Warmer Weather

It finally warmed up...and now it is raining. At least it isn't freezing rain. After two weeks of freezing temperatures Kentucky rose above 32 degrees. We are now sitting around the 50 degree mark. I want go outside and play in the dirt. I have even got the urge to start planting, but I beat it down with a stick. A couple more months and then tilling the soil will begin.

Kelly Ripa visits Lexington

It is all over the news here in Kentucky...Kelly Ripa was here in Lexington attending the USEF Pony Finals!


Yesterday morning on Regis and Kelly, she spoke with Ashton Kutcher on how wonderful and beautiful Kentucky was when she visited and what great people live here. What a great promotion for the state of Kentucky! And for Pony Finals!


Pony Finals has been a National Championship show for Hunter/Jumper ponys since 1967. The past several years it has been held at the Kentucky Horse Park. For a week the park is packed with ponys of varying colors and sizes, though all under 14.2, kids, parents, trainers and the occasional dog or two or three... It is just adorable to watch the little girls in pigtails flying around their hunter or jumper courses on their ponies!


Clubequestrian.com has some video footage from this year's Pony Finals. All I can say is "CUTE!"

Cozy, Foggy Morning

With all the rain we have been getting, throw in cool weather mornings and we get dense fog. For the past two mornings the world has looked like this when I had to work. There is something cozy about it. It says to me crawl back in bed, pull the comforter up and sleep awhile. If only...

I love my views out the back door, especially when the horses are at the fence.

The sunflowers add a bright spot to the early morning without sun!

Have they come and gone yet?

Boy, those storms yesterday sure were doozeys! The office shook and rattled with the pelting of rain. We got reports that Louisville was flooded and we were supposed to get similar amounts of rain. Luckily, we the weathermen missed their mark. I was concerned about a few low spots near the river along my road home. This was where getting off late from work pays off, the water had receded and there was no oncoming traffic when I needed to get in the opposite lane to pass high water.




The pasture in front of my house was now a "pond". Too bad it didn't come stocked with fish, I could of had a really good fish dinner. Willow enjoyed our temporary "pond", she is half-lab and that water-lovin side comes out even if there is only a drop of water on the ground.




The poor darlin' didn't understand when I wouldn't let her come in the house after her swim. If it had only been water, she could have stayed in the mud room/breakfast room. But since the "pond" was really a pasture it was marshy and muddy, so in turn, Willow was muddy. She went from being a yellow pup to a brown pup. At least she was happy.

Surprisingly Kody didn't take a dip. He normally heads for the water just as fast as Willow. I think the impending storm had him heading for the house instead of the "pond".



At least towards the west the sky was looking better. But it looks like we will be getting some more rain as the days go on. I think I will get my floaties ready!

Foggy Kentucky Morning Drive

This is what I saw on my way to work this morning. A foggy morning in Kentucky.


You can barely see the barn across the field.

A beautiful manor house that I pass every morning. They keep it meticously groomed. In the early spring they have hundreds of Iris' blooming along the rode.

No horses in this field this morning.

None here either!

Where have all the horses gone?

I think an alien abducted them.


See how spooky it is down this road. Definitely had to be an alien.

Hopefully the aliens will bring back the horses before my drive home!