Friday, June 22, 2007



What I did yesterday with all that extra daylight in the day. I remembered to take a picture of my bright tree. I love that front yard tree at this time of year. It just blooms it's heart out and looks so lovely from far or near. Most of the year it drops those little leaves all over the patio but nevertheless it provides shady cover. I don't know what it is called because I've had several different names offered. Someone said it is a Red Jacaranda, and it probably is.



Then, Olivia (my friend's grand-daughter) and I took the girls out into the desert for a brief excursion. The sun was unrelenting and the whole group was ready to go back home within the hour. Olivia is a new horsewoman convert. Everyone welcome her into the club now. I put her on old Mochie because he would be the safest of our multi-safe horse family. Olivia is 10 and is about to sleep, eat, dream of horses. I have given her some of my most elementary and important lessons when working around horses, but haven't scared her off yet. Stuff like don't get down on your knees when cleaning hooves. (How many of you started sweating just then?) There does seem to be a very fine line in teaching respect for what the horse is capable of and the pure joy of being around them.

5 comments:

Anonymous said...

Welcome to the club, Olivia!

I wish you could package up a cup of that sunshine for us, Molly. We're back to rain...

Donna said...

I'm looking forward to the day when I can be the introducer...must be a wonderful feeling. Yesterday was a perfect day here in Northern California. Ah, I do love summer.

photogchic said...

Perfect age for Olivia to become horse crazy. That warm sunshine sounds wonderful.

Rising Rainbow said...

Ten is a great age to be getting started. Wish I could have started at that age. That's a lucky kid!

Callie said...

"Horse Crazy" is in her blood now and it's for life. What a lucky kid!