Legacies: Update
amywink December 22nd, 2009
Here we go. We don’t know who the paint is, but that is my Dad:

And the more famous Bob and Shorty make appearances with my Dad and uncle:
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amywink December 22nd, 2009
Here we go. We don’t know who the paint is, but that is my Dad:

And the more famous Bob and Shorty make appearances with my Dad and uncle:
amywink December 20th, 2009
The ground is so saturated from the heavy rains this fall that after even just a light rain, the puddles just grow. We have standing water everywhere.

Windy offers her opinion of the pasture conditions, and I have to agree with her. . .
amywink December 20th, 2009
After looking at the photos I posted previously, I have to retract the descriptions in the earlier post. We think that the photo I *thought* was my grandmother is actually a family friend. And we think that the photos I thought were of my Dad are actually of his cousin Freddie. But my Dad does remember those horses, Shorty and Bob, and they did belong to my great-grandfather, Edwin Henry Wink.
But here’s a definite photo of my grandmother on horseback:

And for sheer entertainment, this is a shot of my grandfather yucking it up with a friend: