We were supposed to be figuring out rainy day projects yesterday, but Mother Nature threw us a curve and gave us a beautiful afternoon.
So, after I finished my day's worth of projects, I saddled up my Lily and went for a ride around the Lovestead.
As usual, Lefty raced around his pasture and screamed, as loud as only Lefty can do. Fortunately, Lily has listened to a lifetime's worth of Lefty's screaming, so she just plodded along as if there really wasn't a crazy horse dashing in that field, yelling out to her.
We have several nice trails in the woods now, and I've been methodically, sawing, snipping and breaking off the multitude of overhanging tree limbs that tend to slap riders in the face as they move on down those trails.
So, the fields and the woods provide an adequate place for my horseback riding fixes.
Every scene along yesterday's hour-long ride was beyond beautiful with all the cleanliness and freshness and such.
Nice to have our colors back and especially because the fall show is just beginning in the front yard.
Bill's ever-growing woodpile (most of which has been gathered from our own woods) serves as a reminder that we'll be starting fires in the wood stove pretty darned soon.
This morning, I've also included a few photos from yesteryear. Soon after we moved here, Bill showed the iddy biddy triplets (who just did Homecoming with one even reigning as royalty) how to plant a tree.
Kinda neat cuz this year, Jacob won the community art contest for Arbor Day, and his logo was passed around some of the schools in the Coeur d'Alene area. Maybe be Uncle Bill's influence as a forester planted that artistic seed.
The other photos, minus the last one, were taken during our first year in Selle when we invited several neighbors to a Halloween party. Twas a fun evening for all.
And, of course, I included some horse photos of Dusty with Barbara, Lefty with Laurie and Lily in their younger days.
Today, in fact, in the next hour or so, Liam is going on another adventure in his educational journey. More on that tomorrow.
Happy Thursday to all. Enjoy the photos and a special memory or two below.
HOT OFF THE PRESS: Annie just now posted on the geocaching blog about her recent harrowing geocaching experience high up on a rock wall in Austria.
Check it out.
https://www.geocaching.com/blog/2017/09/t5-klettersteig-caching-in-austria/
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| Apparently, Eva had made an important point while visiting with Mother at our neighborhood gathering a few months after we moved here in 2006. |
We, here in the neighborhood, all miss Stan Meserve, the fine man on the left. In this photo, he's visiting with Gary Finney, also a fine friend and classmate, who lives across the road from the Meserve Preserve.
I'm thinking Stan has to be smiling down on us these days cuz we've had a pine-squirrel invasion, and those frisky, ever-busy little characters have chased away all the town squirrels.
Needless to say, it's an understatement to note that Stan did not like town squirrels!
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| An "unscreaming" young Lefty. |
Some really special people.
Actually, I have been blessed with a life surrounded by special people, and I never take that gift for granted.
This morning I'm posting this photo of the 1981-82 Sandpoint High School Monticola yearbook staff, which with no reservations whatsoever, I will say was one of the greatest groups of kids with whom I ever worked during my teaching career.
For many, many reasons, that year from start to finish was hilarious, very productive and magical. First, every person in the photo contributed uniquely to an atmosphere filled with positive, meaningful and creative endeavors.
Phenomenal human beings they were and definitely the source of daily smiles and good cheer!
Sadly, this morning's newspaper includes the obituary for one of those, whom I've named in the photo via his T-shirt.
Anyone who knew Brian Long has been reeling for the past several days after learning of his sudden passing.
Sweet Brian, funny Brian, brilliant Brian, caring Brian, loving Brian----those are just a few of the descriptive terms I can easily apply to this young man who has left us all much too soon.
I have always loved Brian's family and his extended Kiebert clan, and I know the depth of this loss---not only for them but for everyone with whom he came in contact as a teacher, gifted lawyer, logical and eloquent thinker, loyal friend, big brother, son, uncle, cousin, etc.
So, my thoughts continue to go out to Kay Kiebert and the extended clan. Brian loved them all, and they all loved Brian----as did we all.
RIP: Brian. We already miss you.
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