Movie Tuesday

Where are all the good movies? Today we saw Cowboys and Aliens. Wish I could describe it, but I fell asleep in the middle. I'm waiting for The Help to come out. At least I know the book was good.

Craft Show

I feel like an elf. For the last month I've been making jewelry, fused glass barrettes, bused glass handles for serving ware--all for the annual Pine Valley Days Craft Show. My friend Betsy and I put two booths together for all the stuff we've made in the past year. It was a fun day until about 2:30 when a monsoon swept in and got us all soaked in about 3 seconds. We threw everything into boxes and packed up to go home. Except for the mess, that was fun, too.

T.R.O.T.

We took the old road instead of the trails this time to see if there were any more trails heading down to the valley other than the ones we have already taken. It was hotter today and the road wasn't particularly inspiring. Turned out we didn't find any more trails, but we did come across this little cabin in the woods.

Movie Tuesday

Last Tuesday we saw Harry Potter. Because we are the oldest Harry Potter fans on earth (probably), we enjoyed it. Once again, we were expecting crowds lined up for this movie, but there was hardly anyone there--just how we like it.

Doc

Here are some more photos of my horse, Doc, taken in the Laguna Mountains last Thursday. He's tied to a high line and he's wearing a fly mask. A word about the high line: it's actually supposed to be tied high--at about 7 feet. The problem is that I am only 5 feet 3.5 inches tall, so I could only reach so high--not even close to 7 feet. It worked anyway. Twos photos are of Joyce's horse, Omar. The rest are of Doc.

Omar

Doc

Doc

Omar

Doc

Weekend

On Friday morning, Mom and I got our hair done. Unfortunately, Mom got scalped this time and she's very unhappy about it. Still, she fixed us dinner (baked chicken, potatoes, broccoli) and it was yummy.

Saturday Dennis and I piddled around doing our chores. I'm trying to get ready for the craft show at Pine Valley Days at the end of the month. The end of the month is coming up fairly quickly now and I have a lot to do. Saturday night we went to dinner with our friends, Ann and Chris, to plan a house concert at our house. We came up with a date and a plan, so it was a good evening--not to mention just having fun with our friends.

Today we are relaxing with our Sunday morning TV programs: Sunday Morning, Face the Nation, Meet the Press and Fareed Zakarias GPS. Two of these programs are not very relaxing (Face the Nation and, especially, Meet the Press). I'm pretty sick of hearing politicians spew their rhetoric.

T.R.O.T.

We rode out about 1-1/2 hrs. on the trail in the Laguna Mountains until we got back to the cemetery site we visited a few weeks ago. This time we brought a high line to tie the horses to and lunch for us (apple for them). Since I'm short, I could only get the "high" line up about 5-1/2 feet. It worked though. I was a little nervous because we hadn't tried this before. Apparently, Doc has done this before. Look at him. He's just standing there asleep. What a good boy.

Joyce's horse kept trying to walk under the line. He's pretty calm, though, so he didn't freak out.

It was a really good ride on a perfect 70-degree day.

This is Joyce and Omar. Unfortunately the pictures turned out a little dark because we were in the shade.

After our sandwiches, we at the chocolate cake Mom made. Thanks, Mom!