Two Days Of Clyde

Sadie and Allie wanted to come over Saturday and spend the night.  While they were here they wanted to ride Clyde…both days!  

Sadie is really trying to do more things by herself. 

And not to be outdone, Allie is doing everything she can too. 

And for his part, Clyde was perfect as usual. 

Allie still does not want to trot. But she did ride by herself without being lead. 

Today when they rode they agreed to ride double so I could get their picture together. 

There was a bit of an accident when Clyde was trotting a little fast then stopped suddenly. Sadie went tumbling off. As soon as she realized that she was ok, she got right back on and trotted again.  I was very proud of her. 

 Allie has turned into a wonderful caretaker. She still wants to clean up any poop and she wanted to tote the water buckets.  

It was fun getting them to ride two days in a row. Sadie says she is ready for a show. 

In Bloom At The 4Rs

With temperatures in the 70s, the flowers are really starting to pop up. 

The daffodils are putting on a good show. 

I love how they look when the sun hits them. 

I am starting to get some crocuses.  The ones that I planted on the bank to naturalize haven’t started yet.  But these in the rock garden look nice. 

And these miniature irises were a nice surprise. I was afraid they wouldn’t bloom after I saw they had fallen prey to the rabbits.  I hope they keep enough foliage to be strong enough to come back next spring. 

These were the first miniature daffodils that I was given several years ago. I love how they look like a beautiful bouquet. 

Lastly, the rest of my potted daffodils are all blooming. So I moved them from the leaf pile where they were over wintering to the top of a barrel at the side door. They make me smile every time I walk by. 

 

Bad For Sale Pictures

Now for a completely different chair. 

 This was on Facebook Market Place.  They are asking $50.  You can come to your own conclusions.  

Hell's Kitchen

I took a little trip Saturday to see Ann and Matt and to use Mitchell's season ticket for a Broadway show at the Tanger Center.  

On the way, I stopped at a mid century modern store.  They specialize in refinishing and reupholstering mid century furniture.   I had seen this style chair on another site several years ago and had been looking for it ever since.  It is very comfortable and would go great with the leather and chrome sofa I have.  Only, I have rearranged the living room and am happy with the current layout.  Plus, the chair was $2250 as is and $3000 if reupholstered.  A little out of the thrift store price range I was wanting.  

I also saw this coffee table size stereo cabinet.  I have not seen one this height before.  I made me consider the possibility of having something like this under my new gallery wall instead of a bench.  It is definitely something to think about since I do have a pretty good record collection.  

Then it was onto the show, after a nice seafood dinner.  

According to Google,  

Hell's Kitchen is a Broadway musical by Alicia Keys, with a book by Kristoffer Diaz, inspired by Keys's life growing up in 1990's Manhattan, featuring her music, a coming-of-age story about a teen named Ali finding her voice, and a mother-daughter relationship at its core. 

No pictures were allowed during the show.  But I did snap one at the end. 

My review, the story was ok, the music was good, the singing talent was great, the dancing was a lot of jumping and arm waving.  Overall, it was an enjoyable evening.  Thank you Mitchell for the ticket and place to stay, and  thank you Ann for everything else. 

 

Horses And Goats

There has been a lot going on recently. Having Otoelene’s shoes reset was at the bottom of the list. She was over 3 weeks past due and had lost a shoe.  

I finally got her scheduled and new shoes put on Friday morning. I was even able to ride her that afternoon.  

Friday evening Joe and I went out to feed the dogs.  Joe was carrying a salt bucket and all the goats acted like they hadn’t had salt in months.  

They swarmed the salt tub for about 30 seconds then went straight back to grazing.  Goats are funny that way. 

 

First Daffodil

It only took a little over a week of being inside before it bloomed. 

 I think I will bring a pot in every week until they start booming outside.  I really like this blooming extension. 

Evolution Of The Gallery Wall

A month ago I asked chatGPT to recommend a design update for this wall in my living room. 

Because I am using the free version, I am limited to how many pictures I can download and questions I can ask in a 24 hour period.  There was a lot to work through so it took some time.  Plus, every time I asked for it to mock up an image, it would change a major unchangeable item. 

These were the pictures I started with. 

I spent a lot of time working on different layouts. 

I streamlined the room and started with a blank slate on the wall. 

After asking real life people, I changed the layout again. 

There was lots of measuring and contemplating.  And maybe a few extra holes in the wall. 

But I finally finished it. I asked chatGPT to evaluate it. 

It wants me to raise it up 4 more inches (even though it recommended earlier to start it 6-8 inches lower),remove the horse brasses (lower right) and somehow tighten it up even more.

Joe said he liked it. I will take his opinion over chatGPT any day.   Now I get to look for an interesting mid century bench to replace the chest.