...just a close up of the lavender I harvested. Isn't it beautiful? It sure smells good...I have it in the house in big baskets now!

I harvested Lavender today...isn't it pretty? I will let it dry, then make Lavender sachets with the buds. This has been an awesome year for growing it. I already harvested several plants earlier last month!

It's cloudy and a bit cooler today in Southwestern Oregon. What a great day for working outside!!! We are expecting more of the same for the next few days. I will have a chance to harvest the rest of the garden and probably make the last batch of Summer Salsa!!

CRAZY HORSE

This is Buddy...I call him the Crazy Horse. He is a biter...see those teeth? He was doing that especially for me. He's actually a very beautiful horse, he's just very spoiled and naughty.

another close up of this little creature...he was soooo tiny!

This is a small frog that I saw outside the front door on the Japanese Maple Tree...He was very well camouflaged!!

More finery on another beautiful paint horse. I love American Paint Horses...there were at least 4 of them there at the Ranch Roping Clinic for me to oogle at...the Cowboy (Scott Grosskopf) teaching the clinic had such a beautiful paint horse! This is his horse in the picture.

Another close up...chinks, rope on a paint horse. The mare looks white, but she was a sorrel paint horse with blue eyes.

Here's a close up of a saddle and a rope from the roping clinic. I love seeing all the different tack each cowboy has. The detail and style of saddles, headstalls, bits and even stirrups is amazing!

This is a picture of a group of Cowboys taking a Ranch Roping Clinic up at Yamsi Ranch in Central Oregon. The sky goes on forever up there. It's one of the most beautiful places in the world! I've taken some wonderful fly fishing clinics there...heck I even caught a fish or two! http://www.yamsiflyfishing.com/index.html

A kitten that I saw playing next door...cute huh?!!!!

Robin is 6 months old now. She loves her cows, but hasn't been turned out to work them yet. She knows how to sit, lie down, come and mostly stays when you ask her to. She's a real beauty!!!

Sunflowers growing in the garden this year....the colors are sooooo vivid!!! I like the way their faces follow the sun during the day!

This is Butterscotch at 3 months old...boy! has she grown!!! She is awesome and runs like the wind. She is now registered with the American Paint Horse Association. Her real name is Truly Sweet Reward! I think for our first filly, she is perfect!

Here is a close up of the little filly "Butterscotch" She is just a doll, and lets us pet her all over her body!

Here is a picture taken a few hours after the birth of our first foal on the farm. This is ZuZu the mare with Butterscotch her filly. Butterscotch was born May 17, 2007. They are American Paint Horses. ZuZu is a bay colored tobiano and Butterscotch is a dun colored tobiano. Butterscotch was sired by "Wanted Reward"

Here is a close up of one of the cowboys in the big loop contest at the Klamath Bull Sale this year. Look at how interesting his chinks, boots and spurs are. Notice the horsehair rope, braided riata and the woven wool horse blanket. I was intrigued by all the finery of the Cowboys. Some came as far away as Canada, and you could see the differences in dress and tack from the different regions that they represented.

Early morning at the cabin, with the sun coming up over the ridge...so peaceful there...

Was over at the cabin last weekend and hung prayer flags...they are very inspirational and beautiful waving in the wind. There was sun and rain a perfect spring weekend!

This is 'Robin'...She is a Border Collie...She was born on February 5 of this year...she's much bigger than this now and she's soooo cute...has brown paws...so she is tri colored...she's a real loving little dog and came from a working cattle ranch in central Oregon.

Our Chickens are really laying now that it's spring time...lots and lots of eggs...here are a few...Farm Fresh Eggs...YUM!!!!

This is "ZuZu"aka Truly Semi Sweet...my paint mare that is expecting a little foal at the end of May. She looks pretty round in this picture taken during the snow this winter, but as we're counting down the days, her belly keeps growing!

This is a winter snow picture of my Favorite Cow....Her name is June...Isn't this a face you could love? She was the first black and white cow, born on our farm. This year she gave birth to a bull calf, that is also black and white.

Here is a picture of Mount McLoughlin I took this winter from along Upper Klamath Lake.

It's been a really long time since I've posted to my blog...lots of things going on. We have two bull calves on the ground and at least three more cows to calve this spring. We are expecting our first Paint Horse foal at the end of May...we are sure hoping for 'color' and I will post a picture as soon as it arrives. I have taken some fun pictures of ducks and geese on the Williamson River in Central Oregon, and also attended the Klamath Bull Sale this year. I got a chance to see the Big Loop contest, and also to see my first stock dog trial, ranch horse sale and bull sale. It was so awesome!

last but not least and darker rosy colored Hollyhock, also complete with it's own bee!!!! 

Here is another Hollyhock...this is sort of a yellow and peachy colored one. The bees like it!!!! 

Purple Hollyhock flowers near house. Just testing new camera, but already I can see how much better it shoots than the old one. 

Second year grapes out in the garden. They aren't quite ripe, but look delicious! 

Working with a new camera now. A Canon SLR Rebel XT. I'm still learning and not quite sure...my first attempt was in the evening late before the sun went down. You can see the shadows over the paint horses.  

Here are the storm clouds coming in over the lake. They totally dumped rain and hail that day!