When you live where we do...
We are no longer building saddle trees, but we have two videos about how Western saddles fit horses available on our westernsaddlefit.com website.
We appreciate spring...
Because winter can start in October...
And spring can wait to peek its head out till May...
The sun doesn't go down till after 10:30 pm on June 20th...
and it never gets totally dark at night... (Picture taken at 3 am, June 28th, 2008, looking north.)
The sun apparently comes up around 5 am but I'm not up early enough to know exactly when...
The grass grows so fast you can cut it twice a week - if you wanted to...
But the weeds grow faster...
There is still a slight risk of frost into June, so planting bedding plants too early is a risky business...
The garden isn't finished being planted till late May...
and is done by September...
Many perennials don't make the winter, even if they are well protected with sawdust (wonder where we get that?)...
and even if they are supposed to be "hardy"...
We hit at least 30 degrees Celsius (86 degrees Fahrenheit) a few times each summer...
The cattle often don't go out onto pasture till the end of May, and come off in October unless there is stockpiled grass...
The mosquitoes vary in size and speed, but not ferocity...
We ENJOY our summers...
And with so much light, we have beautiful flowers...
and lots of birds...
We get to work outside comfortably most days - unless it is 30 degrees Celsius, when only Rod still likes being out in the heat...
We squeeze in a lot during the time we have...
So blog posts sometimes need to take a back seat during warm weather...
While I still have lots I want to say (just ask Rod about that...) I won't be planning to get out a couple posts a week like I have been.
Instead, I'll probably be out cutting the grass...
or pulling weeds...
or dealing with veggies fresh picked from the garden...
or freezing or canning...
or making juice or drying herbs or fruit...
or maybe I'll be playing with horses...
or cows...
and still keeping up my end of things in the shop...
While Rod keeps working out there all day, every day, as per normal.
So, when I have time or something needs to be said, I'll write up a post. But if I don't - well, don't be surprised. I'm sure you all have lots to do other than read about saddle trees on the internet this summer too...
