Go Get'em, Laurie and Oh, What a Fall!

Good luck, you two!

It's noisy in the neighborhood this morning. 

Actually, the noise started yesterday and continues.  Taylor's across the road have apparently weaned some calves.  

Mommies and babies are sad, and they're letting everyone know. 

This will go on for a couple of days until everyone gets laryngitis or decides there's no use mooing anymore. 

Throughout the neighborhoods more signs of fall are appearing each day.  It's a while before full-blown color takes over, but great weather helps enhance the general scene along our country roads. 

Here at the Lovestead, Bill finished the dog shelter yesterday.  While he was cutting a section of tin which extended past the roof, I filled the inside with cushions and old pillows. 

Then, came the straw, lots of it.  Those doggies are gonna have cushy quarters whenever they need to get out of the weather. 

I also figured out a solution to some of area where Liam likes to dig:  rubber mats, eight of them, along the front where their food dishes will go and a walkway toward the gate.  

We still need to fill in some of Liam's handi aka paw work, but once that's done, at least the humans entering the run will have some safe walking toward the shelter.

I led off with a photo of my sister Laurie and her horse Pache.  Today they begin their quest for ribbons and more at the Arabian Sport Horse Nationals in Nampa. 

She'll ride both English and Western this morning, so it's looking like some quick changing between her two tests. 

Pache's really pretty English, but add an extra superlative to the Western combination with Laurie's black and white ensemble. 

So, if you have the time, check out those times (remember they're Mountain, so for us locals, it's 8:46 a.m.).   

You can see her two rides by going to http://www.arabianhorses.stream/shn-feed.html, (fee involved)  and then there's the wait.  

Dressage is an individual sport, so results are usually posted within an hour or so after the last rider has completed their test in each class. 

According to the schedule, Laurie has four riders following her in the first class and about 30 in the second.  

So, it looks a long day of waiting for the results in that huge Western Dressage class. 

You can surf around the following website later in the day to find results. 

Anyway, good luck, Laurie and Pache.  

Happy Wednesday.