We're safe!

Well, the tornado that tore through Windsor missed us. Thank goodness. We did have some really strong winds and quarter-sized hail. It really hurts when it hits you on the head. I had to rush out and put the horses in the barn. We lost power around noon and didn't get it back until around 5:30pm. Our neighbor to the north lost the entire roof on her 10,000 sq.ft. barn. We only lost a tree in the back yard. It was twisted right out of the ground. Luckily, it fell away from the house, although it is small enough it probably wouldn't have done any damage. Here's the tree:


And here is the hole where the tree used to be. You can see how it was twisted.



Here is a map of the tornado's path. We are about at the "u" in the word "Thursday" at the top of the picture. http://www.denverpost.com/portlet/article/html/imageDisplay.jsp?contentItemRelationshipId=1954663

Business Card Survey

I was looking online at business card websites and decided I could design nicer ones myself. Here are some of the samples I have come up with. Please let me know which one(s) you like best and anything that could be improved on them!


This card features Cecil, our riding lesson horse. He is in English attire, which is my preferred style of riding, though I do train and teach multiple disciplines.

This card features Docs Bit of Honey, for whom the business is named. She preferred western, and I do teach and train western as well as english riding.

This card features Thai, my thoroughbred who I had when I started the business.

This card features my colors (black and yellow) and the business logo of a snaffle bit.

Google Maps Street View

I figured we were too far out in the country to ever end up on Google Maps' street view, but I guess not. This is pretty cool. You can drag the picture around to see more of the road houses. View Here

Muskrat Susie

Our pond on the west side of our property is home to many different creatures. So far we have seen frogs, crickets, bugs, fish, red-winged blackbirds, yellow-headed blackbirds, great blue herons, some different looking brownish ducks, and a larger bird that looks like a thin black duck with a LONG skinny beak. Most recently we were able to capture muskrat Susie on camera, she's very shy but comes out when she thinks no one is watching. She looks like a giant brownish/grey gerbil. When we bought the place we were told there were two muskrats (so we assumed they were Susie and Sam) but we have only seen one.

Celestial fruit

I cut an orange this afternoon to eat for lunch, and I found this shape inside near the stem end. It looks remarkably like an angel. Of course I took a picture and put it on photoshop.


When I let the program auto-adjust the color levels I got this interesting version. Our plates turned blue and the orange looks like a grapefruit.

Bid for it on ebay!
You know you want it ;)