare in heat...
The new must've worn off though because he's back to pretty much ignoring her now.
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