Tuesday Musings #24

If anyone reads these, maybe you have noticed they have been few and far between. I actually suggested the group take a break (which most of us were doing anyway) until the 1 st of the year, and then, we'll see. This is a picture I sent out as our last topic and I am in a writing mood tonight, so...


..what this makes me think of is riding a horse. Doesn't that look like a lovely place to jump over the fence and ride through the trees, with cool, moist air rushing through your hair?

Is there any other relationship with an animal that is so close as the one you have when you ride a horse? Maybe I just think that because that has been my experience. I have never had a dog or cat, but I have been on a horse all day long rounding up cattle in Wyoming. I have gotten to know a different horse, during a horsebackriding class (PE!) in college. I brought him into the barn every morning we had class, before dawn, brushed him down, saddled him and learned to ride. I got to know Snowshoe well enough to understand his strengths and weaknesses and love him for them.

I am fascinated by the communication you can have with an intelligent animal and the pleasure of accomplishing something together.

Tuesday Musings #23

Post, 1st-a baby picture, 2nd- a junior high or high school picture, 3^rd a picture of you now!

Well, I had these montages already in my photo file, so you get four for the price of one on the first two. The first set is baby to about age four. The second set starts in middle school and goes into high school. The last one is a picture my friend Linda took about 6 years ago - is that close enough to now? As you can see, my goofy smile hasn't changed even though the rest of me has :)