A View Through My Eyes: Week 28

I took this picture a few days ago. All of my horses were lined up along one of the fences.

A View Through My Eyes: Week 27

I took these pictures over the weekend of my horse Sunshine and her colt.  I started this section "A View Through My Eyes," sometime between the years 2008-2010  I should be way past the Week 27 mark. I was at one time and for some reason started from the beginning. I should try to remember to post more photographs to this section.

A View Through My Eyes Week 26: My Dixie Robyn and Bama

 Dixie Robyn and Bama are good friend

 Look at the smile on Bama's face!

Dixie Robyn and Bama look like they are carrying on a conversation.

The Day My Horse Dixie Robyn Let Me Put Her Halter On Her

 

The day I put a halter on my filly Dixie Robyn for the first time. She did awesome. She stood still and let me put the halter on her.  

 

Before putting her halter on her I brushed her, petted her, gave her horse treats, hugs and kisses and talked to her.  When I was ready to put the halter on her, I told her what I was doing and talked through the entire process.  I believe horses understand you. If you are gentle and understanding with them, they will be gentle and understanding with you. 

 

My sweet Dixie Robyn.  

*Photographs taken last year in 2017.*

Lessons While Watching My Horses

 I just love it when God uses my animals to get my attention. Our horses are smarty britches. We keep the water hose hung over the side of the fence by their water. They refuse to leave it there. Instead they pick it up with their mouth and toss it back over the fence.

 Don't we do something similar. God offers us living water. Life and nourishment for our spirit. Instead of drinking from His endless supply daily. We toss it back over our fence as if to say I don't have time for you now God. Let me do it my way. When all the while He wants to provide us with His love that refreshes. 

To often we refuse and stay dehydrated, stressed, depressed and miserable, when all we have to do is let Him flow over our fence. Just thinking..

*I typed this up on my Facebook status a few years ago.*

My Sweet Shiloh

The day we brought Shiloh home was an exciting day for me.  Let me back up, the day we got him loaded into the horse trailer was an exciting day for me as well. He does not like horse trailers. The 4-5 hours it took to get him to Alabama the day we left Mississippi for our new home in Alabama, Shiloh road in the horse trailer like he had been doing it all his life. I am so proud of him. 

When the gate to the horse trailer was opened so he could go into the pasture, his new home, he walked out of there like a pro. 

Welcome home my Shiloh! I thank Jesus we brought you here.

Goodbye's Are Never Easy

Saying goodbye is never easy, neither is this blog post. The picture is of my American Paint Horse Cupcake. Isn't she pretty? She was born late May 28th, 2015 to my horse Sassy ShyAnne. Her Daddy is Shiloh.  Sadly she became sick, almost overnight. I say overnight because even though the disease had probably been building up and taking it's toll on her immune system, it was not until Wednesday of this week that we noticed she was not acting herself. She wanted to lay down more than usual. She acted tired.  My Daddy noticed she was limping, but we thought maybe one of our other horses kicked her, as horses have a way of doing other horses when they do not want to be disturbed or feel jealous. 

Look at sweet baby Cupcake with her Mama hours after she was born. I remember Daddy woke me up that morning. I knew from the excitement in his voice that Sassy had her baby. I jumped out of bed, threw on some shoes and headed outside to see our lovely foal. A filly! 

Even Bama was excited about the new addition to our family. 

So precious. I enjoyed spending hours with her the day she was born, and the next day, and any other time after that, that I could get outside to play with her. 

In this picture you can tell Sassy Shy'Anne was a tired Mama.

This is one of my favorite pictures. Sassy and Goober lovingly checking on baby Cupcake. Goober was outside with Sassy when the baby was born. He seemed to share a special bond with her up until his death in October 2015, another unpleasant goodbye.

Cupcake was the first newborn foal I had ever loved on, pettied and held  in my arms. As you can see fro the picture, it was love at first sight. 

Cupcake loved laying in the hay. It just so happened that laying in the hay is where her life ended over a year after I took this picture.

This picture I took the day after Cupcake's sister was born. Same Dad, the stud in the background, but different mare, of course, considering the fillies were born two months apart. 

Cupcake was a good horse. She had her own personality with a mixture of  Shiloh's gentle nature, and Shy'Anne's sassieness.  I called her my Shiloh Look-a-Like because she looked so much like Shiloh when he was younger, and the older she got the more she looked like Shiloh. 

