Another Horse

Yes, I sold the horse I won and bought a camera, but there would be another horse in my life.

This horse was a palomino that I named Pam. When I graduated from high school, we immediately moved to Colorado. My Dad had gone ahead and rented a house and bought me a horse. I really didn’t know anything about horses, but I thought it would be nice to have one and to learn to ride, which I never did. I think my Dad wanted the horse more than I did. I really wasn’t a horse person as you can probably tell by this picture. I’m not getting too close to it. We moved back to California in less than a year and my horse days were over. The horse stayed in Colorado.

From a Horse to a Camera

When I was in high school back in Oklahoma, there was a roller skating rink way out in the country called Lost Bridge. I went round and round at that skating rink probably thousands of times to the sounds of Hank Williams, Hank Thompson, Hank Snow and other country artists. (The Hanks come to mind.) We use to go there almost every night. I doubt seriously if it is there now. It has been over 50 years. There are probably houses, apartments or businesses where it stood.

Anyway, that was where I won a horse. No, it wasn’t for my skating ability, but because I had the winning ticket. I kept the horse for a few months and ended up selling it to the little brother of one of my uncles that lived about 85 miles from us. I sold the horse for $50.00. I used about half of it to purchase the Brownie Hawkeye camera. I don’t remember what I did with the rest of the money, but that camera was a good investment. $50.00 doesn’t seem like much for a horse, but this was way back in 1953.

Here is a picture of me and my little cousin Linda on the horse. By the way, the horse's name was Baby.

I just realized today marks one month of blogging. I posted my first one on January 12. What fun I've had and how great it has been to meet so many fellow bloggers.