Posted by Britt on October 17, 2009, 4:51 pm |
- hmm.. interesting..
Posted by =d= on October 17, 2009, 7:34 pm, in reply to "Pics pics pics :D:D"
75.105.41.179they put up some buildings.. and fences & paddocks behind the barn (last shot)
.. where the goats are, we had 5 horses in that shed row. I was always afraid those stupid electrical wires would break in a wind storm and electrocute the horses. (they did break once, but a safety cord kept them from falling into the paddocks).
In that first shot with the wooden structure - Ron built that for Playmate and Ranger (when he was born). That was their 'outside' daytime paddock.
you can see the same mountains in this photo of Oley (I shot on the back yard lawn when he was a long yearling)
Most of my photos of that place are on my other computer (MAC).. and/or on Mac formatted discs.. so I haven't seen them for years. .. can't get to them to show comparisons. I only have a few online.
I liked the house.. and the neighbors across the street.. but it wasn't *home* for us. I'm glad we're here, closer to family and the TREES in the foothills.
Thanks for taking and posting those photos Britt! It's wierd to think we once called that place home. .. it seems so long ago and far away.. LOL
Oh.. btw.. our dogs' brother (Jake) lives across High St... and their mother, Diamond, too (if she's still alive). (the place with the quanset hut).. so if you see any border collies in Pat & Arnold's yard, they're "family" to our dogs. LOL - what are the odds....
Posted by Sharon
on October 17, 2009, 10:49 pm, in reply to "hmm.. interesting.."
69.237.118.70...that she would move to your neighborhood and photograph your old home. I'm amazed. - it's a small world.. LOL
Posted by =d= on October 18, 2009, 8:21 am, in reply to "what are the odds...."
75.105.41.179I wish I had access to some of the pix that I shot inside the house. It was a nice open floor plan, high ceilings and a giant fireplace. It had light off white berber carpet which, believe it or not, was easy to keep clean.
Inside the barn, it was a 30' span between the stalls on rach side. .. brick floor.. huge "medical room" (w/sink, cupboard) We used it for a tack room with that rotating saddle stand. Ron built a strip of bridle holders along the opposite wall. It was nice because it could be locked.
I think today's project is to download all of my photos from my ftp files onto this computer. (since they were all uploaded from the MAC). There are a lot that I've taken off internet pages that are still in those files.
Boy it would be nice if this computer (PC) could read the data from the mac CDs. (I've never tried it.. maybe I should?) ha.
Speaking of the 'small world' thing: We were in Colorado when the internet first started taking off. We'd chat on one of the first horse chats (1998). One of the gals on the chat (who lived in MN or somewhere near there) asked, "You guys are from California, right? Maybe you know the person that I bought my horse from." .. I asked her who is was, though I was thinking "California is a BIG state with many thousands of horses! .. odds are slim that I'd know who she bought her horse from". ... as it turned out, it was a gal who I rode with while taking cutting lessons. I knew her quite well.. Now *that* is a "small world". ha. - it looked like a ....
Posted by Sharon
on October 18, 2009, 11:20 am, in reply to "it's a small world.. LOL"
69.237.118.70...real nice house from the pictures. The barn sounds wonderful, too, all that space.
Oh my, every day I still want to thank you for that rotating saddle rack. I used it again yesterday and it is just the best thing to happen to my tack room... makes things so convenient.
I got into the horse chats when I lived in Las Vegas in late 1997. I was an aol user back then. I was amazed at how many horse people were online. Those were some fun internet times. Pretty cool about your knowing the horse seller. I used a few different names till I came up with HorsePal. You 'n I probably talked back then, too, without knowing who we were, lol.
Well, another gorgeous day and my guy is not working off the property today for a change... yay! He's had 16 straight days of either his job or doing tractor work for others.... so I'm gonna go be outside with him. I hear we might have a dab of rain tomorrow again. Hope so. - did you go onto the Circle 2 chat?
Posted by =d= on October 18, 2009, 12:07 pm, in reply to "it looked like a ...."
75.105.41.179aka "C2". We did that one, CTMG (stallion chat) and one other one - can't remember the name.. but it's still active today. (I see it every now and then)
Were you on any of those? Do you remember "Katrina" or "Calamar" ? - Re: hmm.. interesting..
Posted by Britt on October 17, 2009, 7:52 pm, in reply to "hmm.. interesting.."
69.144.143.11Well thats awesome! I want to know how that fence was built - I want one just like it in the back pasture! I'll get better pictures later - that was just stopping by on the way home. I really do like that place. - Re: hmm.. interesting..
Posted by Ron on October 18, 2009, 8:53 am, in reply to "Re: hmm.. interesting.."
