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Posted on 02/24/2006 9:12:25 AM PST by HairOfTheDog
Well the forecast calls for it to clear up this afternoon, and it's suppose to get pretty hot after today.
I need to run to town to get gas so I can finish up mowing the pastures, I just don't feel like going tho:)
Becky
Those are great :~D First time I've seen pictures of that rather open area where you can see very far. :~)
There's times when it's handy to have a gas station right next door :~)
I guess that should have been "Frog" and me. Sorry. I wish I had a picture of Jake with his fly hat on, you can see some of it on his ears in the last shot. The deer flies were AWFUL in some places. Horses don't walk to good when their head is betwen their knees trying to rub flies off!
Very nice pictures:). The one with the rock cliff in the background is so pretty.
Becky
That would be very nice:)
I have to go about 10 miles.
Becky
Those turned out pretty good but dark horses don't show up well in the shade. Grace just looks like a big shadow in most of them. But you can really see that reflector on the back of my cantle bag. I wouldn't have thought the flash would have bounced off of it that bright in broad daylight. Interesting!
Your wish is my command. I didn't post it the first time because it wasn't the best picture of either one of you. But it does show his "Mule Ears" hat, so here it is...
You can also see it, just barely, in this shot. It's just the wide angle version of the vertical one I posted of you earlier...
Well thank you my dear, I need to take a close up so everyone can REALLY get the effect of his mule-ish ears under that hat.
Nothing at this end has started to bloom yet, hibscus, foxglove, glads, calla lillies, the fern is between the two hibscus.
The red bud tree is finally shaping up like I want it.
Becky
LOL. I've seen those ear covers before. They are funny, but according to what I've been told they work real well. We have those awful deerflies here too. Poor Harley just has to tolerate me misting fly spray over his head.
Becky
I think your garden looks beautiful, even the wildflowers! But I'm not a formal kind of gal :~D
Your ferns must be pretty puny to be hidden by those hibiscus :~D Oh well, here's hoping they get stronger with more time.
Are the zinnias the ones that look like sunflowers? They're really pretty.
My husband hates that I put that on his horse, I think it might be the lacey affect on the front, hey but they do work. I did not use it the first time out and Jake was miserable. I was waving a branch over his ears most of the ride. They do make their ears look much longer than they are in real life though.
The purple one has already start to fade, but you get an idea of the color. The other variety is a tiny bright red flower on the vines with the feathery leaves. I don't have any blooms today, they bloom better when the ground is very dry. The vines on one side reached the top of the arbor yesterday, I'm not sure why the other side is going so slow.
Becky
Those ear covers are popular with arena show jumpers, who pack the horse's ears with cotton and cover them with that, for horses that are bothered by crowd noise.
I wonder if the covering wouldn't bother some horses more than the noise.
I've got barn swallows on my porch too. A brood of 6 have already hatched out and flown the nest. Here's a picture of them...
They were SO funny those last couple of days because only 5 of them would fit across the front of the nest and it was a rather tight fit at that. The runt got pushed to the back I guess and was a day later that the others in getting up the nerve to take to wing. But they're really amazing when they do because they really seem to know how to fly from the very first time. I was worried about them when we first moved in because of my cats, but they had nothing to worry about because the little buggers never hit the ground like so many other baby birds. They take off out of the nest like F18s and never look down. It's really cool.
I was worried the hat would bother Jake at first but he never seemed to know it was on. Blade wears one without a problem also. I will soak them in fly spray before I put them on, hoping it will keep flies off the face around the hat also.
The yellow ones are sunflowers, and I've noticed a few birds already landing on them and eating at the centers. The zinnas are hard to see in the far off pictures. Here's a close up.
Lots of pretty bright colors:)
Becky
The hat part wouldn't bother them, and I don't think it looks that funny :~).... with the show jumpers, I was wondering if the cotton stuff in their ears would bother 'em.
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