Feathery Visitor

 

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Tuesday, April 1

Another little bird hit the window and got stunned for a few minutes. We always take the opportunity to get a rare close up view before releasing them again. This is one of the gold finch that we have here in the winter.

 

Gardski’s Loft

 

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Saturday, April 5, 2014

After attending the funeral and the graveside service Saturday, we took the kids to a really good restaurant in downtown Lubbock. It brought back lots of memories for me and Nathan. We both have fond memories of eating there during our youth with family and friends, as well as a few times when we were dating.

 

Unfortunately, they didn’t still have the Gardski’s famous salad on the menu, which was my favorite, and Nathan and the boys were a little disappointed in the size of the chicken fried steaks. But the food was still good and the atmosphere inside the old house makes this a fun dining experience. It’s located on Broadway, just SE of Broadway Church of Christ.

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Windy and Carolina enjoying some family time

Gardski’s Loft

 

Aspen and Virginia

 

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Sunday, March 30

 

Aspen takes her turn in the round pen. She’s riding Virginia, a beautiful Galiceno.

She was quite fresh and tried a few tricks with Aspen.

 

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A few more times around and around…now whoa….backup, backup…stand still…she’s licking her lips, that means she accepts it.

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Nathan finished her up and made sure all her little tricks were proved futile. Now she’s being unsaddled. We’ve found the jeep is a great thing for hauling saddles back and forth from the tack shed to the round pen.

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Patient Carolina hopes for a turn.

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