| Loving the cowboy life from the time I can remember, I | | | | approached his regular turning point at the telephone |
| fell in love with a cowboy who's cowboy life prior to | | | | pole! Right again, nope, that old gelding held true to |
| this time, consisted pretty much of owning a horse he | | | | form and pulled a right hand turn at the speed of light, |
| shared with his younger brother! Living in the outskirts | | | | in spite of my cowboy leaning left and laying into those |
| of the then, not too large, greater Portland area, my | | | | reigns. |
| cowboy spent time riding his shared horse on his | | | | What happened next, I will tell as I am certain it is in the |
| parents land and up the well traveled 92nd Ave. | | | | best interest of any would be cowboys who ride a |
| As was typical for the family of the 50's to live on a | | | | shared horse! When the old horse approached his turn |
| small acreage, raising a small kitchen garden and | | | | and made it, my cowboy left the saddle at the speed |
| hanging their laundry outside on a clothes line, to dry for | | | | of light, landing with the base of the telephone pole |
| free in the sun, such was the fair for my cowboy. | | | | cuddled into his neck and shoulder pocket. |
| What with responsibility for planting, weeding, mowing, | | | | Now as a cowboy would do, determination set in and |
| and haying, one would think there would be little time | | | | this old cowboy climbs back up in the saddle and with |
| for enjoying the out of doors, not so for my cowboy! | | | | the every intent to show that horse who was boss, he |
| As he tells it, he ran round from early morning till just | | | | turned that old boy around and raced back to the |
| before suppertime, with no one even worrying for his | | | | house! |
| whereabouts. | | | | Spinning around on a dime, he turns the old horse, |
| What a life, you might say, perhaps 'tis true, but think | | | | races back up the street to pass the telephone pole. |
| about this, when that cowboy took a ride on the horse | | | | As horse sense would have it, that old horse knew his |
| that got ridden most often by his sidekick and younger | | | | trail and would not for the death of him, stray from it! |
| brother up and down 92nd Ave. to the first turn at the | | | | As my cowboy picked himself up from cuddling the |
| first telephone pole, you can just imagine what that old | | | | telephone pole once again, he solicitously picked up the |
| horse thought his responsibility was! Yep, you guessed | | | | reins walked that old horse back to the barn, never to |
| it, it was to make that turn at all costs! | | | | mount him again! |
| Now being the bigger brother, one would think that he | | | | It would only be a matter of time before he would |
| would have the fortitude and upper body muscle to | | | | climb into the saddle on the back of a much more |
| stop that old horse from turning when they | | | | responsive bay called Cocoa! |