I have Paint horses.. do you think they are Pintos?

As I had mentioned previously, I have had many horses over the years. My first love was always the American Quarter Horse. After a long period without horses, we got the horse bug. Ken had known and remembered my Quarter Horse gelding "Risk Bar", who I had when we dated in high school.

He had always wanted a horse, and grew up on John Wayne, and all those good old cowboy movies on Saturday mornings..boys!

Now at this time, my old best friend from high school "Sue", had been back into horses for years and was now showing Paints. Because the Paint is basically a "Quarter Horses with color", that was the direction I went. So, we proceeded to talk ourselves into getting a horse.

I will share more on that ongoing story in later posts, as it could be long.. but I want to clarify something first.

Onto my lesson!

1. Paints and Pintos are NOT the same!

A Pinto can be any breed of horse and have the color pattern to be a Pinto.

A Paint has ancestry which it shares with the American Quarter Horse, and or Thoroughbreds only.

2. There is a difference in color patterns of Paints.

Now, I love the whole color pattern thing.. as believe me, it can make you dizzy!

Have you every noticed the difference in the patterns of "Paints" in the fields when you are out and about?

I will start with the two common color patterns.. Tobiano and Overo.









These two horse above are the "Tobiano" color pattern. Notice they each have the white color cross their backs, and the color pattern is kind of rounded markings, not jagged?




Now these two horses below are the "Overo" pattern... notice the white does NOT cross their backs, and their markings are very jagged?

So.. this completes lesson #1 on Paint color patterns... we will continue the discussion at another time, because this is only the beginning. There are even more patterns within these two color patterns!



Happy Monday!

Quotable Sunday..of course.. Mom's Day!

I suspect most of us who participate in Quotable Sunday... (which of course is sponsored by our dear Toni).. may possibly have the same theme.

And of course since I would say most of us are Mom's ..we may not see a lot of Blog traffic..as we will all be enjoying our special day!

I will throw a few quotes out anyway..about well, Mom's!!

Sweater: garment worn by child when its mother is feeling chilly. ~Ambrose Bierce

Mothers are fonder than fathers of their children because they are more certain they are their own. ~Aristotle

A man loves his sweetheart the most, his wife the best, but his mother the longest. ~Irish Proverb

Making the decision to have a child is momentous. It is to decide forever to have your heart go walking around outside your body. ~Elizabeth Stone


Women's Liberation is just a lot of foolishness. It's the men who are discriminated against. They can't bear children. And no one's likely to do anything about that. ~Golda Meir

HaPPy MoM's dAy !!!

Tagged and Honored.. ah shucks, you guys are so sweet..

I was remembered by a few of my blogging friend this week..

Jennifer at This Moms Many Hats gave me the One Lovely Blog award.. thanks Jennifer!!





Audrey.. at Stage3,Who Me? gave me an award that states it is given for being, "alluring, amusing, bewitching, impressive and inspiring." This really describes her and not me! Thanks Audrey!





And last but not least, Baba at BabasFarmLife has tagged me for 10 questions "you are Dying to Know About Me" Honestly, I doubt that anyone is "Dying" to know anything about me.. but if you are at least curious...I am reducing it to 4..as the first answer will explain why only 4 answers!




Four possibly unknown (by my blogger friends) things about myself:

1. Adult ADD (I am scattered!) I am that person that walks from one room to the other, and my task changes when I enter the new room.. staying focused does not come naturally to me!
   
2. In early 70's considered myself a bit of a "weekend hippie"..we had full fledged hippie friends who were "full time" hippies..and I am sorry that some paid high prices for that lifestyle choice.
   
3. I was married for 20 years the first time! I can say I am friends with ex and his wife..spend most major Holidays together with family.
   
4. I was my husband Ken's "first" girlfriend in high school. And my husband Ken and my ex Mike get along great, and even go on fishing trips together with our family.
   

And guess what? All who leave a comment receive the same honors and also ..tag your it!

VGNO.. and ready for a Party!

As always.. lovely Ann from Ann Again and Again.. is sponsoring the nights party. Is she not the hostess with the mostest?!

I am starting the party early.. and will go over to Ann's to check in as soon as I can.. I just want to make sure the party doesn't start without me, as you are the best Friday Night party girls (and a guy or two)!

I will be back to add more party favors later.. as I am still at work, yikes!

OK.... due to a belated Cinco de Mayo..

Happy Friday Night!

Thankful Thursday... I am thankful for my Mom!

In honor of Mother's Day.. today I want to say... I am thankful for my Mom! She is the Matriarch in our Family..and I can honestly say, she is an amazing woman!

She lives here in Washington part of the year, and she lives in Henderson, Nevada the other part of the year. We tease her, telling her that she is bored here in Washington, where 4 of her 5 kids live. This is because her life in Nevada is full of active friends, and many soirees.. as well as her friend George (who I must say, treats her like an Angel)!

She is smart, and sharp and savvy, and kind of strong willed! My mother is in her 80's and a mother of 5, and loved by all of us, and our families.

I honestly think she could of done anything she wanted to, as she is a natural business woman. Like most women of her generation..she did not work outside the home when we were young. She did have a small business at one time, she had a darling Consignment Shop in the "little" town of Issaquah Washington.(not so little now!) ...and she later got her Real Estate License, which was a great opportunity to find great deals on houses!

She and my father did very well with finding houses, which they would do a little work on, and than add the new purchase to their little string of rentals.

My parents did not believe in using credit, something their generation learned from the real depression, and my generation and my kids generation can still learn a lot from them..(hmm... so could our government...)

Mom is a blessings to her children, grandchildren, and her great grandchildren. When my first child was born, Mom said she was to young to be a Gramma, and said the grand kids could call her GG (short for .. Gramma Gloria)..poor Mom, she was immediately named Gramma GG, and has been so ever since!

So.. as I always tell her, I love you Mom!

and Happy Mothers Day...

I really wanted to show you all the full picture of Caleb.. as I cropped it for the "I Love Faces" Entry on Tuesday.. I love this picture of him sitting on the gate!
Caleb was our little cowboy.. he is now in 6th grade.. and loves baseball, and fishing!!! He will go fishing anytime he can.

When he was little he would come stay with us almost every weekend.. he is the oldest of 6 grand kids!

That is something to be thankful for!