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Unexpected Arrival at the Rockin' Heart

Russ decided to trim the Russian Olive trees in the tree rows. They have lots and lots of thorns and grow close to the ground making mowing and weed eating dangerous. After lunch he starts... more

Previous blog entries:
Jul 12	-	Our Little Filly April Injured Herself
Jul 5	-	Our New Horse Trailer
Jul 4	-	Doc Wants in on the Action
Lynda's favorite blog entries:
Jun 28	-	6.26.08 The Rest of the Story
Jun 28	-	6.25.08 Chuck Thought He was a Deer!
Jun 28	-	6.24.08 Third Day's Ride
Jun 28	-	6.23.08 Second Day's Ride
Jun 28	-	McCrystal Camp Grounds
Jun 27	-	6.22.08 First Day Ride Valle Vidal
Jun 27	-	Up the Mountain We Go
May 28	-	Answer to the "What is a Whorl"
May 28	-	Advanced Horsemanship Clinic
May 27	-	Panhandle Trail Riders Association, Inc annual Memorial Weekend Trail Ride.
May 22	-	How To Clean Your House
May 20	-	A Baby Killdeer
May 12	-	2008 Western Heritage Classic
May 7	-	Remember me, I'm Frosty
May 6	-	Fajita Babealena's 2008 Palomino colt
May 6	-	Doc has a little brother
May 5	-	Our lives with horses are rich with feeling:
May 1	-	Buck and the Rattlesnake
Apr 30	-	Trail Riding on the Pole Canyon Ranch
Apr 23	-	Cutting newsletter and videos
Apr 16	-	Flowers at the Rockin' Heart
Apr 6	-	Young Horse Handling Clinic Ends
Apr 4	-	Young Horse Handling Clinic
Mar 31	-	The Clinic Fillies Arrive
Mar 28	-	Introductions to the Herd
Mar 23	-	Even the Rockin' Heart Horses have their Own Flowers
Mar 20	-	Ladies Outing at Caprock Canyons State Part 3/19/08
Mar 16	-	Search and Rescue Training held at the Rockin' Heart
Mar 11	-	Memorial Weekend Trail Ride
Mar 9	-	My Name's Frosty
Mar 8	-	Horse Ownership and Exercise
Mar 6	-	Chinks in the Making and Other Things.
Feb 29	-	It's Official ---- April is now a Quarter Pony
Feb 26	-	A Horse's View of Natural Horsemanship
Feb 24	-	Been a full week
Feb 19	-	Buck and his water fountain
Feb 18	-	Birth Announcement - It's a Filly!
Feb 17	-	'B's' Story
Feb 10	-	Memorial Weekend Trail Ride
Feb 9	-	Took a fall today, April is real cowy!
Feb 5	-	Sold a horse

Photos

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Doc's & Diamond's Sire: Poco Doc De Oro
9 Photos, 9 comments

More Morning Photos 7/2/08
13 Photos, 11 comments

Just Keep On Scratching 7/2/08
20 Photos, 16 comments

Horse Butts by the Morning Light
16 Photos, 19 comments

Buck is for sale.
8 Photos, 11 comments

Buck the (5/23/06) yearling experiences his first saddling
93 Photos, 3 comments

Buck and the Gate Latch
12 Photos, 7 comments

Doc and Buck play
20 Photos, 3 comments

Let The Fun Begin
28 Photos, 24 comments

Frosty is living up to her name
4 Photos, 10 comments

B has a Filly
43 Photos, 28 comments

Horses for sale at the Rockin' Heart Ranch
10 Photos, 24 comments

May 5, 2008 Sunset at the Rockin' Heart
10 Photos, 21 comments

PTRA's annual Memorial Trail Ride, 2008
96 Photos, 14 comments

R&R at Pole Canyon Ranch
44 Photos, 20 comments

Oct. 2007 Riding Pole Canyon Ranch
93 Photos, 9 comments

2007 Camp Valle Vidal, Carson National Forrest, McCrystal Camp Grounds
24 Photos, 1 comment

Working cattle in the mountains of New Mexico
144 Photos

Trail Riding on the Valle Vidal, New Mexico in 2006
67 Photos, 3 comments

Valle Vidal 2006
37 Photos

Dangers of fishing mountain lakes
19 Photos, 6 comments

April comes home from school
94 Photos

Headstalls for our snaffle bits made by Russ
18 Photos, 14 comments

Horse Tack by Rockin' Heart Leather
5 Photos, 5 comments

Belts & Accessories from Rockin' Heart Leather
23 Photos, 2 comments

Silent Auction Item from Rockin' Heart Leather
4 Photos, 3 comments

Various Rockin' Heart Leather Projects
8 Photos, 2 comments

Chinks
26 Photos, 12 comments

New Chinks get broken in
23 Photos, 11 comments

Albums, Bible covers, Day Planners by Rockin' Heart Leather
3 Photos, 2 comments

Billfolds, Purses, Accessories from Rockin' Heart Leather
4 Photos, 3 comments

Price guides & samples for Rockin' Heart Leather
5 Photos, 9 comments

"07 Colts for Sale
111 Photos, 5 comments

Shaping a Diamond
22 Photos

Training the Doc
21 Photos

Doc, Diamond, & April
42 Photos

Doc and Diamond Play
50 Photos

For Sale: Special Sapphire, broodmare in foal for another Diamond
22 Photos

Doc's first few days
61 Photos

Fajita (now called Lena by Kelli, new owner) & Doc
160 Photos

Brent Graef Clinic Day 1 Sept. 2007
27 Photos, 1 comment

Brent Graef Clinic Day Two
22 Photos, 2 comments

Brent Graef Clinic Day 5 Bates Canyon near Lake Meredith National Recreation Area
30 Photos, 2 comments

