Best Thing

 "All horses deserve, at least once in their lives, to be loved by a little girl."  -Author unknown 

Sugar loves being groomed by this young student who has grown leaps and bounds in skills and confidence. "This is the best thing I've ever done," she said on one of her recent rides. Apparently the feeling is mutual, since Sugar follows her girl around without a halter or lead rope!

Promising

Some of my favorite places are paths. A path, whether walked, run, hiked, or ridden upon, is at once soothing to the soul and stirring to the spirit. How can I not feel hope when trotting down a trail, when some treasure of vista or wild thing surely waits just around the bend or over the hill? 

"You direct me on a path that leads to a beautiful life." --Psalm 16:11 (VOICE)

Of Cud and Kin

I wonder if social scientists have ever posed this question: Does the family that chews the cud together stay together?

Daisy Mae (center) chewing the cud with daughters Gracie (top) and Mayzie. 

Meels (center) chewing the cud with daughters Moey (top) and Minnie. 

"Keep the corners of your mouth turned up."--Mother Teresa

Pretty in Pink

 

Tonight's sunset cast Sugar in a quite flattering, pinkish light. 

"He wraps you in goodness--beauty eternal." --Psalm 103:4 (MSG)

Moments

Most of our fall hues have either faded, fallen, frozen, or flown away in the wind, but today divulged a few tiny bits of color here and there.  

               Berries on red cedar

                    Currant leaf

               Johnny-jump-up

 

"Cherish every moment of the fleeting life God has given you under the sun." --Ecclesiastes 9:9 (VOICE)

Their Time

Normally, these frost-shapen blooms wouldn't catch my eye, let alone grace these pages. But around here, flowers blooming in November is anything but normal. Since each of these plucky posies is surrounded by countless spent seed heads and zillions of freeze-dried, shriveled blossoms, they've definitely earned their place in the sun!

                            Rose

                       Sunflowers  

                      Blanketflower  

"...Restoring dignity and respect to their lives--a place in the sun!" ~ 1 Samuel 2:8 (MSG)

Upstream

Before it's the Big Horn River that winds lazily past us, it's the more industrious and effervescent Wind River advancing up its namesake, the Wind River Canyon. I say up because there are places where inclines and angles of the highway and slopes combine to give the impression that the river is actually flowing uphill. 

Maybe the Big Horn isn't lazy. Maybe it's just tired!

"Ask {the Father} in my name, according to my will, and he'll most certainly give it to you. Your joy will be like a river overflowing its banks." --John 16:24 (MSG)