No Surprises

A heart that's full up like a landfill, a job that slowly kills you, bruises that won't heal...
-"No Surprises" Radiohead


i'd figure that a quote from a goth-y, angst ridden lyric might be a welcome break from the normal torrent of butterknife sharp wit around here. Today is one of the yearly markers here at Forward Operational Base Yamhill Freedom. What is it? Why it's national tune your guitar to low B day, Johnny!

i kid, i kid. i kid because i love. -Herschel Shmoikel Pinchas Yerucham Krustofski, a.k.a "Krusty The Clown"


Things have been a little slow at FOB:YF, the charges have been sent to other ranches for training, leasing or general boarding. That all changes as of Today. i will be the first to admit that the winter prep tasks before us seem a bit daunting, but it has to get done. While it was a nice break in routine, FOB:YF is missing something without our one horsepower friends.

Paradise Lost?

An article regarding racism in Hawaii, from the Southern Poverty Law Center:


Prejudice In Paradise

Hey Joe

Acoustic Shred

Mini Heat Wave

A "mini" heatwave has descended upon the Pacific-Northwest. Thankfully, the residents of Yamhill will be spared from the blistering, brutal onslaught from the previous month. Various weather services have made forecasts of 96-100F today. i am hoping for lower rather than higher.

My charges have been off site for awhile now. Getting used to the change in tempo and scheduling of FOBYF will take awhile. As long as the horses are happy...

Lester William Polsfuss (June 9, 1915 – August 13, 2009

Godspeed, Les Paul.

Baby Luau

i thought i've seen everything...

via The Tasty Island


A 'Hello Kitty' Baby Luau

Shade Us Now (Or How I Learned To Not Enjoy Summer)

As an exercise in writing, i try not to let my little corner of the internets turn into a giant bitch fest.
Here is a small bit of good news.

The current brutal heatwave that is suffocating the Willamette Valley in particular, and most of the Pacific Northwest in general ,is starting to break. Relief continues to come with each new sunrise, and the weather is expected to get back to normal (80s' -ish) by Tuesday of next week.

-break

*did that paragraph make any sense at all? i should just write in little notebooks and scan the entries. At least my handwriting would get better..*

-end break

We continue to research our options regarding re-conditioning of the paddock/barn areas. With the amount of *distractions* and *setbacks* happening here at F.O.B.Y.F , channeling energies into something that has tangible, positive results...would be nice. To say the least.

Vague? Fuzzy ? Yes, i do that on purpose.

To the cheese cave , nocturnal flying creature male! It's certainly much cooler there.