tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8530519200657974866.post1138412706136049940..comments2022-12-26T12:33:24.601-05:00Comments on Morgan Creek Chronicles: Big-assed horses on the farm!Maria Hitthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14216078989307390367noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8530519200657974866.post-71667573322524442662009-11-06T18:24:09.715-05:002009-11-06T18:24:09.715-05:00I remember gardening with my grandpa and he used t...I remember gardening with my grandpa and he used two giant pull horses. I was always watching my toes because we use to run around barefoot ;-) This posting brought back good memories for me.Lonahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07060003333138052194noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8530519200657974866.post-68975716644782317542009-11-03T00:21:56.710-05:002009-11-03T00:21:56.710-05:00I love Percherons! I always wanted one. They are s...I love Percherons! I always wanted one. They are so beautiful, elegant and poised. These are great pictures.Sylvanahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13186604429680496847noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8530519200657974866.post-11023550445776799602009-11-02T20:37:36.120-05:002009-11-02T20:37:36.120-05:00Thanks for sharing your true life mule stories gal...Thanks for sharing your true life mule stories gals! It was alot of fun to watch those pretty horses work, not sure I would want to be the one walking or riding behind though...Maria Hitthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14216078989307390367noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8530519200657974866.post-45355482168371665052009-11-02T08:36:53.445-05:002009-11-02T08:36:53.445-05:00Daddy used to tell us stories about their mules, a...Daddy used to tell us stories about their mules, and he was the one who tended them. They were a very valuable part of the farm.<br /><br />Daddy also worked with mules when he went into the Army, stationed at Fort Sam Houston in San Antonio, Texas. He said he caught dandruff from the mules and that was why he lost his hair. Of course, we believed every word Daddy ever said, and it was decadesjaniehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16978979417557447666noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8530519200657974866.post-49536148383520797462009-11-01T19:52:26.556-05:002009-11-01T19:52:26.556-05:00They had to be pretty big to pull some of those bi...They had to be pretty big to pull some of those big fellows riding the plows! <br /><br />Most folks back in the days when mules were all there were to pull, had to walk behind.<br />My husband's job when his Daddy brought the mules to the barn at the end of a day's plowing, was to give them a measured number of ears of corn along with the hay. By the time he was big enough to follow a Nell Jeanhttp://seedscatterer.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.com