A Day short of Hurricane Strength Windy Monday at the Ranch

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A Day short of Hurricane Strength Windy Monday at the Ranch

Well Monday was a Day of Wind gusts in excess of 60 mph. The temperature wasn’t bad but with the wind it was just a cold, windy miserable day. I went out to feed and as I got there the Kids from the Alternate School showed up.  They took turns leading the 2 mares around and grooming them. I also had them shovel horse dung and put fresh shavings in the stalls. The kids love working with the horses but they don’t like cleaning stalls. As I tell them I have a stall fork that fits their hands.  They grumble a bit but they clean and re-bed the stalls anyway.  The time they spend out there is time away from school and which they do enjoy.

 

 

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Linda is working on several more Viking Knit pieces.. She finished one of the knit’s and started on another. The Viking knit is becoming a new must have on a necklace or choker.

ML Ranch Jewelry finished the list of new jewelry to be added to the online stores.  We will be taking some more pictures this week and add another group of new jewelry to the online stores.

ML Ranch Jewelry will work today on adding the Brass Beauty to the Custom Made site. This piece should be a great addition to the site. We have one other piece that we are working on to add to the site shortly. We are going to be able to start bidding on jobs that are posted to the Custom Made site.

Well off to working on the Brass Beauty addition today.

 

ML Ranch Jewelry is having a “Spring into Spring “Sale.  Everything is marked down 40% for this sale.  Check out our online stores. 

 

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A Windy Weekend at the Ranch

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A Windy Weekend at the Ranch

 

Well it is Spring in Idaho. This means the wind blows 30 days out of 30 days each month.  It also means that 25 days the wind speed is above 20 mph.  Well it filled both of those requirements this weekend.

I rode my Stud colt on Saturday in the wind.  The colt didn’t mind the wind, what he did mind was being away from the stalls and his Ladies. He would go along for awhile then he wouldn’t work and start for the stalls. I tried to fight him at first to get him to do what I wanted.  That didn’t work the best, it was a draw on who won.  I finally had him  stop and take a breather, then I would start him to move and guide him to go in the direction I wanted. I would also speed him up when he was going the right way.

Today I wanted to ride my Walker Mare however 5o mph wind gusts won. I stayed home and worked on pictures and jewelry write ups.

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Linda is working on several more Viking Knit pieces. We have had several ladies here in town request necklaces and chokers using the Viking Knit pattern. She should have one of the pieces finished on Monday.  It is a Sterling Silver wire piece.

ML Ranch Jewelry is almost done with the new jewelry inventory that needs to go on line. The editing of the pictures is what slows the process down.  We have found that using the picture library on the computer the way to go when editing.  It allows you to see the picture without having to select on a picture file and wait for it to show up in the picture window.  This has cut down on the editing time by half.

Linda’s Bionic Hip

Linda is improving each day with the new hip.  She has even drove the car on a couple of short errands this weekend. She has said she is not up to a long trip but a short trip is working for her.  I was hoping she would wait a few more days before driving.  I can’t say to much though.  I only waited 3 weeks instead of the Doc’s 6 weeks before getting back on a horse after a horse had broken my back.

ML Ranch Jewelry is having a “Spring into Spring “Sale.  Everything is marked down 40% for this sale.  Check out our online stores. 

 

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A Good Day at the Ranch

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A Good Day at the Ranch

 

I went out and worked my stud colt in the round pen.  He needed to get exercised more than just being on the walker.  I lunged him for about 20 minutes.  He actually worked good for not being on a lunge line.  He is going to start getting rode more.  I need to get him ready to take him to the hills in ~6 weeks when the cows go up.

Here is a pic of Alf. He is a 10 mos old mule. It is hard to see that he is a mule in these pics.

  How a Real Cowboy Mounts His Horse

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Linda finished the Viking Knit Choker and Necklace for the Custom Made Project. Here are a few pictures of the Custom Made Project called “Brass Beauty” . The real neat thing is the White Jade ball spins free in a wirework setting.  Not to many jewelry pieces have this feature.

ML Ranch Jewelry is slowly working off the new inventory that needs to go on line. The editing of the pictures and putting the logo and copy write on each picture is what slows the process down.  I did find that if I save my pictures to the picture library it makes it easier to do these actions as you can see a thumbnail of each picture before you work on it. Previously I was saving the pictures in a folder on the C drive.  To edit I had to click on each one to pull them up to see the picture and then to decide whether to use them.

Linda’s Bionic Hip

Linda goes into the Doc this afternoon to get her stitches out and see how the Doc feels how she is doing.  I have to remind her don’t bend over.  She is getting better at using her grabber tool to pick up stuff she has dropped.   She really wants to be able to wash her hair in the sink and to take a shower. We will see what the Doc says.

 

ML Ranch Jewelry is having a “Spring into Spring “Sale.  Everything is marked down 40% for this sale.  Check out our online stores. 

 

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Very, Very Slow Day at the Ranch

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Very, Very Slow Day at the Ranch

 

I didn’t do much with the animals yesterday. I was tied up editing pictures for several different projects and where they go.  I do have to go out today and clean stalls.  I can never find anyone who wants to clean stalls. They all want to play with  the animals but never want the other chores.

  How a Real Cowboy Mounts His Horse

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Linda finished the Viking Knit Choker and Necklace for the Custom Made Project.  I will try to post pictures here later today. I am behind schedule due to the slow day yesterday.