Brent Graef Clinic Day 3 (Palo Duro Canyons State Park)
101 Photos, 3 comments

Brent Graef Clinic Day 3 continued with weaned filly demonstration at our Rockin' Heart Ranch
28 Photos

Brent Graef Clinic Day 4 Caprock Canyons State Park
7 Photos

Brent Graef Clinic last day, rider's choice of individual lessons & demos
90 Photos, 2 comments

Lynda & the horses
47 Photos, 7 comments

Favorite horse photos
19 Photos, 10 comments

www.coolhorse.com models
131 Photos, 10 comments

Christmas Card Photo Session
62 Photos

Colt catching the lead rope photos taken 3/2/06
147 Photos, 1 comment

Chuck, saddled and on the walker
75 Photos

Champion And Wilton English Jump Side Saddle
6 Photos, 21 comments

Horse Pedigrees
12 Photos, 3 comments

How to scatter hay - Corriente Style
71 Photos, 6 comments

New Bovines at the Rockin' Heart
5 Photos

Video

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More of Granny's baby in yard yesterday

Ok, I like to take photos, was hard to edit things out so here's another one.

Previous videos:
Jul 23	-	Baby and the lead rope
Jul 22	-	Eating grass and those pesky flies
Jul 22	-	One week old "junior" exploring my flowers
Lynda's favorite videos:
Mar 2	-	Poor Starving Buck has to Eat Fish Food
Nov 27	-	Chuck and the other horses come in for supper
Mar 2	-	Colt doesn't like our new 'calf'
Feb 18	-	Texas State 4-H Cutting
Feb 16	-	Bourbon Jake Cutting
Mar 5	-	2005 NCHA Open Cutting Champion
Feb 18	-	The Filly's first steps out of the stall.
Feb 5	-	Granny and the Feed Room
Feb 5	-	Granny in the Round Pen.
Feb 5	-	Catching Granny and Picking up Feet
Feb 5	-	Out to Pasture
Feb 5	-	Out to Pasture #2
Feb 5	-	Last of the horses playing in pasture
Dec 12	-	Cutting on Fajita
Jan 31	-	Fajita #2.mpg
Jan 31	-	Fajita #1.mpg
Feb 13	-	Demonstrating Fajita to new buyer

Links

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Lynda's favorite links:
Jun 9	-	Cocklebur Camp Cowboy Chuckwagon
Apr 13	-	Jack Brainard
Dec 25	-	COOLHORSE - YOUR SOURCE FOR THE COOLEST TACK & HOTTEST TRAILERS AVAILABLE!
Nov 6	-	Bobcat Pass Wilderness Adventures
Nov 6	-	Craig Cameron - Complete Horsemanship!
Nov 6	-	Welcome to the Rafter G
Nov 6	-	"JX Ranch, working cattle ranch and guest ranch in New Mexico"
Nov 6	-	Pole Canyon Ranch Homepage
Nov 6	-	http://www.smithequineservices.com

Recipes

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Easy Green Chile

Russ went on a camping trip to help receive and put out cattle on the Vidal in '07. Gill from Taos made the best chile and was it ever hot but Russ said they just couldn't stop eating it. He made it from scratch and used a lot of fresh ingredients.... more

Previous recipes:
Jul 6	-	Chocolate Goddess Bread Pudding
Jun 28	-	Cherry/Chocolate Dutch Oven Cobbler
Jun 11	-	Easy Enchiladas
Lynda's favorite recipes:
Apr 3	-	Gran's Potatoe Salad
Mar 18	-	The Best Chocolate Chip Oatmeal Cookie Recipe
Mar 5	-	Angel Biscuit Cinnamon Rolls
Mar 5	-	Angel Biscuits

Calendar

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Reviews

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Cocklebur Camp Cowboy Cookin' Crew

We first met the Cocklebur Camp chuck wagon cooks at the Craig Cameron horsemanship clinic we took June '06 at Craig's place near Lincoln, NM. They were Craig's cooks and boy did they feed us good. No loosing weight at one of Craig's clinics.... more

Previous reviews:
Jun 6	-	Hay Bag Dangers

Rockin' Heart Ranch

Welcome to the Rockin' Heart Ranch located in the Texas Panhandle. The horses are mostly foundation bred cow horses. We also raise Corriente cattle and Russ does some custom leather work.

Hope you sign my guest book and come often to see what's new.

Guestbook

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jypsyatheart wrote on Jul 20

Just passing through and thought I'd say Hi! Great page! Jypsy

nanabanana360 wrote on Jul 15

I'm on 80 on my cpm machine. Gonna bump it up another 5 tomorrow, and at least get 90 before they come and take it away. I think I hate doing that the most. Hope you're doing well. Congrats on the new little one.

kichigaikikyokagome wrote on Jul 14

Oh! Oops. Kim said it was LAURA who broke her ankle. Sorry about that. But you got injured too? What happened?

kichigaikikyokagome wrote on Jul 14

The pond was deeper in some parts. I'm only 5'5 but my feet got wet when I just walked him across it. If you look at the video when I dive bombed into it and ran through, you can see how I got soaked from head to toe. :3

I heard from kim that you broke your ankle. :( Is that true? What happened?

redrobin11 wrote on Jul 5

How are you coming along with your healing after your mishap of last week riding...?

mrsrh

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Rockin' Heart Ranch

Unexpected Arrival at the Rockin' Heart

More of Granny's baby in yard yesterday

Easy Green Chile

Cocklebur Camp Cowboy Cookin' Crew