For Lisa ( Laughing Orca Ranch)

Ok I'm back, so now for the story,I will fill in the gaps for those of you that may not know. A while ago now I had a contest on my blog. I couldn't pick a winner so I put everyones name in a hat and drew the winner, that winner was Lisa. I was browsing around looking at some blogs and I decided to go check out Sydney at Bitless Horse Science Vs Tradition (I had been to her blog a few times prior to that) at this time I still hadn't really decided what the prize to my contest was going to be. Sydney's post that day turned out to be items that she makes from horsehair, I found it very interesting and the photos she used to show her stuff were beautiful.......so right away I knew where the prize was going to come from. My next step was to get in contact with Sydney which obviously I did and we discussed what I was interested in. Now this is where it starts to get interesting....I told her what I wanted and she agreed no problem , all I had to do was send her the horsehair and away she would go. At some point in our discussion I told her the item was going to be a contest prize and I told her who the winner was, when Sydney heard who the winner was she offered to make the item at no charge is that not amazing!!!!!!!! It has been awhile now that this has been in the works and I am still just as floored now as I was then.....what a wonderful thing to do......people really do stuff like that.......amazing. So Lisa I'm sure you have some idea about what people think of you but if ever you have doubts just think about it for a few seconds and I think they will be dispelled. I can't show you a picture of your prize here but if you go to Sydney's blog she has a pic up of it. Yours is the one on the right. Now it turns out that Sydney and Lisa know each other. I'm not quite sure how it goes but it has something to do with a pay it forward thing. Maybe Lisa can fill in the blanks after she reads this.

Another thing that was pretty cool was that Lisa had asked Sydney for a Mirror Hang.....and that's what I had asked Sydney to make so I thought it was pretty neat that her prize was going to be something that she had actually asked for. I thought it was funny that Lisa would be reading Sydney's blog and watching her Mirror hang being made and she wouldn't have any idea it was hers.I was hoping to see more of the process as it was being made but that Sydney is one busy woman,I don't know how she finds time to do anything. This is the photos of the two contributors to your Mirror hang. The first is Texas....my old man he is 34 this spring ,I have been privledged to be his person for 31 years he is more special to me than I could ever express in words....good thing to because if I could you would all think I was a wing nut....anyhow the second is my riding mare Mattie ( Mattea)( Morgan) funny some people think Tex has Morgan?

At any rate Lisa you will be receiving your prize in the near future....betcha thought you were never going to get it. I hope you like it Lisa. To Sydney all I can say is thank you for your generosity it was a wonderful thing to do and I think you are a very rare person. To you that read my blog you may want to check out Sydney's and see what other beautiful things she makes. I liked her stuff so much while she was making Lisa's I had her make one for me as well, now I have a keepsake from two of my horses. If anyone would like to see or Contact Sydney go to bitlesshorse.blogspot.com Thanks again Sydney.