Another day at the horse show

Thank goodness for Moreen. She felt pity on me and ordered a honeybucket. I was so excited to see it come rolling up on that truck to my spot out in the toolies behind the announcer's stand that I forgot to announce the winner of one of the classes yesterday. Janae forgave me.

The mere presence of the beautiful portable john made my day go so much easier, especially after I had scouted out possibilities of going further out in the toolies to the bushes whenever the urge came, only to find that a cyclone fence blocks off all possibilities escaping the fairgrounds. Of course, I think that fence might have something to do with keeping people from coming IN to the fairgrounds too.

Anyway, the day went better because of Moreen and the honeybucket. Her daughter Moriha helped matters a lot too. Moriha is in charge of tallying up the winners of the 15 belt buckles the North Idaho Appaloosa Club is giving away over the show. So, she sat up there in the announcer's box with me for a major portion of the day, and she enjoyed those lemon Girl Scout cookies Debbie brought us this week.

We talked the birds and the bees. Moriha is a big bird fan. She's been raising quail and other game birds, but her most recent pursuit is honey bees (not related to honey buckets). She got started working with bees, thanks to Chad Moore who has the hives over in the Taylors' field across the road from us. She told me she has 500 hives so far.

Moriha and her husband Matt took out a loan to get their bee operation in full swing, and she admits to being a bit nervous about the enterprise but figures now is a great time to be in the honey bee business. I agree.

I really enjoy visiting with Moriha because she's such an enterprising young lady and a wonderful mother to three really nice kids. Her daughter Miranda, a twin who's about 9-10, is involved in the show, participating in just about every class she can----and doing very well.

Lily's start as a horse-show performance horse was short-lived. She did a lot of kicking up in the one class yesterday afternoon. Everyone thinks her back is bothering her because of the English saddle. She's had it on her back only two or three times, and the theory is that it may be acting like a new pair of shoes, pinching off places and making her uncomfortable. With that in mind, we scratched her from the other two classes.

Laurie thinks she'll be okay today when she wears the usual pad and Western saddle that she's worn for the past couple of weeks while training. The pad is thick so there should be nothing pinching her today. We'll see if that makes a difference.

So, another day at the show, but I never mind the second day because I know it's going to end, and that I can get back to my normal routine, which over the next few days involves a lot of writing of those columns I've been putting off for two weeks. Never a dull moment.

Happy Sunday to all.