Last Night

Down the road looking west. Sun going down. Sept. 12, 2007

Country girl meets School Bus

A foggy morning and I take Kylee down the long road to meet the school bus. Fall is definately approaching.

Who's Mountain

I got a scathing e-mail from a friend (?) who for the moment shall remain nameless. She was quite upset, when I posted a morning picture of Mt Rainier, that I referred to as 'my mountain'. She says it is HER mountain because when she was a small child her mother gave it to her---and since "age before beauty" I'll have to concede to her. After all I do have Mt. Baker.
1st Picture is Mt. Rainier elevation 14,440 ft.
2nd mountain Mt. Bake elevation 10,800 ft.
Both mountains in the Cascade Range.

Thanks

Ambush, my horse, is slowly getting better. The blood work showed she was anemic, which was why she didn't feel so good and dropped so much weight in such a short time. Also the sore on her shoulder was taking it's toll on her. I have to wash out the sore twice a day and treat it with stuff and junk. It cannot be covered because it is a puncture wound and has to heal from the inside out. Also give her a penicillin shot twice a day. She loves to see me coming with the big needle. Oh yeah!!
Thanks for being interested.
My front side yard getting ready for fall.

The town that never made it

Florance was founded in the late 1870s early 1880s and was called a rival of Stanwood. The towns were separated by the Stillaguamish River. It had Stores, saw mills and even a large hotel. Both towns were often flooded by the river and finally Florence could no longer compete. All that remains of the business district is the is a store once owned by Jasper Sill who came to Florence in 1878.
An old barn nearly taken over by brambles.
A river project across from the old store.

Reunion

I went to my High School reunion tonight. Small school--class size 64---48 showed up. It was very nice. Funny how some people look so young and some don't age too well but after talking to them for awhile they all look like the kids I went to school with. A lot of water has gone under this bridge. It is the Rainbow Bridge in LaConner, Wa.

Ambush

My horse Ambush, the one Kylee rides and now calls HER horse is not feeling well. It started out her being lame. the Equine chiropracter came to the fairgrounds and popped her knee back and she seemed alright but the next day she was lame again. But now she has something else going on. Kylee and her mom took her to the vet last night because she was real weak and had an abscess on her shoulder. the vet worked on that and couldn't find anything but did take blood to be worked up. We will find out about the blood on Monday. So Ambush is laid up for awhile, getting penicillin shots, washing her sore with anti-bacterial soap and epsom salts. So that's it for now.