2020 in Review: July - September

 Continuing on with a look back at the year 2020.

July, 2020

Music City Son Cole and his family came up from Nashville for the 4th of July, and the pony pals and cowpokes wanted to go to the barn and see the horses.

With help from their parents, aunts, and uncles, everyone took a ride around the barnyard on good ol' Hokey.

BreyerFest went virtual this year due to the pandemic. There were some issues with shopping, but overall I think Breyer did a fantastic job of bringing hobbyists together for our favorite annual event. Thank you, Breyer!

Pony Pal Cambria not only participated in mutton busting at the rodeo, she had the longest ride and won the championship belt buckle!

I participated in Breakables at BreyerFest (an online photo show this year) and did better than I'd expected.

I formally opened Horsiemama's Haversacks and Mercantile on Facebook and began selling quite a few haversacks. 

August, 2020

Allison Pareis and I were surprised and very honored to discover that our show, The FAMulous Collectibility Show, had been nominated for NAMHSA's Member Show of the Year.

While we did not win, we were thrilled to have been nominated - after all it was our first show together.

Anne Field made a long time dream come true when she created a beautiful doll for me.

As kids, Leslie and I used to pretend that we were "circus girls" and had an elaborate game that involved "traveling" to different towns and performing as bareback riders. I treasure Circus Girl.

An even bigger dream came true in August for me - after 25 years out of the saddle, I finally rode a horse again. Teacher Daughter Lisa, my biggest "back in the saddle" advocate, stood there and cried as she watched. (I cried, too.)

September, 2020

September was a fairly quiet month. It was also the month where I bought myself an embroidery machine.

Between quiet books, haversacks, and rodeo shirts, I was sewing daily. I had looked into getting an embroidery machine before, so when I came into a bit of an inheritance from an uncle, I decided to spend part of it on something that I could use to create gifts and things for family and friends.

September wasn't without its trials, though.

A hardware fail on a gate sent me tumbling into the pasture and sprawling at Abby and Sultanna's feet. I already had a torn rotator cuff, and with that arm caught in the gate's rails as I fell, I was sore for a few days afterward.

Wildfires were raging across the west. One came far too close to Mountain Mama Jessica's home in Santaquin, Utah. (She took this picture from her kitchen window.)

September had some of those perfect fall days and I was able to spend some time outdoors with Local Son Curt's family...

... and even have a bit of a shoe show and tell with Cowpoke Lukie and Pony Pal Mila. (Cowpoke Ian was on the soccer field.)

Tomorrow I will wrap up the 2020 review. Stay 'tooned!