WhooooHoooooooo

This past week was the World Pinto Show being held in Tulsa Oklahoma and my cousins bring their show string in from Kentucky to participate there and then go on to the World Youth Paint Horse Show in Ft. Worth which is starting this week.



Karly rides and loves her Gelding Cool N Candid aka Spot. I just love his head and the way he is always watching everything going on and how alert he alway is.






This year Karly defended her Sr.Youth World Champion in Western Pleasure and then the next day went back to win Sr. Youth World Champion in Ideal Pinto and then 5th in the World in Disciplined Rail on her beloved Spot. We are all so proud of them both!!!!!












We always have a big time watching Karly show her horse and usually a yearling comes along for halter, this year it was Scooter the yearling. This is big boy Scooter












It's a hot job but somebody has to do it! :)







She cleans up pretty well too!





We had a very productive photo shoot at Woodward Park in Tulsa Monday night before they headed out to Ft. Worth. I wish Karly all the luck and I wish we could have gone down with her!!!

Easter Weekend

My husband wanted to take out the convertible and drive down to Tulsa Saturday to go to Woodward Park to view the Dogwoods and Azalea's.

They were in all their glory, but so were the crowds. It was so crowded we could not even find a place to park to walk around.

That was a "big surprise" since it was Easter weekend!

I don't know how I even got these photos without any people being in them!

So the surrounding housing areas are just as picturesque and so we decided to drive the neighborhood to visit the dogwoods and azaleas there. Most of the houses were built during the 1920's when Oil was King in Tulsa.

This was a beautiful mix of Pink and White Dogwood Trees

I have always said if I were to move down to Tulsa I would want to live in this part of town

and live in a house rich in history.

There is a diverse architectural style in the homes there. In fact Tulsa as a whole has some very beautiful architecture in the downtown area. Art Deco buildings are prominent downtown as the time of the Oil Boom Art Deco was all the rage.







The azaleas were beautiful,

I wish ours were doing so well at our house.




As we were driving around slowly admiring the dogwood trees I noticed these
dog statues on the front porch of this little cottage!

Oh those are so neat!

I want some!!!

I love dog statues!!!!!



Oh my gosh, what is on that porch honey?

Stop, Stop, Stop!!!!!!

Beautiful bronze Greyhound statues!!!!!!

Have you ever saw anything so beautiful!!!!!

There is a funny story I am going to tell you about a young friend we know in her 20's.

She asked hubby and I one time about 2 years ago,

what's the deal with those "rich" white folks and those big dog statues?

We said what did you say? She said, "you know, those big dog statues".

We looked at each other and cracked up ........

now it is a joke between the 3 of us!

She still dosen't get it I don't think....

maybe I don't get it, but I will tell you I like big dog statues myself and I am not in that catagory!

The only part that fits me is the white part!

ha ha he he.....

(PS) she is whiter than me......

Then there are these old beauties that are being brought down in this historic neighborhood similar to this house and new homes are being retro fitted into the neighborhood.

Is that a good thing or not?

I personally think if a house is dilapidated and needs to be torn down it is okay if the architecture matches the original homes and isn't a distraction.

I believe these examples are a nice addition to an old established neighborhood.

I would not mind living in one of them even if it isn't historic....

Karly and Spot's World Championship Photo

This is Karly and Cool N Candid aka "Spot" World Championship photo taken this summer. From Left to Right are Gary & Sheron Neeley, Karly on Spot, me, My mom, Robin Furnas-Howell and Terry Sartain.

Rayleen!

We went to the Cheesecake factory with Richard and Angela last night and Rayleen waited on us! I have missed Ray Ray so much and it was great to see her! She is such a sweetheart! She will be mad at me because she won't like this photo of herself, but I wanted you to see her!