Wednesday, July 27, 2011

Hoofprints in Tenmile, Oregon

It's strange to look back and realize how often Gary rode with the girls. And he ALWAYS rode Billy when he did. Here  Krista is on Barkey (the black quarter-horse). We didn't have him long after he ran away with her and she fell off and broke her wrist. 

Sometime during all these episodes, we purchased Nova, a thoroughbred. As I was tying him up short, as Emery had taught me, he freaked out, pulled back and caught my ring finger in the rope, completely severing the top from the first joint, leaving it barely attached. The people were gracious enough to load him back in their trailer, tear up the check and leave us to race to the hospital where an amazing surgeon shot a hyperdermic needle directly into the top of my finger, reattaching it, and it healed beautifully, all nerves and nail in tact. PTL!~


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