A custom Pedigree for Sit Down Grandpa

  I am enjoying very much making a custom pedigree for retired race horse Sit Down Grandpa. Here is his pedigree so far. Someday I should compile a list of the many custom pedigrees that I have put together of OTTB s  plus many other breeds including Quarter horses, Morgan Horses and Paints. I was able to find contact information from his original breeder and owner. I was curios about why "Gram" was named Sit Down Grandpa. Plus I want photos of the dam and grandam.

The finished pedigree

Our cat finally crossed the rainbow bridge at age 15

Here is the obituary for Smokey our cat. He will be the last house animal.

Smokey as a youngster on the right with Ciel his beloved companion

 Our precious little cat Smokey crossed the rainbow bridge this afternoon at the age of 15. He left us peacefully while in a deep sleep. He had been ill for a while but rallied bravely until the end. RIP our little boy you were the best cat we ever had. Thanks to Coral Cremation of Thousand Oaks for their immediate response.

Family visit

The family at a Korean Barbecue in LA

We had my son and family and daughter come and stay at our house. We are fortunate to have enough bedrooms. My son came from New York and my daughter from the Reno area. We are also fortunate that the airport is only half an hours drive away. From left : my husband Doug, his grandson, and son, across the table my daughter, daughter in law who is from Korea, my son and grand daughter. Below is a better photo taken by a kind food server with me in it.

How the garden looks now at the Hereford house

 Things are coming along at my step son and his wife's garden at their new house. I planted nasturtium seeds and transplanted plants from my own garden. There were gazanias and african daisies already there. It is a fun work in progress.

We are having a wet and windy storm at our house and out at the horses.

 

Christmas Cheer

Smokey posing in our living room

It rained a lot so I can have  fire without the worry of starting a wild fire.

 

The house is finished and Dasha andJonathan moved in on November 22nd

The living room before

Looking from the kitchen to the living room

The kitchen

New bathroom cabinets and sink

The finished living room

Finished kitchen

One of the bedrooms finished

 

The new paint on the front of the house

The hall bathroom before