Monday, August 22, 2022, 12:45 pm — Teeny Tuxedo … I hope that medicine’s not for ME! …
Don’t worry, Teeny … This is for Doobie … Ulcergard (omeprazole) oral paste for horses … for the prevention of gastric ulcers … once a day, 5 days, August 17-21 … Omeprazole powder in bucket, 1 scoop daily with vitamins and applesauce, 30 days, starting August 22 … She’s feeling much better now! … Thought it was colic … Dr. Lee came out first thing in the morning … blood test showed possible ulcer … Have been SO lucky … nothing like this before …
… Doobie (my Fell pony!) … several years earlier … grazing near curious hens …
Wednesday, January 26, 2022, 8:09 pm — Teeny Tuxedo … and a brand spanking new “Pumpkin” Orange Slow Feeder hay net … made locally in Washington … replacement for Doobie’s original, which lasted 5 years! …
… Investigation completed … blue cord rest stop …
9:01 pm … Teeny told Perkins … “Hay! There’s something new here! Take a sniff!” …
… Perk ends investigation at the same spot Teeny Tuxedo did … the blue cord …
Wednesday, December 29, 2021, 6:59 pm — Teeny Tuxedo … curious about the food puzzle toy … but not curious enough to work at getting a piece of Wellness out …
… 7:13 pm … Curiosity takes her to the dining table … boxes! … a box of travel photos being sorted … June 2003 cross-country train from Vancouver, WA to Buffalo, NY … rental car to upstate NY to Bangor, Maine (harness racing) … to Lubec, Maine … to New Brunswick, Canada (Campobello!) … back to Buffalo, NY … drove by myself through West Virginia (1 night) … to Lexington, KY (Kentucky Horse Park, Fell ponies!) … to Ashland, WI (High Bridge, WI, Dad’s home farm!) … to St. Paul, MN (Russ, Kathy, Krista) … flew back, PDX … 3 weeks! …
Tuesday, August 31, 2021, 11:49 am — Teeny Tuxedo … so many interesting things on the table … Fell pony sculptures … 1930s Depression glass … glass candle holder from Finland … Uhtua design dishes by Arabia of Finland …
… Wait! … What’s over there? …
… a box! … a Scrabble box! … that means Krista and Russ were here …
… a wonderful chair to rub my chin on … Mom’s Ethan Allen dining set … My table investigation is complete! …
Saturday, April 17, 2021, 5:42 am — Perkins … HRH The Duke of Edinburgh, Prince Philip … funeral today … live streaming, BBC … he’d planned all the details, including participation of his two Fell ponies and carriage, which have been left to his granddaughter, Lady Louise, 17 … Camera on top of scratching post and High Noon book … to film Fell ponies on tv screen (see below) …
… Prince Philip’s Fells … Balmoral Nevis, Notlaw Storm … heading toward and at Windsor Castle …
… Prince Philip … Windsor grounds … 2019 …
… Granddaughter, Lady Louise, 14 … her mother, Sophie, Countess of Wessex (father, Prince Edward) … Royal Windsor Horse Show, 2018 … Philip taught them both to drive …
… Lowther Horse Driving Trials and County Fair, 2005 … 3-day combined driving event … Cumbria, England … (I was there all 3 days, 1999! … Queen Elizabeth was, also, thinking it might be Philip’s last year to compete … not quite!) …
… Competition Carriage Driving … HRH The Duke of Edinburgh … 1994 … have both this and his 2005 book, 30 Years On and Off the Box Seat …
… Windsor … 2017 … “A red-topped plastic container was placed on the box seat of his driving carriage. He used it to store the sugar lumps he gave to his Fell ponies, Balmoral Nevis and Notlaw Storm, both present along with the carriage in the castle quadrangle. Next to this lay his driving cap, whip, blanket and brown gloves.“
Tuesday, April 6, 2021, 7:34 pm — Perkins says … Glad you’re taking the David Lichman virtual horse liberty clinic with Doobie … ’cause I can play with Mr. Snappy … I’m a natural liberty cat! …
… David Lichman’s Heart of Liberty virtual clinic … 4 Saturdays, March 27-April 17, 2021 … live Zoom sessions, 11:30-1:00 … no travel, one of the benefits of the current pandemic … “More than just techniques, The Heart of Liberty goes directly to the core of a deep and mindful relationship with horses.” … more about Mr. Snappy …
Wednesday, November 18, 2020, 5:17 pm — Perkins, Teeny Tuxedo … after today’s 2:00-4:00 online Zoom party with the library gang for my Big R … last day was June 22 … we’ve been remoting since March 17 … Laura N. brought the flowers and two cupcakes over at 12:30, socially distanced outside the front door, of course … Perk and Teeny sent their photos in an email thank you for the fun, fun, fun party …
… Perk’s famous fluffy tail …
… Thursday, November 19, 3:29 pm … Perkins decided to rearrange the flowers …
… Hey, Perky … you’ve got floral talent! … (that’s Doobie’s wolf tooth on the base of the Fell pony sculpture) …
Sunday, February 2, 2020, 5:52 pm — Teeny Tuxedo … “What are you doing in that box, Perky?” … [plumbers remodeling the guest bathroom removed all this from the coat closet to get under the floor] …
… before Perky could answer … Teeny disappeared … where did she go? …
