Sunday stills, Pets....

Sunday stills this week is a year anniversary for Ed doing this theme blog, I have only been doing it for a couple of months, but have enjoyed it. Here is to another year Ed! and many more!

This is Teddy, our oldest dog, he is a Chihuahua/Schiperke mix, Teddy turned 15 years old this Dec.

This is Jessie she turned 9 in Nov. She is a great dog, gentle yet protective and a good companion, I love Golden Retrievers.

Horses are pets for a lot of people now days, here is Mickey, Emma and Easy. I cant believe they are getting as old as they are, Mickey will be 21 in the new year, Emma will be 10, and Easy will be 25 years old! We have had them a long time, Mickey since she was 2, Emma since she was 2,  and Easy since she was 4.

Do the fish count as pets too, LOL we have 15-20 goldfish out in the pond too, some are 12 inches or so long!

I cant forget Meghan and her cat, Amber, the cat is going on 12 years old now. We only have one cat because she would run any others off, she fights with other cats all the time, she is quite the scrapper. She loves to come in the house and cuddle though.

And finally our pets that actually work and do something for a living! Luxor, who has gone to live with a blind person and is guiding her and doing a good job she says! and Dublin who is hopefully a future Guide Dog. These are pets with a purpose that are going to make someones life more independant, and also be a much loved pet. After a Guide Dog retires they can go back to the family that raised them or be placed somewhere else, these are dogs that are taken care of for all of their lives, and much loved for the work that they do.

What would we do without our pets? they enrich our lives and give us so much.

That about covers all of the pets we have now, we have had a pot bellied pig, a pygmy goat, guinea pigs, rabbits, all when the kids were young, not to mention a few other dogs and cats that have crossed the rainbow bridge.

For more Sunday stills go here http://sundaystills.wordpress.com/ to see what other folks have posted.

One of the cutest things ever....

What the heck is that?

I know what that is, a really sweet little girl, her name is Emily. (but that thing is in the background)

Hmmm it smells like a dog.

Dublin got to meet Chewy, a 1 1/2 lb Pomeranian puppy, believe it or not they are the same age! Just over 4 months old! It was funny because they are the same cream to gold color too. Take away Chewy's fur and he was only as big as Dublins head! LOL

It was so cute Chewy would come and put both of his little tiny paws on each side of Dublins face and they would play, Dublin was so good and gentle with him.

Dublin chillin out.

Dublin was fascinated by the little tiny dog who wanted to play with him, until he stood up and raised a paw and Chewy would run LOL. I was proud of Dublin, this was his first time in someone elses house and his first time exposed to two tiny dogs, the other dog Oscar, didnt want anything to do with him LOL Although Oscar has two huge Labs at home. We went to my Aunt Sue's house and had good food! and a visit with my cousins and their familys, we had a good time.

Iron Mike....

Leaf strewn trail on the way down to Iron Mike.

Picnic table beside the trail, lots of Fall leaves, covering everything.

Bridge over the creek, leading to the gazebo.

The creek through the leaves, hard to see anything else with the covering of leaves. I dont think this creek probably even has a name, small rivlets like this are all over this country, then they disappear when the rain stops. We get a lot of rain.

And finally, Iron Mike is a spring, it tastes horrible by the way, lol, a lot of sulpher smell and taste.

The well itself. You pull up on that little brass knob on the top right, and the water slowly comes up, and fills the bowel, I think it was off for the winter, I couldnt get any to come up.

A little close up of the well pump from the other side. There are benchs to sit on too, it is a beautiful cool place in the summer.

The bridge looking back toward the parking lot, where the sign says the old Lodge used to be.

More trees to the left on the way up the little hill by the bridge.

And the whole reason we were here in the AM, the toilet LOL. Usually there is grass in the middle of this clearing, but the leaves have covered everything.

We had snow the next day.

Snow! Wet cold snow, made a pretty Winter wonderland though.

The road out in the snow.

This is a very small campground with only a dozen camp spots, it is a very beautiful place, with lots of old growth fir trees and an old government cabin that you can rent, it was rented by the way. Also there is private land plots where people have cabins too.

Here is one of the cabins.

The cabin is really cute, with trees cut out of the shutters. This one is called the Govenment Mineral Springs Gaurde station. http://www.fs.fed.us/gpnf/recreation/cabins/#Government Here is a link to the rental information about the cabins in the area, a lot of history in some of these places.

Last but not least, some of the beautiful old trees on the road in and out of the Mineral Springs.

Sunday stills, the letter T....

He he he, I have a good one for this weeks post, we have been gone all day so I am posting late. I didnt know why I took this picture when the opportunity presented itself, now I do, I guess, LOL LOL

And you cant have T without trees!

