One horse pic, because, well, it's funny. My first ride, 1963. I'm one happy kid. GUESS what the pony's name was?? Just guess..
Anybody remember my buddy Ami? Dearest old neighbour Mrs' Small's Black Standard Poodle? Mrs. Small refused to clip her poodle, thinking it was embarrassing and too "frou-frou" to inflict on her poor dear dog. After two years of fruitless arguing, I took matters into my own clippers. I returned him to Mrs. Small, after spending hours (again) removing burrs and stuff from his coat, but he was kinda odd looking. Think Arab Head, Clyde Body. Or Collie head, Great Pyrenees body. Anyway, I rather hurriedly returned him without stopping to chat... The phone call that ensued was hilarious.
"Bohbra, what has happened to my dog?"
Oh, Mrs. Small, I'm so sorry, I had to clip his head, as he'd gotten such terrible mats, and he was SO uncomfortable.
"WELL, Bahb, I can't walk THAT tomorrow morning, in PUBlic, can I??"
Why ever not, Mrs. Small??
hehehehehe. The groomer was called, at 8am the next morning. Mrs. Small got up early that day.
And, by miracle, the next day, Ami was transformed into..
Mrs. Small loved this picture. The table legs and Ami's legs have the same lovely curve and grace. And, you could finally SEE his legs! Dear Lorraine Tasker Small. After that, he was clipped every 6 months, and they lived happily ever after:)
Remember Samson? My husband's old Shepherd, the most amazing animal. Here he is, before I knew him, at three months old.
And 9 months later..
That's a LOT of dog..
Here's a good one. This is from Christmas, 1978. Picture makes me roflmao, every time. One madame, two tramps and a dweeb. left to right, Little Big sister, kid sister, mom and me geekily smiling..
To my USofA friends, have a wonderful Independence Day!
GO Andy Roddick!! It's like the darned revolution, all OVER again.
Tennis, people. It's a sport. Wimbledon?
Oh, never mind, you're all out riding.
Lucky witches..
14 comments:
Ami , must have thanked his lucky stars for you ! what a difference!Very cute kiddo you were!
Thanks! I'll be at the barn until a majority of the fireworks are overwith... gaurding the ponies!
GL:
Wonderful pics, I have been having a great time with mom and dad's album they brought up. I have made them sit with me and tell me about most of the pics. Good times with a healthy dose of nostalgia.
Trainer X:
I used to have to be outside at our old place to watch over mine. Thankfully, no one shoots them off here.
was the pony's name Butch?
Bingo, DING!!!!!!!!!!
We have a winner!
Little Gator, You've won absolutely nothing.
Sorry. Kinda broke.
But, yeah, weird karma, huh?
Good old Butch.
Blaze sez Let's GO!
Happy Independence Day, USA!
GOOD one Gator, sheesh, that shouldn't have been so hard.
Samson is a beauty.
WhooooHOOOOT!
Mario won the QE2 Cup TOO!!!!
Amazing!!
Mario with Ardeche Van DeZelm, his wife's horse!
Beezie & Authentic second, Eric & Hickstead 3rd.
In a jump-off, after two tough rounds. All five horses in the jump-off had four faults or more.
The Presley Boy horse, ridden by Mexican Jaimie Azcarraga, was pretty lame after the second round.
Hope he's okay.
show-jumping groupie out:)
Beeep, incorrect answer, CCC.
Samson was a beauty.
He's not with us anymore..
scritches to all:)
Mario is doing very well this year. Canadian riders seem to be doing well for few years.
Love the Mrs Small stories, wish you would tell more of them.
Sampson was a hunk of a dog. Sigh. They don't make 'em like that anymore.
Our neighbors have an ongoing fireworks war. One (just across the fence) gets these big cannon shells that set off the other neighbor's car alarm...a half mile away...strangely enough the horses think they're cool.
We have my friend's 4 extra, and they jumped a bit the first few blasts, then didn't want to look like weinies, so everyone was calm. They all just stood around looking at the sky going "wow, that was pretty!"
Diva handled it just fine, new puppies are going to be 'bomb proof' also!
Yup, the earlier the exposure, the better. I started taking Blaze puppy to work, where she heard just about everything.
It's taken four years for Flip to stand the sound of an 18wheeler.
Blaze doesn't even blink.
Oh, CCC, I hope you get a chance to post some pictures..
I had a great time looking through our old photo albums.
Like OlD.
:)
My SchoolBoys were bomb-proof. Just sayin'.
It's all in the reaction by the handler, with each new sound.
I'd be useless in a war.
And I hate thunderstorms now, thanks to Sam..
I just noticed how cheery Mrs Small looks in that picture, GL.
NOT!!!
I didnt think it likley that the pony's name was GoLightly, and that and Butch were the top 2.
14th.
and that's My Mom in today's pic, gooopy NCC. She's the madame.. with the red top. I think.
Jeez, I'll have to take that gold star away, after all..
Great to see you back, Little Gator!
Linux users are soooooo
Logical:)
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