This weeks Sepia Saturday has some options, and bikes (or should I say transportation), were clearly my takeoff.
My brother Ron was 11 months older then me, and got first shot at the vehicles...
Are you seeing what I am seeing? The boys ride, the girls don't. Now it is a while later and you see my little sister with me, and my older brother Dale with Ron as well. Where are the girls bikes?
Well, when I was a kid, my preferred mode of transportation was a horse.
When I was 12, I got my first horse, which made the bike my mode of transportation to get to the farm not far from our house, where I boarded her.
Her name was "Sweetie" and she was probably much older then the 20 I had been told. She was the perfect first horse that left a string of 30 more horses after her, over many decades.
We have 2 girls that live with us now, first shown below is Betsy who is 18. I have had her since she was 6 months old.
And we have Zoe who is 23. We bought Zoe when she was 2, she seems to be everyone's favorite. She is deaf, and the sweetest horse to be around.
So that is my spin for Sepia Saturday, from bikes to transportation to horses!
Thanks for coming by,
Jan
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Betsy and Zoe are gorgeous!
ReplyDeleteMy older daughter's preferred mode of transportation would be a horse too. Her first horse was Lily. Her second was Duo - what a hothead he was! We sold him on the Internet in the days before Craig's List.
ReplyDeleteThe old bike photos remind me of my childhood. Zoe looks really sweet in the photo.
ReplyDeleteYour horses are so beautiful. Horses are far more than just pets and transportation. Enjoyed your post today.
ReplyDeleteThe second photo says it all, doesn't it.
ReplyDeleteYou are so right, the look on my face especially!
DeleteHorses would have been a bit difficult to look after where I grew up! LOL. We did have bikes though!
ReplyDeleteI love old pictures! So many great memories. Your horses look like they are doing well!
ReplyDeleteLove the way you're holding hands with your sister :) And cypress trees beside the steps must have been popular landscaping.
ReplyDeleteGlad to see you finally got a bike. But funny that you used the bike to get to your real favorite mode of transportation. Your horses are beautiful.
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Great family photos - what memories they would hold for you! Thank you for sharing them with us.
ReplyDeleteGreat photoes-- but most loved the horses. Horses are not only transportation, but friends and great nuzzlers.l
ReplyDeleteMy daughter also has two of these beauties: Liberty and Albany.
ReplyDeleteYou seem to have a lot of (nice!) space over there so I guess Betsy and Zoe are two happy horses!
What Lovely Horses!Your Right ,of course, much preferable to Bikes.And,yes,now you mention it,i too remember bikes being more a boys thing.
ReplyDeleteWe rode down similar paths Jan. Alas I never graduated to a horse - I've only ever rode one once and it scared the life out of me.
ReplyDeleteI have never been on a horse either, but have it on my bucket list as my husband likes to ride and I figure I should humour him sometime when on vacation. LOL.
ReplyDeleteOf course the boys always get the first wheels! Ha ha ha! Cute pictures of you during the best years of your lives right! The horses rock too!
ReplyDeleteI think you ended up with the better deal...boys only get dumb bikes but you get beautiful horses!
ReplyDeletelove those old pictures! we have some very similar to those in our old family albums. our bicycles were our mode of transportation in childhood.....
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