Dusty Rocks

I LOVE this!

it hangs in my tack room at the stable

Pony Girl added the "Dusty rocks!"

COPPERPONY just finished

his 23rd day of bridling.

Cowboy and I head out to the stable

every morning to meet Doc .

We are committed to making this work!

Dusty is really being a good boy!

He is just about there.

He is learning he has to keep his head down.

He is not tossing it all around.

He is not moving his feet.

He is standing still.

He is realizing that it is not going to hurt him.

I am happy with the progress.

Thank you Doc for your willingness to continue

with this until we get the job done.

We appreciate and respect your

experience, knowledge, attitude, patience and compassion

when working with our beloved DUSTY.

COPPERPONY is on his second week of his

workout schedule. He has 2 months to get in shape

for his big trip!

Now I don't want all of you to think I am being mean

to my boy!!!

I have taken the workout challenge with him.

I am going to curves 3 days a week,

riding ROCKET everyday, and riding and working with

my boy. I am even doing some bareback riding.

Not just walking, we are doing a jog/trot and

I am LOVIN' it!

I love how this journey requires me to continue

learning.

I have the desire, and attitude to face my fears.

I am building trust and a deeper bond.

I put my heart and soul in to DUSTY'S well being.

He's given me his love, strength, courage.

I am grateful for the many blessings in my life!!!

Dusty Devoe

Cowgirlz Inspiration

Shoot for the moon

For even if you miss

You will be among the stars...dream



Dusty Devoe

A New Day

Dear God,

Thank you for this new day, it's beauty and it's light.

Every flower is a soul blooming in nature...gerard de nerval

The real voyage of discovery consists not in seeking

new landscapes, but in having new eyes... marcell proust

To love and be loved is to feel the sun

from both sides...david viscott

Bless not only the road but the bumps on the road.
They are all part of the higher journey...julia cameron

It is good to have an end to journey towards;

but it is the journey that matters in the end...ursula k. le guin

Dusty Devoe

Heart Of Gold

Yesterday was a heartbreaking day at my stable

We lost another one of our precious girls

Out of respect, the stable always shuts down

They allow our equine friends to pass

with dignity and grace...

What a beautiful girl she was

I will never forget her eyes

"GINGER"

She flew to Heaven On The Wings Of Angels...

May you gallop the trails of Heaven
in peace and without pain

Sweet "GINGER" you will live in our
hearts and souls forever...


run with the wind

Dusty Devoe

Wordless Wednesday

PONY GIRL & PAINT GIRL

Dusty Devoe

Let's Dream!

FOLLOW YOUR HEART!!!

FOLLOW YOUR DREAM!!!

Dreams are...

illustrations from

the book your soul is

writing about you.

Marsha Norman

Dusty Devoe

Rocket

I have a new girl to ride!!!

Her name is "ROCKET."

She promises she won't have an attitude,

won't buck me off,

she's an easy keeper, and the

COPPERPONY

will

not be jealous of her!

A few weeks ago I showed you some pictures of

"ROCKET"

she is my old, new ride!

Have you guessed what she is yet?

Here she is!

Meet "ROCKET"

I had not ridden her in 38 Yrs!

She was sitting in the driveway when I came

home from school one day approximately

47 years ago!

I was in the 4Th or 5Th grade.

A Cowgirl's Grace and I both got one.

They were identical, just like us!

One was a little darker in color.

I can't tell you how many miles I have on her.

We rode our bikes everyday, everywhere.

We lived up on a hill, and there was a BIGGER hill to ride up.

We loved to coast down, with no hands on the handle bars!

I remember putting cards on the spokes with clothes pins

and loved hearing them flapping when riding!

She has the original tires on, one of the handlebar covers

is different, and I remember the seat being blue and white,

now it is black.

I had a pretty bad wreck on her a few weeks after I got her.

Our neighbor was sitting on the seat, and I was standing up

pedaling, and we were riding down a small hill,

we hit gravel on the shoulder and wrecked.

No helmets were worn back then.

I got a cut above my left eye, and had to have a few stitches.

I still have the scar.

Karen broke her arm.

"Rocket" got her first owies!

I was more worried about her than me!

I rode barefoot a lot and hated it when I stubbed my toe.

I will always wear shoes NOW!!!

I am trying to find some old pictures of us riding.

She pedals like she did when she was new!

Really smooth! She is really, really fast!!!

The first time I rode her again, I didn't want to get off!

I feel like a little girl!!!

I am having so much fun.

Don't worry COPPERPONY

my HEART still belongs to you!

My niece Sares, from LOVELEIGH TREASURE'S

Dusty Devoe

Pirate Princess

We ride in the beautiful cemetery behind our houses.

Sares is riding Jessesdesertrose's childhood bike.

We were naughty and stopped for an ICE-CREAM CONE!

Cowboy is so good to me!

He decided she needed washed!

He oiled her chains!

She had to have air in her tires!

I never called her "ROCKET" when I was a kid.

But seeing the name on her,

I decided she needed to called

"ROCKET"

Dusty Devoe