http://capturedestin.com/2009/10/20/in-retrospect/ PerceptionsbyMayer Digital Photography in Destin Florida Mon, 30 Apr 2012 12:02:52 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ http://capturedestin.com/2009/10/20/in-retrospect/#comment-46 Thu, 22 Oct 2009 01:54:17 +0000 http://capturedestin.com/?p=368#comment-46 Thank you so much for the memories – I wish I had met Joe Sr. … I have a hunch though that I know someone with a very similar personality… Joe (Jr.) is a prankster!

]]> http://capturedestin.com/2009/10/20/in-retrospect/#comment-45 Wed, 21 Oct 2009 23:30:20 +0000 http://capturedestin.com/?p=368#comment-45 My Son, Brian and his wife honored those who were not in attendance at their wedding by having a beautifully written list of names of those not in attendance framed at the entrance to the ceremony with a vase of flowers near by. Just an idea.. Best wishes to you both. Love, Sheryl

]]> http://capturedestin.com/2009/10/20/in-retrospect/#comment-44 Wed, 21 Oct 2009 23:25:27 +0000 http://capturedestin.com/?p=368#comment-44 Amber and Joseph,
I met Joe,Sr., back then we called him “Handsome Joe” some 20-25 years ago, when he started trimming my horses feet. He often brought Joe with him to the job, you could tell how much Joseph loved that, not. Any way Joe, Mary Ellen, Tina, and Joseph became my Horse friends, even though I had ‘those crazy Arabians ” and they were well known in the Quarter Horse community. I have a story I would like to share with you about Joseph’s Dad if you don’t mind. He had many many friends and helped us all out many times.
The story involves a horse I had named Rocky, and yes, he was a crazy arabian. I have three sons and my husband was in the National
Guard and was called up for service overseas in 1991, the boys were in 9th grade, 7th grade, and 3rd. I also taught school and had 4 or 5 horses then . Mary Ellen and Joe graciously took Rocky to Laurel Hill and kept him in training for me for about 6 months, giving me pointers and helping me become a ‘Hand’ as they put it. Time came for Rocky to be shod for the first time and since I had raised him, he was my baby and I just knew he would give Joe a hard time and Joe hated for a horse to give him a hard time. I drove up to the barn worried to death that it had all gone wrong, no one was around, I went into Rocky’s stall and there he stood, an ace bandage around his neck, red stuff dripping off him and more BandAids than I had ever seen in my life….I cracked up and started hollering for Joe, who by the way was peeking through the boards from outside the stall to see my reaction. He was laughing as hard as I was. He was a best friend to many and one to me.

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