Friday, November 29, 2019, 9:10 pm — Three minutes earlier, Perkins was ropin’ it up with Doob’s 22-foot lines … then she looked up and saw Teeny Tuxedo was offering free grooming sessions … she took Teeny up on her offer … (front bedroom) …
Friday, November 29, 2019, 9:07 pm — Perkins … loves the horsey aroma of Doob’s 22-foot ground training lines … used and new … Parelli Natural Horsemanship …
… what’s up there? … (in front bedroom) …
Doob (Mustahevonen Debut … Fell pony!) … a few years ago … grazing near curious hens …
Tuesday, November 12, 2019, 6:31 pm — Sorting papers at the table … Teeny Tuxedo wanted to be the center of it all …
… on vintage Made in Finland … Didas Deken 100% Zuiver Wol (Dutch) … Didas blanket 100% pure wool … (2017 Christmas present from L) … In background, photo of Ramon Novarro, by Hurrell, Son of India, 1931 …
Tuesday, May 28, 2019, 6:12 pm — Teeny Tuxedo … Marimekko fabric birthday pony … from Russ, Minnesota, 2013 … Egyptian Horse block print … by Wendy, high school, early 1970s … photo of Doob (Mustahevonen Debut) by Mom, approx. 2004, 1st boarding stable arena, Ridgefield, WA … close-up on My Photo a Day Adventure blog …
Wednesday, July 4, 2018, 11:10 pm — Perkins and Teeny Tuxedo … getting photos organized for scanning … July-August 1999 … home exchanges … Kirkintilloch, Scotland … Durham City, England … week in between, Mikkeli, Finland … Cumbria, England several times, Fell pony research, Prince Phillip, Queen Elizabeth! …
11:48 pm … 30 minutes later … Teeny Tuxedo and Perk have conked out … Iceberg Augie, Adventure Bear, stands guard …
Monday, October 24, 2016, 12:12 am — Perkins and Teeny Tuxedo try out Doob’s new “Pumpkin” Orange Slow Feeder hay net … They don’t eat hay, but it’s great for playing! … All the horses will have them at night this winter … slows down their eating, so there’ll be something consistently in their stomachs over the long, cold nights …
Lower left corner … metal carabiner to attach hay net to hook on wall in Doob’s stall … uniquely patterned duck tape to identify her net … from Wilco Farm Store, Battle Ground, WA …
Orange Slow Feeder – made right here in Washington … Kapowsin, WA … the “Pumpkin” 3-flake hay net that Doob has …
Doob (my Fell pony!) … a few years earlier … grazing near curious hens …
Wednesday, September 9, 2015, 7:00 pm — Teeny Tuxedo models a harness that’s a skosh too small for her … Found it while sorting through things for Goodwill … Mom’s loon print behind her by Sue Coleman … front paw is on a Fell pony …
Saturday, June 27, 2015, 1:48 pm — An historic event … Teeny sat on top of the scratching post! … This is one of Perk’s favorite spots to sleep … orange tabby cat hair on the red cushion proves it …
As soon as I took the protective towel off the wingback chair for this amazing photo opportunity … Teeny claimed the new scratching territory …
But not for long …
She was shooshed away before the chair fell into the clutches of cat scratch fever …
Saturday, June 6, 2015, 12:04 pm — Doob had her hooves and chestnuts trimmed this morning … Perk LOVES chestnuts almost as much as catnip, so she got a special treat, fresh off the Fell pony … (Explanation of horse chestnuts at end of post) …
Funny face girl … That’s mighty powerful stuff …
Wait! … Don’t go! …
Unlike Perk, Teeny can’t be bothered … “I wouldn’t touch that thing with a ten-foot paw!”
“Horse chestnuts are normal, healthy growths found on most horses’ legs. In the scientific community chestnuts generally accepted to be the vestigial “toes” of Eohippus, an early ancestor of the modern horse that lived roughly 50 million years ago.
“Chestnuts appear on the front legs above the knee and on the back legs below the hock.” – Cowboy Way
Thursday, March 19, 2015, 9:56 am — The pedestal scratching post gave Perkins opportunities to … appreciate art … Mom’s Finnish Lapp girl … Kitty’s model of Doob and me (thanks, Kitty!) … Click to see details …
Look out the kitchen window to the far right …
Do some relaxed grooming … Watch out, Perk! Don’t fall off! …
Pose artfully next to Mom’s wingback chair … Click to see the detail of the needlepoint fabric (the new camera really brings it out) …
Friday, August 29, 2014, 2:50 am — Caught in the act! … Perk sleeping atop the scratching post … Just the right size … And handy-dandy blue painter’s tape to the rescue again as a cat scratch furniture protector …
Saturday, June 21, 2014, 4:30 pm —Perkins found something almost as enticing as catnip … She’s rubbing it under her head … soaking up the grand aroma …
What is it? … A chestnut from one of Doobie’s front legs!
Friday, February 7, 2014, 12:00 pm — Perk meets the newest additions to my Marimekko Finnish bedding family … Jurmo (blue, white – love it so much, this is the 2nd set!) and Unikko (red, yellow, pink) … On sale, from FinnStyle in Minneapolis … of course!
Perkins and Teeny Tuxedo 