Flowers at Poudre River Stables, Summer 2019 Fall is about to kill off the flowers here with freezing temperatures, so we collected their photos for posterity. Once we replanted due to a late spring freeze, the blooms were amazing! [gallery_bank type="images"...
On the Farm
Happy trails on the Poudre River
... Sunday morning coffee ride coming back from Daz Bog by the Discovery Museum with some of the PRS gang. Our biggest achievement was surviving the train that was so long it required six engines and its front end probably arrived in Wellington before its back end...
A snake goes slithering by …
Based on hugely limited internet research, I think this is a Great Basin Gopher Snake. True? Call me unreasonable, but ever since my 83-year-old mother's rattlesnake bite outside of Golden, CO, last summer, I get the shivers around snakes. This one didn't want to move...
Vesicular Stomatitis confirmed in Larimer County: What to do
Unfortunately, VS (vesicular stomatitis) has returned to Larimer County, Colorado. Visit the Colorado Department of Agriculture's VS page for the latest information, including quarantine updates and what to do. VS is a nasty disease, spread by insects. It can hit your...
Here, it’s never goodbye …
... But "see you later." We were thrilled when the Melders, former clients, came back to visit! So many of our PRS family have gone on to interesting careers with horses. Deanna, second from left, now works with horses at Disney World's ranch. Yes, they have a ranch,...
Hay season cometh
You get a real sense of the power of nature when the rains pour and suddenly, the grass gets tall enough to cut and bale hay. Positive thoughts that the next few days bring dry weather, please.
Overnight, they turned into teenagers!
Our baby geese now look like they could almost fly. Our pair of geese hatched out six youngsters earlier this spring, and have done a great job nurturing and protecting their offspring. The "kids" are almost big enough to fly. In other wildlife news, yesterday we...
A brisk ‘little’ walk at Archer Equestrian Park
The gang enjoyed walking the Archer Equestrian Park, Wyoming, cross-country course at today's schooling show. Who knew cross-country courses were so large and well, invigorating? Great facilities, still under construction, a gigantic sky, crisp weather, and plenty of...