Natalie Tootie

Kody and I are back at Bridle Trails. He can’t take the heat of direct sunlight for more than five minutes really. So that makes Bridle Trails perfect for sunny days. It’s shady and cool and when it’s warm the trails are dry instead of muddy and the horse poop dries faster. He loves it. Things [...]

Oh the heat! Leave it to Seattle to have bizarre changes in temperature. I mean, I like nice days, but my body needs time to adjust. Going from freezing to 80 is just a lot to handle in such a short time. Consequently, Kody and I have been just laying around all day. Yes, even [...]

I feel like I have so much to write about today. So let’s get to it and make it snappy. Barack Obama’s speech about racism and his pastor was the only inspiring thing I’ve ever heard from a president or a presidential candidate in my lifetime. He won me over. I am actually a fan now. [...]

I’m in a daze. The puppies go nonstop and most of the time are play fighting and need to be watched very closely. We’ve been on many walks and to Bridle Trails. I ran into Mary again, the park ranger. They were working on the horse ring area and I told them how great it [...]

After a long time of ringing the bell each time we went out, but not trying particularly hard to get Kody to ring it, he did ring it earlier today to let me know he wanted to go out! Kody already lets me know pretty clearly he wants to go out by sitting patiently by the [...]

Matt and Kody with Susan’s horse in the parking lot of Bridle Trails State Park.