Thursday

We had a tough couple of days around here. Barrie had filed to have her ex-husband appear in court because he has not paid the cash nor given her the property that was specified in the divorce settlemet. She filed three weeks ago. She and the judge sat there and no one else showed up. The judge finally did some checking and found that the depupty had never served the papers. So they had to start all over again, and another court date will be set.

Then Barrie went out to take care of her dogs, and on the way home, stopped to check on her horse. She found her horse badly wire cut. She had to go get her horse trailer, and got the horse to Brent. Brent did what he could at the time, but told Barrie there was no guarantee that the horse would not be crippled, and that it would take a very long time to heal, that she would have to be kept inside, and the bandages would have to be changed every day. Barrie spent the night debating which way to go, and yesterday she had Brent put the horse down. A hard decision for her to make, and she felt pretty low.

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Bar Hopping in Montana

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This is Trixie's Bar and Grill , in Ovanda, Montana. Barrie worked as a bartender here for a while. Trixie McCormick was a trick rider who performed during the 1940's.After she retired, she built this bar. There were pictures of her in the bar. She died quite a while back, but the bar doesn't seem to have changed much. Several people live in little run-down campers and vans in the parking lot. The town of Ovanda has only a couple dirt streets, and not much in the way of anything going on. Belle was the only dog we saw!

This is the Copper Queen Bar in Helmville. The owner, Tammy, is a friend of Barrie's. We watched the Kentucky Derby on the TV here. It seems to be the only business in the vicinity of Helmville, and Tammy sells gas, farm eggs, and more. Kind of like a convenience store with a bar in it.

This is Belle. She hangs out at Trixie's Bar and makes sure everyone who comes in pets her. She doesn't live here, she lives somewhere down the road, but comes up every day to spend the day. Kasey loved her.

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Another cool and windy day here today. I spent all morning cleaning and picking up the house, and plan to do some painting this afternoon. Yesterday was video day at our art group at Rendezvous Pointe, so I didn't get any painting done. I would rather paint and visit than watch a video.