75.104.160.54Which fence are you talking about? The one in front is just railroad ties with a top board and bull wire (V-wire). The fence in back of the place looks like oil field pipe and cable. We didn't put that in. Some of the fencing, the railroad ties, on the side road, look like they are falling down. The barn has seven stalls and a tack room. Each stall has steel sliding doors. All the walls are made of concrete brick and it has passive solar heating. The barn, with horses in it, never got below about 45 degrees in the coldest part of the year. It is quite a place but a lot of maintenance. - Re: hmm.. interesting..
Posted by Britt on October 18, 2009, 9:15 am, in reply to "Re: hmm.. interesting.."
69.144.143.11so the v-wire is called bull wire? My husband wants to get the railroad ties and I want strong wire. Something reliable, and when I saw that fencing I thought "thats exactly what I want!". Yes some of the fencing is coming down, especially on the top rails where the younger kids are. I Google Earthed it not too long ago and there were tons of trailers - like the railroad kind - all over the property. - trailers?
Posted by =d= on October 18, 2009, 10:12 am, in reply to "Re: hmm.. interesting.."
75.105.41.179There was one container (like on a semi truck) behind the hay shed. It was for storage. From Google Earth, the shed row & hay barn (which are by the storage container) are about the same shape.
There's another couple of wooden shelters on the east side of the property. .. oh.. and the barn has two wings (with four stalls each) off either side of the main part of the barn.
Just inside the driveway, on the west side, behind Playmate's wooden shelter, is a small "house" of sorts. When we bought the place, the previous owners use to raise ostriches (after they got out of the Arabian 'puppy mill' business). They used that building to hatch out eggs. The building consists of three rooms which are not connected to each other. .. sort of wierd. We used it for storage. .. and well, I used one of the rooms for a small work shop. .. I had my table saw in there when I was doing some wood work stuff.
Next to the "Hatcher House" (which is what it was called), was a couple of sheds that we didn't use. . they were falling down. It looks like the new owners must have reinforced them and looks like they put stucco all over the outside. Those (2) small shelters faced the shed row paddocks to the north. That electrical pole is in one of those small paddocks.
Behind the house - on the north side - is a small oval arena. Next to that is a stall & paddock. .. an 8' alley way.. and another shelter (Ron built) & paddock. Those two paddocks were panels w/non-climb fencing on them. Ranger and Oley, both stallions at the time, lived there.
When you drive by, can you see if "Anderson" is on the mailbox? I wonder if the same nice folks live there. - Yep
Posted by Britt on October 18, 2009, 10:58 am, in reply to "trailers?"
69.144.143.11Ok correction - when I was scrolling down the road
its another place just up the road from us that had tons of trailers. I had to back up more and re-check where the roads were. I was looking at TN and North, instead of TN and High. The cameras dont get close to the property
. I'll check on the box. What kind of horses did you say they had? They have about a 15hh Paint in there right now and of course tons of goats.
I know you saw this, but for everyone else who hasnt - heres the layout. It sure did look like a really nice place. That was taken in 2005 according to Google Earth. What took you and Ron to CA?
- Re: Yep
Posted by =d= on October 18, 2009, 11:37 am, in reply to "Yep"
75.105.41.179We realized that here, in these foothills is "Home".
I also needed to be closer to family. My dad died while we were in CO. I needed to be closer to help out my mom when needed. .. I missed the trees that we have here. I missed the hills and pastures. I missed the weather. I hated the lightening and the unrelenting WIND. We did SO MUCH maintenance on that place, that it should have been relatively easy for the new owners.
I didn't care much for living in a 'neighborhood' either. The kids along Tennessee were deliquents that were cruel to animals. (our animals!). but they were just jerks overall. One day when we had a family gathering (family from TX, OK & CA) visiting, they drove by and threw a glass bottle - shattered it - in the driveway. Ron jumped into the truck and followed them home. .. told them that he now knows where they live and will kick their butts or call the police if it ever happens again. I guess it scared the begeezes out of them - that someone would actually confront them - and they never did it again. .. However, trashing the mailbox was their next activity, until Ron buried metal posts on each side of it. I guess it may have hurt the first time they hit a post with a baseball bat. That stopped that activity.
Then, they started throwing plastic bottles half filled with gravel on top of the shedrow roof. at around 3am in the morning.. It would freak out the horses. Once, when we'd gone to town, they did it in the afternoon.. making some of the horses crash through the gates. It's a miracle they didn't get hurt or broken. Ron took one of the bottles over to one kid's house and talked with the parent. (the kids were asleep.. and the parent thanked Ron for NOT calling the police on them)
We *did* call the police on July 4th though - at one arrogant braggart kid's "suggestion".. LOL. Not only was everything tinder dry, but it was windy.. and their bottle rockets were not only freaking out our horses (because they were about 10' away).. but their damned rockets were landing on our property! One 'bully' kid thought he could intimidate Ron. .. wrong. Anyway, it was a 'no fireworks' year.. and the policeman set the kid straight. From what I understand, the police were familiar with this particular group of kids.
