Photo Gallery
Me and Deacon having a moment
He's so cool.
Saddling with no halter - "need help, ma"?
The ponies trying to eat the prom date's flower…
Janet with her new Shasta, rigged for the trail
- oh, and weighing about 15 pounds fully loaded!
Proof that they go from horse to horse
- quarter horse in brown Shasta, Percheron in black Shasta
Lori on her Quarter Horse in her Shasta, Jess in an Aspen behind her
Jess on a customer's Percheron in the smooth black leather Shasta
The legendary MaryAnna & the now deceased Elmer Bandit
(shown here at age 36 after a ride completion)
Deacon in his pen at Turkey Creek - ready to go
Corie (on the white appaloosa) and Karen (on the Buckskin) in their Black Forest Saddles.
Everyone else wished they were…
Me on Deacon, him with his no-see-up mask, and Black Shasta - at Turkey Creek, NE
Jill and Two Buck in his Black Forest Shasta and Equipedic Pad
Lucy in her Black Forest Shasta and Grandeur Suspension Pad
Happy new saddle clients with their new and used Shastas
Deacon demonstrating his Shasta for a new customer - HD Ranch, Texas
HD Ranch owner and high bidder with his new Shasta
Humane Society of North Texas Benefit Trail Ride, 2010
Judy on her fabulous gaited horse, trying the Shasta for the 1st time
Judy demo'ing the black leather Shasta
Cathy in her new saddle on her beautiful Arabian
Jeanette on her Quarter Horse mare in her new Shasta
Jeanette and her mare, Shasta with the Oxbow Safety Stirrup
My neighbor Seth who is an entomologist with his latest and greatest find. We call them Texas lobstah…
One of the biggest crawdads I’ve ever seen in my life, and it came out of the ditch in front of his house two doors down. How do you like thinking about THAT in your front yard.
You’ll never go hungry…
Ren, bareback on Prince - before she got her Black Forest Shasta for Christmas!
Laura before she got her Black Forest…
Brandy on Honey in my saddle
- Shasta with Equipedic pad and English leathers, Stubben offset safety irons
Laura on Tucker
- Grandeur Suspension Pad, Shasta, Western Oxbow Safety Stirrups
Chandler on Pal in her new saddle, Brandy before she got her Black Forest for Christmas,
and Ren, bareback on Whinney
Whinney the Norwegian Fiord - "does this saddle make my butt look fat?"
Saddle with EZ rides with cages, Brandy in the background
Maggie with Deacon - what a cool kid.
Vic on Lucy, John on Ranger - LBJ Grasslands, Decatur, TX
Jenny on her warmblood gelding deciding between the Shasta…
and the Aspen. She ordered the Aspen first, and the Shasta is next.
Karen Allen in her Black Forest Shasta
- notice how her clothing (and hair) matches the horse…
Owner of Turkey Creek Ranch, Brenda, trying a Ponderosa Town & Country on her
Walking Horse mare. Dixie Midnight pad underneath everything just to keep it clean.
Vic and Deacon - me off to adjust someone ELSE'S tack…
Jules & Tiki
My brother Rick (aka Luggy - don't ask, it's a Texas thing)
and I on the stockyard train in Ft. Worth, TX…Christmas 2010
My courtyard in Nebraska (before moving to Texas)
- what I do while I'm waiting on saddles to arrive…
more of my courtyard
The three amigo/amigas, Lucy, Laddie & Deacon. All Arabians - Lucy at 5 years, Laddie (a rescue) at 12 years, Deacon at 6. One day I'll sit down and learn all about photo-shopping fencing out of pictures…
My older brother Rick - known as "Luggy" or "Lugman" to his friends. I call him "Lugnut". One of my favorite people in the world.
Maggie at age 15…
…and her Dad, figuring out something.
My friend Melissa M. with Lucy and Deacon
My friend Melissa M. and her best friend Miichelle
Lucy w/black Shasta, Equipedic Pad, English leathers, Stubben offset safety irons & saddle bags. Yes, I’m riding her in a rope halter…
Dewey on Deacon in brown Shasta w/Western Endurance Fenders and mechanical hackamore.
Dewey is 83, Deacon is 9.
Dewey Brittell, lifelong horseman & consumate roper. Strong enough to be barefoot, bitless & treeless!
9 mile ride on that day, and nothing hurt!
The buzzard party. Lake Ray Robert, Sanger, Texas, March, 2011
Not a place you’d want to nap.
Dewey is riding Lucy on the trail back from the lodge, and they look like they are making time.
He looks like he was born in that saddle, doesn’t he?