On our way to meet Don's ride to Iowa, we enjoyed the beautiful clouds with the shades of pink and gray.
That glow behind the trees is the sun rising at about 6:30 A.M. I know... you're shocked that I was up at that hour.
We met Bill about 6:45 and we said our goodbyes... of course we kissed goodbye... duh. I drove back to the "Q" stopping at Wal-Mart for a few groceries. I spent most of the morning, studying, composing an email, and blogging.
This afternoon, Wendy and I drove around this area taking pictures.
For the readers who do not know horses, I'm going to give you a little description as I write and post pictures.
This is a Bay horse... which is the name for the color: brown-reddish brown with black mane and tail and black legs. Two subjects in one picture... notice the old barn.
This is a Sorrel (U.S.) or chestnut (U.K.). The Sorrel is usually reddish in color and same color main, tail and feet. Legs may often be white, one, two or all. 
This is possibly a Buckskin However, Buckskin horses are usually a shade darker with a dark main, tail and legs. Could be a Gray.
Old barn for today. That wood is pretty weathered.
The door on the other end is open, as you can see all the way through the loft to the blue sky.
"DB" ranch, home of the old barn.
Dead tree for today, from several angles.
Wendy and I saw two houses dwellings like this one on the same road. Strange. Proof I really did take this picture.... that's me in the mirror of the pick-up. The road actually ended in the driveway , so we just quietly back-up, turned around and went back the way we came.
My favorite, the Paint or Pinto. Isn't this a beautiful horse?
In the same pasture with the Paint, was this Palomino, blonde with flaxen mane and tail.
A cute donkey, scratching it's back on a limb and a Shetland pony pretending to graze but he's watching me.
On Wendy's side of the truck were these twin silos on a dairy farm, so she took this picture for me. Thanks, Wendy.
A little further down the road, we found this pair grazing. On the left is a Black... well not really. Blacks are jet black and there is some reddish color to this horse's coat so it would probably be classified as a real dark Bay horse. The one on the right is a Gray/Dapple Gray.
Here, you can see more of the red in this horses coat.
A pretty blaze face Sorrel with at least one stocking leg was in the same pasture with the Bay and Gray.
A red and white Paint that shared a pen with a little black goat that I couldn't get a picture of without getting out of the truck and I didn't want to get shot or arrested for trespassing. Goat was cute though.
The picture above looks like a crop of the picture below, but it's not. If it were a crop, the date would be missing from the top picture.
Don called me from Iowa. He and Gene drove straight through and arrived safely. Don reported that it was 76 degrees there and very beautiful. Prayerfully, he will get a good night's rest tonight and be ready for three days of meetings, etc. I will give a full report when he returns or as he has time to share with me on the phone. Thank you for your continued prayers for him and thank God for the energy Don had this morning.
This evening, Rick, Wendy and I played Triominoes. That was fun. Then we got a report of a tornado watch in the state, so I came home to check it out on the computer. All the storms seem to be north and west of us. Praying that Stephanie and family are ok.
We are so blessed.
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