What a week it was...rain, poured, lightening flashed, awnings blew skyward...Not our's though (thank you oh God of living quarters accessories!) But in the aftermath, we are not going to Virginia...Clyde, at 26 yrs of age, almost died so Jess never showed, Cara was well on her way to major success when Truman suffered some sort of attack (did I mention the heat?) and Amanda got stuck with the judge from hell...



Cara looked fantastic on Truman; he suffered some kind of heat stroke tho...poor old man! She has her new horse for next year and LOOK OUT as she is gonna be awesome!






Kailey did incredibly well with her 3 yr old Elmo (and wearing the shirt I made her! YAHOO!)

Well leaving for nearly a week...so sad to leave the guys behind...I am a sore NON-shower...I wanna be the one riding...oh well, swallowed my big girl pills and going to just hang out...Why am I even going? I support Caitlin; I think I am the emotional clothesline she needs...
I have a box of work, a stack of DVDs, my exercise tapes and my Honda...oh yeah and my dog...she sleeps when I go ride the scoot.
Next year I am going to Paint AND Pinto world shows...try n stop me...I will go alone if I hafto...well, me and Cleo...maybe Crush...
Guess I am feeling sad...I sold off such a HUGE bunch of my precious models...but they will go on and cheer others...I am keeping Gunsmoke, and a couple of the 5 Gaiters...Some of those guys just defy artistic description...Got more work today...when I get back I shall launch the next crowd of obligations...got one that is almost done, a lovely loping quarter horse...His shoes should be here soon and then he can scoot home to B. Then the Nov gets finished;the base is going look hot with it's vegetation and underbrush!
Must pack~

Oh well it WILL be a Happy Tuesday! Today I pitched several broken crapped out resins...Renee, if you are reading this, I owe ya, sistah...You give me the strength to say 'aw frak it'...Tomorrow will be Bloody Tuesday...Buh BYE to the Wixom from Hell (Thanks a crap load, BdV) You suck for the ruination and I rock for tossing the load of shit in the trash and doing a Sopppprano on it.



I have started selling off my dearest models...I hope people will appreciate them. I coddled them for the last 35 years and if someone else gets to love them as much as I did, go for it. I will miss them but I will not fear for them any longer. I foresee a disaster this hurricane season and I do not want to suffer again. My insurance is paid up on the trailers, the trucks, the horses...come get me...

Half the year gone...

I bought myself a new saddle today...sometimes doing that just makes me feel so attached to the world. The butter soft leather is going to feel incredible and boost my confidence in myself and Cleo's showing...it is a LONG ways off to the October Paint show. We are headed to Virginia in about three weeks to take a couple of the clients' horses to the Lexington facility for the southern Regionals show. I so wish I could piggy back another Paint show in like we did last year...it was amazing fun.
Anyhow the saddle is a French-made close contact Huntseat-er that I just couldnt resist. My Collegiate is fantastic but time to move up in the world.
Spent all day watching the world show live-stream on the internet and cataloging models...going to sell off everything but a very precious few...Some of my other artist customs I just will never part with like Sawyer (Sue Thompson) and my Carol Williams pieces. The other stuff is just that, stuff...The custom glazes will all stay, Leslie's especially but I am ridding myself and my cabinets of most everything else. Some of the pieces from the 1920s, 30's and 40's will stay as Caitlin says she wants them. I cannot believe I have close to 50 of those Peter Stone messes that are pure worthless...good thing I have so many custom orders for stock horses!
Here's one I will never get rid of...he is awesome and he reminds me of the fun I had in El Paso with Renee and Caitlin...

This is the show shirt I made Kaily.


View from my office window...


View from the other window in the office.

Pictured is me on Foxy, Caitlin on Cleo, and Evanne on "Crackhead" the rescue horse! This was from a recent show where the Paint gang RULED!

My truck is BROKE!!!!!!!!!! Dammit, I feel stranded! Yeah yeah, I can drive one of the other 4 vehicles sitting around here but I hate to be in a strange one...
Renan comes today to put shoes on the Crushpuppy...he is ready for them. Last weekend, once more, we were GRAND CHAMPION walk/trot horse at the open show...Not only that, we actually loped his first canter class and he ROCKED my world!!!!!!!!!!!
I also am back on Cleo and am so happy with my big girl...I missed her. Tho there is nothing wrong with Miss Piggy, I love riding Cleo huntseat...I am in the process of buying her a new english saddle...
Pictures coming...camera keeps getting left behind. We MIGHT show this weekend if it doesnt rain.
I am LOVING the gym...I am getting definition in my torso, and I actually am getting a cute ASS!!! Jimmy finally noticed! WooooHoooo! My english boots are too big thru the calf now...Caitlin says I will need new boots before we do the World shows~! Oh rats! NOT!!!!!!!!!!!!
I am sewing again...got the coolest outfit almost finished for Kailey (so easy to sew for little girls!) and the just delivered the fabric from Joann's that I will turn into a new railshirt for me! I love this sewing machine, it is so much better than the Singer I had as a kid!

Busy as hell...as usual...bought myself a sewing machine and off I go...I sewed as teen and here I am, back at it again...I am making Kailey an outfit, most likely Amanda is next, and I am working on MY OWN too!
Showed all weekend...first time I have showed Cleo since last November! We earned 5 firsts, three seconds, two thirds...and nothing lower than that...I ended up Grand Champion Sr. rider and won an etched glass plate, huge long streamer ribbon, and an etched crystal goblet!
Caitlin showed Crush in green horse and ended up reserve grand champion! He was such a good boy! Caitlin's attitude towards him is finally changing.
We are joining the Silver Sands Bridle Club...love that place...
More to come....gotta go work!

Oh yeah...Fuzzy died. His owners are so sad...his portrait model sits in the middle of a memorial to him...faithful beloved horse owned by the same people all his long long life. Cleo's sire died last week too...