Then, we found glass beer bottles in Playmate's paddock... I've mentioned that before. .. where they threw them at her when we'd left her out over night. Nice kids, eh? Hopefully, they've all moved on or are in prison by now.
We had that front gate made because mules from the east end of High St. kept getting loose and ended up in our yard. .. and also, it's just good to have in case any of our horses ever got loose (they didn't).. but it keeps them from getting out on the road.
At any rate, coming from the foothills, CO was too desert, too windy, too baren (no trees) and just didn't feel like home.
When you're trying to run a business, it was also very difficult to find the same level of professional services required. However, one of the services, Peak Printing on 9th street, I've got to say, is one of the best in the business. We still use them from time to time. Nice people t'boot.
We were there 5 years.. almost to the day. So, we gave it a chance. .. but like I said, we realized that this is 'home'. It's hard to believe that we've been back here almost 9 years.(in Jan). .. We STILL, to this day, look around and appreciate how beautiful it is here. .. so, like 'Dorothy' sez, clicking her ruby slippers, "there's no place like home." .. LOL .. but we also know that what feels like "Home" is different for everyone. - I hear ya!
Posted by Britt on October 18, 2009, 12:11 pm, in reply to "Re: Yep"
69.144.143.11I havent seen many kids around here. most of them are under 8 easily. Our neighbor is a couple with the most annoying (but cute) black shepard of sorts. The girl got in her man's car and started thumping the music - I looked outside said "Im sure your man wouldnt like that, my kids sure dont, and I have 3 that are trying to sleep". She peacefully turned it down, and we know when she is coming home because we hear the music stop all of a sudden. Their dog barks all the time when he is outside - rather annoying. The guy is nice, said hi a few times. Byrd is about to get beat though. The guy that owns the sewage place behind us is STILL trying to use our mailbox for his mail. Ive sent a notice to the companies on the envelopes not to send mail here anymore, and the post office says unless the guy goes in to change his address, Im SOL. LOL NO HE is SOL when he never gets his mail anymore.
So anyway, the neighborhood isnt bad - there are too many places that have old vehicles or kids crap all over the place. Dont know if you remember, but there is a house that is across from where you used to live that has a round driveway - thats the place that was just going for like $64,000. It was really trashed and we were going to buy it but thank God we didnt!
This place to us is more like home because we fell in love with the design. Used to live in this exact same design before we moved to Canon except the previous house was 4 bedroom , this is 5. Canon feels more like home to us because most of the people are really nice and I LOVE my mountains. I think the county could do more with North Canon though. Force people to clean up their property and do something about these "perfect for 4 wheeling" dirt roads lol. - I remember that place..
Posted by =d= on October 18, 2009, 12:21 pm, in reply to "I hear ya!"
75.105.41.179it was a dump when we were there too.
The property on the east side, when we moved there, had two dead cars in that field. .. there must have been 20 or more when we left. If it's a reclaimation business, they're supposed to fence off the eyesore. .. but it seems like nobody in that county wants to take responsibility for enforcing the laws. It was frustrating.
I'm glad it's working out for you guys. .. at least it sounds like the boom-music gal is trying to be helpful.
I remember Byrd. .. the name is familiar. I think we used them a time or two. - Re: I remember that place..
Posted by Britt on October 18, 2009, 12:36 pm, in reply to "I remember that place.."
69.144.143.11Yeah guess Byrd and his wife owned this property and the business behind us. They got a divorce about 2 years ago, the previous owners of this house bought it, had it for 2 years and just sold it to us - so we are the 3rd owners.
Im really hoping to get some decent fencing up in the back yard though. My husband can not decide what he wants to do with it. First it was bring Cheyanne here, then it was get a goat, then get a goat and Cheyanne, then it was get a mini, then use it all for a garden (I would be surprised if anything but weeds and cacti can grow back there).
Was supposed to be taking the kids to Colon Orchards today for a pumpkin but its so windy out here - some days I think we're still back in WYOMING lol - Re: Pics pics pics :D:D
Posted by Ron on October 17, 2009, 7:03 pm, in reply to "Pics pics pics :D:D"
75.105.32.52The "goat place" use to be ours. Sure weren't no goats there though. That first picture, of the goat place shows the shelter I built for Donalyn's mare and her foal. That's the paddock where Ranger was raised. The next picture is the main house. - Yeah that pasture holds
Posted by Britt on October 17, 2009, 7:54 pm, in reply to "Re: Pics pics pics :D:D"
69.144.143.11at least 15 young goats - all for sale. Across from that on the right side of the driveway they have a Paint gelding I think it is. I like that shed and the fencing. Always commenting on how Id love to have that place