Linda finished another Custom Made project Viking Knit and Amethyst Necklace. We did the pictures for it last night.  It is on my list to do today so I can add them to the Custom Made Web page.

ML Ranch Jewelry is still slowly working on the pictures of completed jewelry to go on the online stores. The pictures and text is below the 2 Custom Made projects I need to do today.  Looks like a cold windy day which is a good day to work inside.

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Very Slow Monday at the Ranch

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Very Slow Monday at the Ranch

 

Yesterday was a low key day for us at the Ranch yesterday.  My MS shot Sunday nite rang my bell and I was in slow mode.  This shot does this from time to time.  When it does I take it easy and let my body tell me what I can do. 

My MS shot causes my system to go thru a 52 week roller coaster ride.  Each week I have to go thru the side effects from it. Some weeks the low is worse than others.  This was one of the low spots.

If you want to see a good video on how a Cowboy gets on his horse. Check out the video  link below. I won’t mention on who the Cowboy is.

  How a Real Cowboy Mounts His Horse

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Linda finished the Viking Knit Choker and Necklace for the Custom Made Project.   Linda’s design an crafting the necklace was awesome.  I will try to post pictures here later today. I am behind schedule due to the low day yesterday.

Linda is working on another Custom Made project Viking Knit necklace.

ML Ranch Jewelry is still slowly working on the pictures of completed jewelry to go on the online stores. I managed to get a couple of the new jewelry pieces loaded up on to the On Line store last nite.  Here is a couple of pictures.

 

ML Ranch Jewelry is having a “Spring into Spring “Sale.  Everything is marked down 40% for this sale.  Check out our online stores. 

 

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Nice Sunday at the Ranch

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Nice Sunday at the Ranch

 

Well I had to supervise community service youngster clean stalls for the Equine Rescue. His heart wasn’t it in shoveling poop.  I had to monitor him constantly. Having to check  on him took away from me working with my critters. Once he left I fed and watered my critters. Well when I took my little mule back into his stall he said no. Well this mule was more stubborn than him and finally muscled him into the stall. I hope he doesn’t pull that stunt very often.

 

If you want to see a good video on how a Cowboy gets on his horse. Check out the video  link below. I won’t mention on who the Cowboy is.

  How a Real Cowboy Mounts His Horse

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2kO8BpiWsKk

Enough on the animal front and back to the main topic of this blog, which is Jewelry.

Linda is working on a Viking Knit Choker and Necklace for a Custom Made Project.  She is wire wrapping stones to go with the necklace.  Her wire work on gemstones has been out of the world.  She has tried out several designs and has settled to a pattern she likes, however over the nite she changed up the design.  Linda finished the Custom Made project necklace today.  I will take more pictures tomorrow, edit them post them up and also upload them up into the Custom Made Portfolio section.

Linda is working on another Custom Made project Viking Knit necklace.

ML Ranch Jewelry is still slowly working on the pictures of completed jewelry to go on the online stores. We will upload a few of the pictures tomorrow into the online stores.

 

ML Ranch Jewelry is having a “Spring into Spring “Sale.  Everything is marked down 40% for this sale.  Check out our online stores. 

 

Thanks for looking

 

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A Good Day

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A Busy Day

Well the ponies are doing fairly well today.  I hope they stay that way.  My Little guy Sir Lance the mule is still behaving and I hope he stays that way. His Mom, Carrot is basking in the glow of being pregnant.  She is the type of horse that is mellow when she is in foal. However, when she is not in foal she is a first class wench.  So we keep her pregnant so she stays Mellow.  She is one of 2 horses that I have not gotten and rode after getting hurt by them. She broke my back when she unloaded me and stepped on her. We are looking at having someone ride her out so she can be used as a saddle horse.

If you want to see a good video on how a Cowboy gets on his horse. Check out the video  link below. I won’t mention on who the Cowboy is.

  How a Real Cowboy Mounts His Horse

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2kO8BpiWsKk

Enough on the animal front and back to the main topic of this blog, which is Jewelry.

ML Ranch Jewelry went the Idaho Arts Council 5^th annual Artist Exhibits tonite. The crowd was surprisingly well attended for Idaho Falls. We had planned on entering several of Linda’s  Jewelry Pieces. However Linda was Helping a friend recover from a triple heart bypass.  The time to prepare and submit her pieces was put on the back burner to help a friend out .  Linda was very tired from her outing tonite. I have tried to tell her she is overdoing it and rest. So far most of my mentioning this has fallen on deaf ears.

ML Ranch Jewelry will enter Jewelry pieces next year. Also we will have the granddaughter submit several pieces of her Drawings.  I found one of her pictures of her work . I will get more of her work to post up later.

 

Linda is working on a Viking Knit Choker and Necklace for a Custom Made Project.  She is wire wrapping stones to go with the necklace.  Her wire work on gemstones has been out of the world.  She has tried out several designs and has settled to a pattern she likes, however over the nite she changed up the design.  She should be done by the first of the week depending on how much time she has to do on the wire work on the stones.

ML Ranch Jewelry is still slowly working on the pictures of completed jewelry to go on the online stores.  Then cropping, light work, and copy write on the pictures is very time consuming.  We will let you know when they start to be on the on line stores ML Ranch Jewelry uses.

ML Ranch Jewelry is having a “Spring into Spring “Sale.  Everything is marked down 40% for this sale.  Check out our online stores. 

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