Memories of Dad and Grandpa

I have been thinking about my dad lately and missing him. One of the bike routes I take goes past some horse farms(photos below) and this is one of the reasons I am missing him because so often when I see horses, I think of dad.
Dad loved horses and horses loved him! He had a way with them. He knew how to care for them, how to talk to them, how to make unruly horses obey! Over the years he had various teams of horses and buggies, and he was known in our neighborhood for driving around and taking kids for rides out in the country. There are 20 grandchildren in our family and they all loved coming to Grandpa's farm for buggy rides. Even us older kids loved this.
11 years ago today dad passed away. That is another reason that I am missing him.

I love this picture of Tyler and Grandpa sitting on the rather dilapitated steps of our old abandoned farmhouse. Not sure what happened to Tyler's other shoe.....!

These pictures were taken in the summer of 1996, a year before dad passed away.

Dad and I(our old barn in the background)

Here we are going for a ride by our farm with one of dad's team of horses. The little colt is walking beside his mother because dad was trying to break him in.

Going for a ride with Grandpa!

These two family photos were taken the same summer as the above photos so I decided to include them......

Taken on the farm where I grew up.....(its almost always windy in Saskatchewan at least it sure seems that way!)