Friday, July 29, 2011

Another Week Goes By

Caron and I headed out on Sunday to spend a little time at the Calgary Western Riders gymkhana. Although Caron has a great new horse he is a little green for this kind of outing so I loaded up an old favourite of hers from our remuda here at Dogpound North. Caron has over the years spent a lot of time and effort on Willows training so it is great to see her getting a little enjoyment out of that training. The photo below shows Caron and Willow and a little piece of the Canadian Rockies in the background.

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The rest of the week has just been spent traveling back and forth to Calgary to get a bunch of stuff that needed to be done out of the way. I think we are getting close to having all of those things done.

A field just a little down the road from Dogpound North and the sprayer tracks crossing it.

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After reading Al’s blog the other day I thought I needed to take a spin around my own neighbourhood and see what was up. Not having his talent with a camera I spent more time looking at crops and just enjoying the scenery than capturing a lot of great photos. I did see a few deer and one small bull moose right on our own driveway but it was getting towards dark and the photos weren’t great.

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As we are loading up our horse trailer and planning on heading west to the Yaha Tinda on Sunday morning Brenda thought she should take a spin on Blue and get a little saddle time before we hit the mountain trails. We took a ride around our place and our neighbours for a total of 4 miles, not far but better than nothing. Both of our ponies have been spending a lot of time in the dry pen so they stay in shape so all that lush green grass was a bit of a temptation for them and they spent most of their time trying to steal a mouthful of grass.

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That house with the green roof in the background is my son Matt’s place. He has headed back to Albania for a month or so and I am looking forward to hearing about his adventures along the Mediterranean Sea. Rumour has it that they actually drill a few wells in between beach visits.

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Those nice green trees beside Brenda are the same trees behind the moose in the picture below. I took that moose picture out of our kitchen door a few years ago. There actually was another moose in the herd but he was standing to far out to fit the frame.

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Alberta our home province use the logo “Wild Rose Country” on our license plates and this year the roses are a little later than usual because of the late spring.

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8 comments:

  1. Especially like that cropped photo showing the sprayer tracks. Nice job:))

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  2. nice tour around your 'neigh-bourhood!!'..how great to be able to ride the horses and go for a 'drive'!!

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  3. Beautiful place, John, maybe some US friends will be coming to see you soon????

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  4. It sure is gorgeous in your neck of the woods. :)

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  5. Loved the post today... especially Brenda riding along! GREAT photos and story. Just beautiful there!!!
    Have fun & Travel safe
    Donna

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  6. Great pics, John. All that wide open space sure looks nice to an Island guy!

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  7. You live in a lovely place, even if you have to share it with all those moose.

    Really liked the sprayer tracks pictures, something I've never seen before, but then I don't live in God's country like you do. ;c)

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  8. excellent shots...I so enjoy your blog...:) love the horses and scenery...

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