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Today I went for a horseback ride. I love to go, but really am too old and cranky to do this as much as I would like. Getting on and off is such a challenge. Once upon a time I could hop on and off with so much grace and agility. Those days are so long gone!

My friend is having a wedding at her place this weekend. It was a ride for friends of her and her daughter. It has been such an interesting spring/summer. This time last year we had some of the most amazing flowers. This year the flowers have been very shy. Since we have had snow even up to this past week up high, the flowers have been very tentative to stick their heads out. No matter, the colors are amazing. I love the multiple colors of green. Who knew? I learned all sorts of things today about the aspen tree. You can rub your hand along the bark and use the white that comes off as sunscreen, bug deterrent, and other things that are not coming to mind at this moment. There were claw marks from baby bears climbing up the trees - that looked like Indian markings I have seen on my most loved pieces of jewelry!

My horse's name was Slim. He is gorgeous. He is a Tennessee Walker. That is a gated horse. I love gated horses. They are smooth - no bounce. You shift into trot and there is no different motion. Perfect!

The mountains are amazing. You can see forever and ever. Great day!

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Thought I would play with the options on Blogging. Haha. What an idea! I should know better as I am not a computer person. Living in the mountains, in a small town in the mountains, I have found no one to help me with these silly details. So bear with on this!

We are having an interesting Spring/Summer. Some mornings are still quite cold. I have had several ice skating moments getting to the car. I think it is ok, and WOW! My feet are racing ahead of me! Quite a shock on June 15! It doesn't affect Olive much. The funniest thing is watching her try to lay down on the walkway. Interesting how a tough ol' mountain dog can lay on a walkway all winter at below zero temps and it does not really bother her, but get into the summer and she is very timid about laying down on the wood when it is frozen! ha!

My birds are amazing. I have Orioles. The yellow is just so Yellow! I had not really been a bird watcher prior to my settling down up here. Probably because I had never sat for more than 2 seconds at one time nor had my mind rested for more than 2 seconds at a time...that is another story over a couple of glasses of wine....

The chickens are really funny. They will be ready to lay eggs in a few more weeks. Can't imagine how quickly they have grown. They have all got different personalities. They had to have their wings clipped a couple of days ago. I had a couple fly the coupe. They actually fly the couple. Haha!

Hope all is well, and sorry I have been so long in the writing!