Wednesday night my Parents and I went to Alabama. Thursday evening we got a call from family who told us that Cupcake was on the ground. She did not look good. She would not get up. They tried to get her to stand up, she would attempt but fall back down.  I called our Veterinarian in Mississippi. 

She said from the description it sounded like Cupcake had encephalitis, which is dangerous, life threatening and contagious to other horses.  She said she would ride out and see Cupcake and see what she could do, but she prepared us for the worst,  just in case.

By the time the Vet got to our house in Mississippi, we were already on the road headed back home from Alabama, so we could be there to handle whatever we needed to handle. 

We were anxiously awaiting the call back from the Vet, but dreading it at the same time. At last my phone rang, I handed it to my Daddy, I knew I would break down in tears on the phone if I answered and I did not want to do that. 

The result, Cupcake indeed had encephalitis, a bad case that could not be controlled. My other horses had to have vaccines, Shiloh would not let the Vet give him his vaccine, so she left the shot for me to give him, which I did today, but that story is for another blog post. 

Cupcake had to be euthanized. My heart broke.  I was not there when she was put to rest, and her suffering ended, but my heart was. I cried and cried.  I am crying thinking about it now while typing this blog post.

I was not with her when she entered this world, and I was not with her when she left this world, but the time I was with her between her beginning and end was special to me.

In my eyes, you died to young Cupcake, but you will never be forgotten. I love you Cupcake, my Shiloh look-alike. 

Weekend Fun in Alabama

Last Friday my Parents and I went to our home in Alabama to work on getting it ready to move to.  Saturday and Sunday my Uncle came down from Florida to help my Daddy finish putting up fence for our horse pasture. 

My Daddy is the man in the camouflage shirt.  I enjoy watching my Daddy and his brother together. They like to reminiscence over their childhood and young adult days.  As you can tell my boots were captured in the picture. I was sitting on top of the toolbox on my Daddy's truck.

They spent hours Saturday and Sunday working hard to get the fence finished. I am thankful for them. 

Both Saturday and Sunday were beautiful days. The sun was bright and warm.

Bama loves to go for a ride in our UTV so I told him to load up. See the smile on his face!  

 

 I like red dirt roads. Bama and I did not ride far from our house or gone for a long time, but the short ride was just what I needed. It made me feel better.

 

 Bindi was happy to see us when we arrived home. I would have taken her with us, but the older she gets the more she does not like riding in the UTV. I do not know why, because when she was smaller she road almost everytime Bama and I would go for a ride.

Sunday morning I woke up, get myself ready for the day and drove the UTV into the horse pasture where my Daddy and Uncle Buddy were busy working on the fence. I was impressed with the progress they had made in the couple of hours they had already been working on it that morning. 

 

 Bindi was happy to see me.  I love her smile! 

 

 

Spending most of the weekend outside was good for me. I enjoyed it. 

 

Daddy and Uncle Buddy had stopped to take a much needed break! 

 

 I love these two!

Daddy, Mama, Uncle Buddy and I decided to take a break and go into town for two reasons. We needed more curved nails to connect the wire and the metal posts, plus it was lunchtime and we were hungry.  

 Our first stop, Tractor Supply. I needed to go to the dog section to get Bama a new collar, of course I had to stop on the aisle where the halters for horses are. Look at all the pretty colors! I have not decided yet, what color I want for my horse Dixie Robyn. I am leaning towards the sky blue on the top shelf by the purple, or the light pink on the bottom shelf. 

 On our way to the checkout I saw this toy black horse with a white streak, like my horse Sunshine! My Daddy bought it for me. I am a Daddy's girl. Thank you Daddy! (I am a Mama's girl to by the way!) 

After we left Tractor Supply we went through the drive through at Whataburger. I had been craving a hamburger from their since the night before.  It was good!  We took the long way home, and ate in the truck while enjoying the scenery and a lot of talk and laughs.

 My Bama loves the outdoors.

 So does my Bindi. 

Mama and I spent most of the evening outside with my Daddy and Uncle helping them when they needed it. While we say in the UTV, I took pictures of my sweet dogs. 

 

Happy puppy. I know she is tall, but she is a puppy. She is only seven months old!

