It's Been A Year

I Can See Clearly Now...The Tree Is Gone.

This is what happens when you give a 9 year old a camera~ 176 pictures later you have the complete story and details of how to cut down a half-fallen pecan tree.

I'll save all the details and give you a speed version of how I got a new view out my back door.

First, there is a lot of contemplation about how to begin.

Then, the work begins.

This is what we could see of the fence after the big branches were cut away.

This is what was left of the tree after the downed branches were trimmed. It ain't pretty.

Behind the wheelbarrow is the short stump where a mighty tree once stood.

The fence doesn't look TOO bad either.

Surprisingly, this was the ONLY self-picture taken the whole time she had the camera!

Literally

A Change of Scenery

The rain came. The wind came. The rain came some more. Then the "crack" noise came.

My house is there in the background. I am taking the picture in our neighbor's yard.

So the view out my back door has changed a bit.

We are just thankful it didn't hit the house!

C is for Crawfish

We use the letter "c" around here sparingly. We save it for important words like "c"rawfish!

The Rodeo

Yes. The Rodeo.

I could never have guessed that my children would grow up having friends with horses. I could never have guessed that my children would have access to horses to actually get ON and ride. I'm not talking the plastic .25 ones in front of the grocery store here. Real. Live. Big. Horses.

Strange.

Now strange doesn't have to be a bad thing. Just a foreign idea or thought. Something new and unfamiliar. This is my relationship to the horses and subsequent rodeos that follow from owning horses......strange and fantastic at the same time!

This is a friend (she's 8?). We saw her ride in the rodeo (and she went on to win a buckle too)!

This was a favorite part of the rodeo~ the smoothing out of the dirt for the next event. I'm serious. We were fascinated with the tractor.

However, this was likely the cutest thing we saw that afternoon at the rodeo~