Mar-Be-Me Farm

Meredith & Rodeo...

I never actually had a horse growing up. I did ride some in high school, but I never feed, brushed, and worked a horse out daily...

So here we were last November, going to purchase two cows when we are offered a horse. FREE!

Rodeo. Yes Rodeo. We did not name him. The last place he would ever actually be is a rodeo. He is approx 18 years old give or take 3 to 5 years. He has been know to stumble from time to time. He looks like Mr Ed mumbling. He "talks" all the time.

As this photo shows, he is as easy as a slow rain on a hot day! Meredith gives him "spa" treatments all the time. He loves it. She brushes, scrapes, cleans, wipes him all the time. She braids his mane. She sings to him. He just mumbles....

His best friend is a stubborn donkey we refer to as the "Noble Steed" (Shrek). Honestly, if he could talk, I think he would sound just like Eddie Murphey. Yoder is certainly not noble, but he does run the farm and Rodeo is his soul mate. They freak out if they are out of sight of one another. Yoder "hee-haws" and Rodeo "whinnies". They start running back and forth in the pasture until reunited.

Their friendship reminds me that perhaps we should all do that when we can't see our dearest friends. Maybe we should only surround ourselves with those worth crying out for when they are not with us.

Note- Shout out to my sis, Caren, for making the blog header featured on this page. Thanks!