These were from the group  picture of the play she was in.  I was trying to get some pictures of her put together for her resume for Fiddler on the Roof tryouts (this next week) and found that these were really good. Really!


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The last day of the play was Halloween, 2009. And I took pictures, driving my poor mom, who had driven up from PHX, to watch, crazy by snapping photos (flash off) during the performance. But, now she wants the pictures, so I'm OK ( Read more... )

What with Sam as busy with the play, we just didn't have time to do Halloween this year. Man, we've been busy. Busy. Busier than that. So, Sam decided to revisit an old costume we'd had made for her when she was about 3-4 years old. She went as a Harpy. Anyway...I did Sam's makeup and just still had the itch, so I did myself. :) I went as a ( Read more... )

Misc. riding pictures. We washed the equines and then went riding around the 'hood. The donkey needs a smaller cinch.
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So Jorge had looked into the trail system of the White Mountains and had suggested that we go check out the parking at Panorama Trail head, to see if we could haul the trailer there and ride ponies while he rode his bike on the trails. That was Saturday. Sunday we were back, and indeed, hauled Red and Whirlwind up, and Jorge had his bike. I'd ( Read more... )

Every year, Sam's hula troop does a couple dances. One is the Red, White and Blueau at the local pool, and they dance there, at night. The other is, of course, the Hula float in the city parade.
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We went fishing yesterday. Sam caught the first fish, tiny. Jorge caught the other fish. Someone else gave us a third fish, so I cleaned two fish. Throw back the small ones. :)
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I bought a bunch of hay, which required that I clean my barn out, to store the bunch of hay. That was the original plan, anyway. The current plan is to move the haybarn, bring in several storage containers, contract someone to roof them, and convert the current hay barn to a greenhouse. Anyway. Sam was helping, and neighbor dog Mia, who is kind ( Read more... )

Max the pekin duck loves his Patty the Ameracauna chick, but we figured when we get our half-year pond, that Max would want another duck-friend to play with. After calling just about every feedstore in central and north-eastern Arizona, I located a fellow with ducks near the age of Max. We drove to Globe today, ate at Irene's (mmmmmn!) and went ( Read more... )

Sam's friend came over for a sleepover and I promised to take them riding. It was a really windy day, but we did fine, and Shaina fell in love with the donkey.
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