Arent these old Alder trees cool, covered in moss and they are huge! I really liked thier mirrored symetry.

For more Sunday Stills please visit here  http://sundaystills.wordpress.com/

We just had a quiet Thanksgiving with the two of us, turkey and the fixins, Apple pie and chocolate cream, yumm yum. I didnt take any pictures.

Spam

Sorry I had to change my settings so anonymous posts couldnt post, I was getting a lot of spam.

HAPPY TURKEY DAY EVERYONE!

Hope you all have a great day!

Random pictures from our hunting trip....

I took some pictures while we were camping, unfortunatly the weather did not cooperate and it was wet wet wet, did I say wet!

Hubby took this picture. Someone had dumped an Elk carcus and there were a ton of crows and a Bald Eagle scavenging the remains, he was huge!

A great big mushroom! Dont know if this one is edible or not but it was about 8 inches across!

Our Home away from Home.

There are Elk in this picture! We did see two different Elk herds, and this one twice, it had a raghorn 3 pt.bull in it.

The ferns are gorgeous in all the fall leaves.

Sasquatch Hubby picking mushrooms LOL we get some really nice Chantrels here. I saved these for the Thanksgiving stuffing!

More to come, Government mineral springs and more.

More on Luxor and Linda....

When we finally met Linda, she gave Meghan a wonderful present for raising Luxor. She gave her a small stuffed black Lab with a puppy jacket on, and a nice picture frame, a very nice thing for her to do.

Luxor looked great and he did remember us.

It was a very very nice visit, we sat and talked with Linda for an hour and a half! The time went by so fast!
Meghan told Linda all the stories about baby Luxor and taking him to school every day and everything he got to experience while he was with us. Luxor had a very well rounded raising, he went everywhere and did everything, school, hospital, grocery store, Mall, WAHSET meet, OMSI, and so much more! Linda was really impressed with that.

Luxor waited patiently between Meghan and Linda, he had been with Linda for two weeks of training at this point, and you can tell that they were already bonded.

It was so cool to get to see Luxor in his working harness, he still takes everything in stride and is the loving mellow guy that Meghan raised.

After we visited for awhile they came and got Linda to get ready for the Graduation ceremony, and left Luxor with us, I took pictures of Meghan and Luxor together, it was neat to see him looking for Linda too, so neat that they bonded so fast.

Linda really likes Luxor, it was hard for her to retire her old Guide, Preston, but he is getting arthritic and couldnt go on hikes and stuff with her anymore without being in pain. Luxor will love getting out and exploring with her.

They also had professional pictures taken, of all of us with Linda and Luxor, I love this picture with him looking at her like that.

Just sweet.

Graduation pictures next! All in all this was a great experience, I teared up a couple of times, but for the most part it was a really happy thing!
Linda emailed Meghan and told her Luxor started doing saumersalts for her LOL, he always used to do them for Dad, turn upside down between his legs, so he is really settleing in. Linda said he is learning all his routes and surprised her the other day with taking the turn to home for her without being told! She said he is great and learning so fast. I am glad he went to such a nice person.

This one is blury because everyone was moving a lot lol, Luxor remembered Dad too, of course I dont have a picture with me in it,(except for the pro ones) because I was taking all the pictures.

Sunday stills, Horses!

I like this picture, Emmas nose and me and her in the shadow, lol I didnt know I was in the shadow until I put the pictures on the computer.

Me riding Emma this last summer, to finally be in the saddle again after brain tumor surgery and a long long recovery, priceless.

Emma, during the lazy dog days of summer, eating apples near the tree.

Scenes from the barn, hoof trimming day, everything lined up on the stall wall, the hose, you can see out the stall door into the run.

Apple butt! lol, finishing up her hay that kept her busy while I did her feet, she is a wiggle worm.

Meghan on Easy, after we picked up the, then, new barrel saddle that I traded someone on Craigs list for, worked out very well, Meghan loved the saddle and it seemed to fit Easy just fine throughout the WAHSET season that she rode it in. This old mare will be 25 in March of '10, I cant believe she is that old, that means we have had her in the family for 21 years!

My favorite pony.

And last but not least, the fat old mare Mickey, who will be 21 in the new year, we are now the proud owners of old horses and old dogs LOL, but good ones!

That is my contribution to Sunday stills this week, I was excited when Ed said it woud be Horses! and we were going to be gone, I wasnt sure I would make it! but I did.

To see more Suday stills, go here http://sundaystills.wordpress.com/2009/11/15/sunday-stills-the-next-challenge-the-hardest-challenge-yet/

I cant wait to see everyone elses posts!!