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Showing posts with label horses. Show all posts
Showing posts with label horses. Show all posts

Thursday, June 19, 2008

A horse is a horse of course

I'm not a horse person - you know how people say they are cat people or dog people. Well we are aware they are not truly feline or canine homo sapiens so we agree about understanding what they mean. I love the appearance of horses, have ridden a few in my life and certainly appreciate having these magnificent creatures around us every day. The county in which we live is a self proclaimed capital of two things - first it is the peach capital of Texas - now honestly - there is NOT much competition for that title in Texas. We are in an area where peaches will grow but it is no Georgia. We have fun at the Peach Festival each year and occasionally enjoy someone's shared peach bounty.The other capital claim of Parker County is Cutting Horse Capital of the World. I think there are places in Oklahoma which might want to dispute this title but there ya go. Sorry I didn't take along something to clean the plaque which explains the claim - apparently grackles have nested and done what birds do - do. (small potty humor there) You'll probably have to click on the picture of the plaque to read the text. The large bronze which is next to the plaque shows a cutting horse and cowboy doing what they do best - cutting or heading a calf away from the herd. We also have a picture of a mare with her foal next to a local bank. Most colorful picture is a pair of fiberglass horses painted with the designs of an American and Texas flag - technically I think they are quarter horses and not necessarily cutting horses (hindquarters not as heavy) but they are pretty cool. I don't have a good scripture to tag along with this - we know the Lord God created all and when He made horses I think He liked the result a lot. So I'm not back to blogging from my heart - but this is from my area. It is horsey around the country of Buhlaland.










Friday, September 14, 2007

Never know who'll drop by!


Our neighbors usually have a few cattle in their pasture - but this week it is horses. These equines were actually standing at the fence to OUR east pasture and seemed to be trying to get the goats to pay attention. I had to tell them that the goats only pay attention to the feed bucket! I know it is rude, and I apologized profusely but my goats refuse to learn the social graces. After a few whinnies in reply - horses wandered off to literally greener pastures. Nothing deep about any of this - but as this is my blog - I get to pick what goes in here! Have a wonderful day (if it isn't already - make it wonderful!) and all is well in Buhlaland even if it is sometimes a little rude.