It's Harley's birthday today!!!

 Lifelong buds

Harley & Ladde

 Buxton Linear Trail near Banks, Oregon

Harley's most beautiful butt - the boy's got hams!!

 Harley at 16 yrs

Yes indeed, it is Harley horse's birthday today!!  Our baby boy is 16 years old.  I did not miss that one!!  I was right there with Scooter when she brought her beautiful foal into the world...it was awesome!!  And this horse will be with us always and forever - that's what I tell him, and I mean it.

I'll be swinging by the grocery store before heading home this evening to pick up some goodies for the horses.  Apples, carrots and pears are the delectables in honor of the special day.  Some may feel that it's silly to celebrate a horse's birthday, but I don't care, and I don't think it's silly at all.  We love our horses and they are a huge part of our lives.  What does it hurt to provide them with a little celebratory treat to remember the day when they came into our lives?  It makes them happy and it makes us happy, to see them happy!  Reason enough for us!!  Simple pleasures are truly treasured memories that make life special.

 Amazing spots!

 Me and my mountain horse.

 Ready for a ride in La Pine, Oregon

 

 Camping at Flying M Ranch Yamhill, Oregon

 Me and Harley

 At a Ray Hunt clinic - Dundee, Oregon 2006
Harley, me, Ray and my sister

 Ray Hunt clinic

 Harley & me 

 Always the lover boy...

 Harley Ten Hairs - his nickname because he lost his mane & tail as a weenling 

 When he still had his sight

 Supper time?

 That's my boy!!

As you can imagine, I have so very many more pictures of our life and years together...so many wonderful memories with this guy!  What an amazing horse!!  And to think I almost sold him right after he was born...what a mistake that would have been!!  Cheers Harley - here's to many more memories to come!!

Happy Birthday my little Spunky!!  Always and forever my friend...always and forever.  I promise to love and take care of you.

The missing pictures from today's earlier post

Annie in the backseat. This is "her" space and it definitely shows.

This is a shot of Mt. Hood as seen from near the park where Annie and I take so many of our little walks. The wind was out and it was cold, but it was bright and beautiful too. I treasure days like this, especially in the middle of January in Oregon. Treasured days because they are such rare days!

My beloved poochie amidst the forest flora.

It seems hard to believe right now, but just a couple of short weeks ago, this whole area was underwater from the nearby river that had overrun its' banks. I still had to wear my mucks for the walk, but no biggie.

Here's how Harley looked when I first brought him in from the pasture. A muddy, fuzzy delight!



In no particular order. These are

some shots of yesterday that my

hubby took of me and Harley.

Pardon both of our appearances.

You see, it's wintertime and we're

both fat, fuzzy and oh so very dirty!

Kisses for a good boy!

Can you tell just how strongly the

wind was blowing??? The horses were all feeling fine and just a bit on the snorty side...

He's so cute!!!!!

Not sure if it's blogger or me who's

freakin' out here, first it put all the

pics on the right side and now my

comments won't go where I want them

to go. *sigh*

Oh well, keepin' it real here and sure

as heck not sure what I'm doing.

Just wanted to comment on my

leg position in that one photo...what the heck??? Looks like rigormortis (spelling?) has set in for sure!!

See above, I think!! But, once again Harley's lookin good and ever so relaxed! It was so bright I had to wear my shades!! whoo hoo!!! can you say blue skys????