Rained Out

We were going to go to a horse show today that started at 5 pm. It drizzled and rained all day but we continued to work toward going to the show. We bathed the horses in the rain the tied them in the barn to dry.

We even braided 44 braids in Jessica's mane. I called 3 times to check that they were still having the show. Each time I was told yes.
These were suppose to be show pics.
We loaded the trailer and hauled the horses to the show grounds. When we arrived at 4:oo they decided to cancel the show. A hard days work with nothing to show for it.

Rain

It has been painfully dry this summer and the 90 plus temperature and wind haven't been helping.

Thankfully, we got an inch of rain this morning. I almost went out and played in it.

Yard Ornaments

The farm we bought a few years ago had a big collection of old farm equipment.

A couple of years ago J gave it to some local boys to haul off for scrap. I requested that we keep the iron wheels. We finally got them back this week.
Now I get to decide what to do with them.

More Fair

A few more pictures from the fair.

Couldn't resist taking a picture of this family "watching" the cattle show.

Fair

J, V, and E have spent the last 2 days at the NRV fair. I didn't have to go until today.

V took the Hereford heifer she showed a couple of months ago.
She didn't place in showmanship and was 3rd out of 3 in her heifer class. We weren't expecting that the heifer would do well so we weren't disappointed.
We suspect this was the real reason she wanted to go to the fair.
She did place 5th in the Stockman's contest. But it was a long, hot, tiring day for all.

Peppers

I planted a variety pack of rainbow peppers this year.

The yellow and greens look nice but the purple is a little puney. They all taste good however.

Quote of the Day, "If I have my dog cremated will he still look the same?"

4-H Arena Day

Another 4-H meeting at the arena.

E still isn't home from the beach with Aunt A, so I took Hank and V rode Jessica.
Only one other 4-Her came. Katelyn with Scribbles. The horses all did well. Hank's second time in a real arena and after the nerves wore off he did fine. It is so frustrating the so many people in the county have horses yet no one will bring their children to a 4-H meeting.