\t\t\t\tI know\u00a0Super Bowl ads have been making the rounds, but\u00a0these two are a farmgirl must see.\u00a0Let me preface this first one by sharing a a portion of an e-mail I received yesterday from Shery, our Ranch Farmgirl blogger.<\/p>\n
“Six farmgirls and I planned to go on an antique hunting trip last weekend … an overnighter … 2 antique malls, 3 shops, and a BARN full of antiques that opens by appointment in the winter. Icy, snow-packed roads nixxed the plan. Arrrrgh. Coverage of our fab outing was to be my blog THIS week. Drat. Soooo, instead I\u2019m making a recycle type of bird-feeder from an old blue-swirl enamelware pan and matching lid … and offering up instructions.”<\/p>\n
Shery continued: “Also, I said goodbye to a dear friend in my horse-life. 24-year-old Bluebelle laid down and left this life last week. She & Dolly & I became ranchers together. We grew gray hair together. She was \u2018the easiest horse on earth\u2019 … and when it was her time to depart, she laid down and quietly left. She was never sick a day in her life and if\u00a0she had anything to say about it, she would have spared us the anguish of putting her down when the time came. It appears that is exactly what happened. She always made the ride easier. She lifted each hoof on cue for the farrier before he asked for it. She dipped her head in her halter and bridle. When we moved bulls, she made certain that I never had to get off. She would reach deeply into a thicket of trees and like a land shark, she\u2019d peel the hair of a bull\u2019s rump until he bellered and fled. She *always”* made things easier for me. She took great care in being the \u2018dude\u2019 horse and read each rider according to their ability … or lack thereof. She even died by the gate so that it would be easy to move her for burial. How I loved her and her easy peaceful nature. I will miss Bluebelle wrapping her neck and head around me in a \u2018horse hug\u2019. She was buried in the manner in which all great horses are laid to rest: standing, facing the rising sun.”<\/p>\n