Starstruck Uptown Girl

Born on April 10, 1985, Starstruck Uptown Girl aka Dancer, was a beautiful Miniature Horse mare. She measured 34" and was misregistered as a chestnut - she was actually silver dun. Her sire - William's Rusty was a red dun misregistered as a chestnut and her dam Tarnished Trinket was a beautiful silver dapple.  Her pedigree traced no further.

My mom and I purchased her in 1987 from her breeder. She spent several years with us, was sold, bought back and sadly in 2004 sold again. I do not know of her whereabouts now or if she is still living. If she is, today is her 30th birthday. She was the start of our Miniature Horse breeding program and produced some lovely foals for us. I know that she had foals other years but we did not own her then and I never kept track of them.

1992: Starstruck Western Fantasy by Shel-Lee's Barnaby
1995: Prancealot's Braveheart by Del's Silver Bullet
1999: Highland Hill's Thunder Dance by Daisy Meadow's Thundercloud
2000: Highland Hill's Storm Dancer by Daisy Meadow's Thundercloud

Dancer at around 5-6

Dancer at 13 with her son Prancealot's Braveheart "William"

Dancer at around 10

Dancer with Starstruck Western Fantasy "Katie" in 1992

Happy Birthday Dear One. I miss you so much. 

The Classic Classic Live Show

Teresa Buzzell held The Classic Classic Live Show on Saturday April 4, 2015 in Boulder, CO. It was for classic scale models only (1:12 for those that don't know).

It was a small, intimate group of about 12 or so showers but it was heavy in competition.

I did OK overall.

ESR Georgie Girl - CM Johar by Me, proxy showed for owner Anna Bentley

Ravondale Ransome ROM - 2nd in Morgan breed and Morgan Workmanship

AR Kulfi Resin by Laura Behning owned by me

L to R: Miss Sea Command - 1st TB breed and 1st TB workmanship - CM Terrang by Sophie Nordstrom - owned by me

Ocean Flower- 2nd TB breed and 2nd TB workmanship - CM Terrang by Sophie Nordstrom - owned by me

Gone with the Money - 3rd TB breed and 3rd TB workmanship - CM Safari by me and owned by me

Sgoil Dubh - my Unicorn winning first in Collectibiliy

AMB Strawberry Delight - CM Keen to TWH by Anna Bentley - owned by me - 2nd in TWH breed and 2nd in TWH Workmanship

Stars N Stripes ROM - Breyer Classic Mustang mare to brindle grade pony by Janice Williford - owned by me and winning 3rd in breed and 1st in Workmanship Grade/Other Pony

Stars N Stripes ROM - Breyer Classic Mustang mare to brindle grade pony by Janice Williford - owned by me winning Reserve Pony Workmanship

It was a fun show - thank you to Teresa for holding it and for Teresa, Yashka Hallien, Jennifer Buxton and Jenn Scott for judging!!

First Big Hike of 2015

Done today - March 15, 2015

Hiked from my cabin, into Moraine Park in Rocky Mountain National Park, out through the YMCA of the Rockies and home.

Here is my MapMyWalk of the route - 6.79 Miles in 2 hours 8 Minutes and 2 seconds. Calories Burned 1173!

And Here are pictures from the hike, It was a BEAUTIFUL day!! 

This Beautiful place that I live

I just thought I would share some images of beautiful Rocky Mountain National Park. These were taken Mach 4, 2015.

Gabby The Tabby

I didn't realize it's been 11 days since my last post. Wow - well I haven't done much but work and deal with the snow. So I thought I would share images of my kitty.

Gabby the Tabby was born roughly around August 7, 2000. She was dumped with her littermates at the vet office where my mom worked.

I adopted her from the vet and have had her ever since.

Here are some pictures from her early life - I don't have her kitten pictures scanned in.

Here are some of her and my dog Bria - who passed away in 2007. 

In 2012, I learned that Gabby was blind. Her pupils are overly dilated giving her a look of extreme surprise. You can't see the pretty color anymore. 

She will turn 15 this year - and I am grateful daily for this little fur ball. 

Dreamcatchers

I don't recall at what age I learned to make them. I always loved them and over time have made so many in varying shapes.

I thought I would share some of them with you.

Let It Snow - I guess

Living in Colorado, I am used to the snow, but there are days it SNOWS. Today is one of those. At 6:30 AM I had 4 inches of snow (I live at 8000 feet in elevation - town is 7522). Town had about 2 inches. Tonight when I got home there was much more on the ground - I am guessing close to 6-8 inches - but its drifting so no accurate measure. It is still snowing at 9:50 PM and the wind is blowing now.

But for those that like snow pictures - I thought I would share a few with you.

Have a happy February - looks like mine is going to be snowy!!