this morning i woke up to a winter wonderland.
snow everywhere, the sun shining.
and narnia in my front yard!
the lion, the witch and the wardrobe….
and a little angus.
the "lamp post"
i went out and was certain i would find a faun
walking home through the snow. and he would offer
to take me to his home for tea…
instead of a faun i found an angus.
he invited me in for cookies 
when you stop chasing the wrong things,
you give the right things a chance to catch you.
oh yes. my family knows how to have fun! and did we ever!!
it was my lovely cousin’s birthday and as part of her present
i wanted to do a photo shoot…
my wonderful auntie joined in!
and they took some of me
randomness. randomness.
is that even a word!?
you know how when you repeat and repeat a word and it starts to sound weird?
well randomness sounded weird the first time i said it!
some randomness from the last few days…
the other day i took some wheat grass out to billy blaze as a special treat.
i figured it’s green grass right!? and it’s winter so green grass would taste really great.
as you can see…. it did. he gobbled that right up! i’ve put it in my kitchen window
to see if i can grow it again.
one of my horsey friends and i went out on saturday, during all that great sunshine and blue sky
to take some pictures…
billy blaze with my friend and her horse in the background.
this is her arab gelding, azad….
they are doing hill therapy to strengthen his back. it’s going very well! not only is it working on his back…
it’s also strengthening their relationship.
and she took some of billy blaze and i.
i love these! and just for the record i have on two pairs of pants and 6 shirts, plus my vest.
and here is a picture of an umbrella after two LBE (left brain extroverts) are done with it.
we used it for the pictures, then billy got a hold of it and it was all over!
time for a new umbrella 
today i had a lesson with jenny trainor, shared with a friend of mine, kelly robinson kelly.
it was a wonderful lesson and brought up lots of interesting things for me to “lick and chew” over…
and sent me home to do some research of my own.
i found several very interesting articles that linda parelli has written over the years.
two things that really jumped out at me after our lesson today were:
(LOVE that last one!!)
usually we name everything at our house.
even our car and truck have names… christinia and sam elliott
but the fish doesn’t have a name.
he is just fishy.
i think it’s because we’ve gone through 4 fish.
yes. 4.
today i looked over and saw him basking in the warmth of the sunshine that was
pouring over his little fishy home.
he looked so handsome…
and then he spotted me…
then i had to feed him. i mean just look at that face!!
love love love doing stuff like this!!
photo shoots….
with horses.
billy blaze with my friend's horse, pearl, in the background.
Pearl, a buckskin Morgan mare.
Kisses!
billy blaze and his saggy lip...
pretty pearl!
i’m so thankful for the year 2011. it was full of beautiful things.
wonderful life changes.
and we bought LAND!!!
i can’t wait to see what the year 2012 has in store for me and my family.
here is the past year….
in photos!
a buffalo in mammoth...
my little leprechauns!
crazy boys!!
easter candy... yum!
easter girl!
i first meet billy blaze!
cheese!!
curly ears!
our drive home from bozeman...
my little helper
billy learning about BIG orange balls!
sweet angus
little L and big B at target practice.
the mustangs...
mustang butts....
yellow belts!
the flower shed
weddings!
walking with billy blaze... leaving the stable yard.
deputy schroder
beautiful summer in montana.
undemanding time with billy blaze
billy totally LOVING his parelli ball.
whiskey visited us in september!
she brought teresa!! yay!!
we went to yellowstone national park...
the boys LOVED it
hiking with billy blaze and angus.
angus looking up at billy...
totally LOVING my iphone!
totally AWESOME photo shoots
LOVE
my handsome boys...
little D...
big K!
peek a boo
billy LOVES his ball....
little L rock climbing.
christmas time!
sun shiny day!
our land!!! (picture by Mom aka Loree West)
today was so beautiful. the sky was blue. the sun was shining.
billy and i went for a walk! we needed a little time outside of the arena…
then i remembered how much i LOVE black and white…
so. much. fun.
and yes. billy does NOT have a tail.
and yes. that is normal
