Archive for the ‘Gala’s Thoughts’ Category

The year was 1982. That’s the year Smart Little Lena won the Futurity, “E.T.” was the movie to watch and in cutting circles, if you wanted a laugh, “Cuttin’ Capers” was the book to read.  The introduction to that little 142-page book states,             It all started quite innocently. One person and then another would [...]

            If you’re in the horse business, you know about fast trips – the ones that ordinary folks view as requiring vacation time to make them. I have a brother-in-law who believes a 3-hour trip to the lake and back home is a 3-day event.             Not so in our household! Let hubby Ronnie start [...]

            Lil and Rascal’s puppies just turned 7 weeks old, and last week I had planned time to start advertising them for sale – well, that was the plan.               Rascal is the Australian Cattle Dog with me in my profile pic and he is really a sweetheart. Highly intelligent Rascal and his mom Allie, (the [...]

            We like it when people are happy!             Barrel racer Sharon Camarillo and equestrian Science professor Donna Irvin visited with Nettles Stirrups about building a stirrup that would assist when performing in speed events.              We did; sent both Sharon and Donna a prototype to test-drive. Here’s the email Nettles Stirrups received from Donna [...]

            As I write this, I am in our bedroom cuddled up with a heating pad watching Ronnie work horses in the round pen – well, from his waist up that is. Love these big windows!                I’ve been here off and on for almost 3 weeks, first battling severe gastritis and IBS. Anyone [...]

            Baby it’s cold outside! Days like this makes me wonder whose bright idea it was in this family to have livestock.             I suggested to Ronnie that he try to train ours to go a few days without meals. That way when the weather is extremely tough, we could wait until it improved to [...]