My dad, the pecan...

Have I ever said my dad is a nut? Yep, certifiable! He's one of those good kinds of nuts though. Like a cashew or pistachio.

He always has some project he is working on, some of them a little nuttier than others. This is the most recent. I think it is mostly Colleen's idea, but dad is always game for an adventure.


They started an "Old folks home for horses" is how he explained it to me. It's called Jackson Hole Regional Horse Rescue. Sounds like a fun job (if you love horses, that is).

He sent me a message today about how it's going:

The last four days we have acquired 7 horses, given to Jackson
Hole Regional Horse Rescue of which Colleen is CEO.  A guy called on
Wednesday and said he couldn't afford to feed his two horses any
more, gave us two mares, a 14 year old and a 5 year old.  We went and
got them and brought them home, then fixed up a water trough for them
and started feeding them gold-plated hay. ($150 per ton)  Then
Thursday Roger Coles at the bank called and said they repossessed
five horses and two of them were so skinny they were on death's door
and would we like to take them or should they take them out and shoot
them.  Colleen, of course, said she would love the challenge.  The
brand inspector said they had to lean against each other to stand
up.  We went and got them, an older mare and a yearling filly, and
yes, they are skin and bones but they can walk and eat.  So we took
them to Bedford and put them in Darin Day's barn and put some feed
and grain into them.  Will be taking care of them every day, along
with Chip who is there with a badly cut foot which Colleen and I
doctor every other day.  then today, Saturday, Roger Coles called and
said they couldn't find homes for the other three mares so would we
come get them.  So in a very heavy snowstorm we hitched up the
trailer and went and caught them and brought them home.  Three mares,
a very skittish black one, probably unbroken, a good chestnut which
is gentle enough it probably is good riding, and a tri-colored paint
mare kind of smallish which is butterscotch, white, and black
colored.  pretty mare.  So we have a menagerie.

So, if you're a nut like my dad or just want to learn about the nutty tree I fell off, take a look:
Jackson Hole Regional Horse Rescue.