Busy Busy

Talk about spring time! I am so loving this weather. Everything is starting to green on up around here. Which means it's time to start making sure everything is in proper working order..The lawn mower is in great shape! I use it to haul my muck wagon around, and I engaged the blades just last week to make sure everything was working good on it! I do need to get a weed eater though. :L Guess it's time to hit my brother up. He can usually always manage to find me something like this when I need it! Also need to patch up some of the hoses we have. I noticed yesterday that the little mist hole that used to be in the hose is now a fountain! It's just about time to put the fans back up on the stalls as well. Can't be having my boys sweating all the time now!

We have managed to get some more junk hauled off this place. We took over 200lbs of clean aluminum to the junk yard. Needless to say that put a nice little junk of change in our pockets. We still have some scrap wood to get hauled off,(too bad they don't take that at the junk yard) from little projects we have done around here.

Next week we will be dividing the two lean tos so that I can separate the mares when the time comes.

I don't have much for recent pics, but I was looking through some pics on my computer this morning and thought I would share some that I haven't posted before!

This is Porsha. She's not a ham at ALL! LOL!

This is my daddy!

My momma and her little devil dog, Taco! LOL! The biscuit she is holding I gave to him. He doesn't like to share with her other little dogs, so he has to go in his kennel with it. Silly dog.

This is Mercedees and my 2nd cousin her 3rd Sarah!

Now you may ask after posting all the pics of family why would I post a picture of a mushroom. Well I well tell you why. My youngest daughter Porsha(see 1st pic) believes in fairies(What you don't?) She also believes that wherever you see a mushroom that means a fairy has floated close to the ground. So when she seen this one toward the end of the property she ran all the way back to the house to get the camera and take a picture of it too show everyone! See fairies do exist. They exist in the heart of this little girl!

Have a most wonderful day

LY~C

Animal Portraits.

This is Annie, my sisters Boston Terrior. I decided to start doing Animal Portraits for people. So here is Annie's portrait that I just finished this morning.



"Annie" Medium~Pencil size 11x14

For Sale

WB Darcus
1996 AQHA Chesnut Mare 15 hh HYPP N/H
Sire: The Heavy Hitter x Obvious Conclusion
Dam: Impressive Beaulina x Beaus My Daddy

In Foal to Dun Encountered That AQHA/ABRA/IBHA Buckskin Stallion with point(s) in Open and Amateur AQHA Halter.

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Fire My Jets
2005 APHA SPB Mare
Sire: Fire A Jazz~APHA Champion(Sonny Dee Bar Breeding)
Dam: Jets EZ Payday

2005 T.A.B.H.S.A High Point Weanling Filly
2006 T.A.B.H.S.A. High Point Yearling Mare
2006 T.A.B.H.S.A. Year End Reserve Champion Mare
2006 W.C.H.E.C. Breeders Futurity Top 5(4th out of 9)

Taxi was on lease to a friend for over a year, only being a broodmare. Since she has been back home(only a week) she has been ridden by my two daughters bareback and with halter and lead only. Great kids horse. She has been trained in showmanship, lunge line, halter, and had the basic for WP. She is being bred to Playin Chicken AQHA/APHA/PtHA Sorrel Stallion with points in Open and Amateur Halter, 2x futurity Champion, and the OkQHA Year end Champion Stallion 2 and under. Taxi has already had one foal and she has done awesome at halter thus far. We are looking forward to the day she will be started under saddle. Taxi has no impressive breeding at all. So for those of you looking for this line, you can't go wrong.

A Good home is a must for either one of these mares.
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If you are interested in either one of these mares please contact me at diamondjranch23@netzero.net

Ohhh I LOVE that man of mine!!!

My dear hubby, who is gone this Valentines Day, sent me the sweetest gifts! He had a dozen flowers and a dozen chocolate covered strawberries delivered to me. The best thing is I received the flowers one day and the chocolate covered strawberries the next. It was so sweet of him to do this!

I truly love him dearly, and he is a blessing in my life! By the way if anyone is interested the strawberries where delicious and you can get them here!

Hope each of you have a very Happy Valentines Day!

Sunny and Angel Playing, Twin foals http://www.ustream.tv/channel...

I don't know of one person who loves horses, that wouldn't smile and get enjoyment out of watching these two babies play! Enjoy the video.

Meet Doc

On the 21st we went up to Tulsa, to go to the OQHA year end banquet. On our way home we went and picked up Doc. Doc is a Black Tri Male Australian Shepard. He doesn't have papers, do to his dams info not getting back on time but all is well. He has champions all through his pedigree and with or without papers hes a winner to me. The pics below where taken this morning. He's 7 and half weeks old.

Doc's sneak attack on Frankie, my female Aussie

So What DO they want????

To many times while I have been down this road of showing halter horses I have been asked and I have asked, "So what DO they want?"

Do they want a nice sloped croup or a rounded one, do they want a low tail head set or a high one, extra heavy muscle or a moderate amount? The list goes on and on.

So many times we get wrapped up in certain parts of the horses body and trying to get "that" particular look, we end up screwing up what could have been a good horse, or picking out one that will not produce what we are looking for because although they have that nice sloped croup, everything else doesn't tie in with it which makes the horse look unbalanced and not conformationaly correct.

So to answer the question "So What Do Thy Want?" The truth is the judges look for a well balance, correct horse, and in a class full of the best of the best(or the ones who could afford to get there) they really have a tough time finding that Champion.


This drawing was givin to Sandy Ellis years ago. It was drawn by Jerry Vawter. His Ideal of The Perfect Horse.

What ends up happening is the horse that wins world may have a certain trait that he/she pass on to his/her offspring, then their offspring start showing and people start to think ohhh that's what they want, that's what's winning, in other words that's the new "trend." Instead of saying it's just a trait, it looks nice, and even though all the offspring of this horse have it, if you breed for it will it work for you.

If you want to breed a world champion, it is going to take work, research, breeding, pedigree, and above all TIME! These trainers that we see today leading these horses to title, after title didn't just get there overnight. They all started where we are, and through hard work they arrived at the top. They have developed an eye for horses, to the point of being able to look at one and say yes it will place in the top 5 at world or no this horse doesn't have a shot. Now that doesn't mean the horse couldn't go out and get a R.O.M.(Register of Merritt) by competing at the local breed shows. It just means if you put that horse in a pen with the type and quality at the World Show don't expect to win.

I took a trip to the AQHA World Show this year to watch the Amateur 2yr old stallions show. I went because one i had never been and two my stallion has qualified for the 2yr old ammy class. I wanted to know what it was going to take for me to get in the top at this show. Needless to say I am going to have to work my butt off to get Rooster there but I will!


Very Cool, 2010 AQHA World Champion Amateur 2yr Old Stallion

Just remember that in every fitting program consistency is the key. If you buy a horse take a million pictures study the pictures find someone who's opinion you value, or someone who you know knows what they are talking about and show them the pictures. Take your time and have fun, and what "they" want is balance and conformation!