Sunday afternoon at 4:31p.m. the fence was complete! I know because I looked at the clock when they finished securing the fence wire to the last post.  I am thankful for my Daddy and Uncle Buddy's hard work on the fence.  It makes me feel warm and fuzzy inside knowing how much I am loved. They would not have put the fence up, if they did not love me, considering the pasture is for my horses.  I had a wonderful weekend spent with my family.  I am blessed. Thank you Jesus for your endless blessings on me and my family.

Meet Ginger Robyn

 

Meet Ginger Robyn!  Dixie Sunshine gave birth to this beautiful baby filly near the end of July. Isn't she beautiful?  My Parents and I named her Ginger Robyn, because she walks and plays in a graceful and playful manner that reminds me of the classic movie star Ginger Rogers.  Ginger fits because the brown on her is ginger in color, and Robyn is my middle name. 

 

I was able to be with Sunshine during the biggest part of labor. I got the awesome experience of watching as Ginger Robyn came into this world.

 

It was awesome to sit on the ground and pet Sunshine while Ginger Robyn made her entrance into this world.   When I was able to get to Sunshine, Ginger Robyn's head had not broke through the placenta yet.   Like I said, it was an awesome experience!

 

 

Isn't she lovely!

Hello Blog World

I have missed you....  No, really I have!

 

See my excitement?  Ok, so this picture was taken earlier in the summer, but it does convey my happiness to be blogging again.  I am responsible for having stopped, but, I am back now! 

 

Over the past few years it has been all to easy for me to switch from blogging to Facebook, Instagram and text messaging. Oops!  I found out I miss blogging, so I am going to try to make it a part of my weekly routine once more.  I realize I have said this in the past, but maybe it will stick this time. (I have probably said that too!)

 

A lot has happened since my last blog post, which was in May I believe, to announce the birth of my new horse Cupcake. My youngest nephew named her, and it fits. I like to think of her as my Red Velvet Cupcake. Doesn't the name fit?

 

 

This picture was taken a day or two after she was born. She will be three months old August 27th so she is much bigger now. I don't have a recent picture on my computer, but I do on my phone so I will blog it later on.

 

Last month, July 28th between 9:30 pm and 10:00 pm, my horse Sunshine gave birth to a beautiful filly, we named Ginger Robyn.  She is Cupcakes sister, since they have the same Father, but different Mothers.   Ginger Robyn is a beautiful paint horse.  She is white with ginger color patches. She loves to dance around, and has a graceful, delicate, yet spirited movement when she dances around. We decided Ginger Robyn fit, instead of Ginger Rogers like the dancer. Ginger for her color, and Robyn after my middle name.  I do not have a picture on my computer of her, but I have a lot on my phone, I will upload one later on as well.  

 

Hmmm let's see, there is a lot that has happened between my last post in May and now, as I stated, but at the moment I need to print off paid invoice receipts and package orders to mail out today.  If you are interested in buy jewelry and accessories, or DIY jewelry and craft supplies I would love it if you visited my etsy shop (http://etsy.com/shop/MardiRobyn) or followed me on Instagram @MardiRobyn and @MardiRobynSupplies   the latter has over 700 supplies posted and available for sale!

 

Happy Day,

  Mardi

A View Through My Eyes: Week 8

 

One of my favorite pictures of my horse Shy'Anne. I took this photograph the year we got her and Shiloh.    She was rolling in the grass underneath the warm sunshine!

Saturday Blog Post

Good afternoon!

I feel like I have had a productive morning.  Uploaded jewelry pictures to my shop, and still adding pictures now!  Went with my parents to buy hay from a sweet Amish couple. I am fascinated with how they live. So simple, it looks very peaceful on their land.

We brought the hay home, and I played with my horses Shiloh and Sassy, and also my dog Goober. I gave Mandy lou (our oldest dog) treats, but she thinks she is the queen of our yard and did not like her nap being disturbed, last I checked she was still sleeping under the warm sunshine and the treats were laying by her head. Spoiled baby!

I started taking pictures of new jewelry I worked on this week, ate lunch, and now I am blogging, while uploading more pictures to my shop and watching reruns of Mister Ed.  Can you tell I like horses?  

Some pictures of my babies!

 

Shiloh & I.

 

My Shy'anne  (Aka-Sassy)

 

My Shiloh :)

Happy Saturday!

God Bless,
  Mardi Robyn