Walt and Bert and Dondi are living in Dumas Texas, in a motel transformed into apartments when commercial oil production brought transient workers to the area. This particular motel complex is set back from the road behind a dismal mechanic’s garage, overlooking nothing, nothing, nothing.
The mechanic owns the whole shootin’ match: the garage, the motel, and the land. This mechanic fellow travels to Colorado a few times a year and rounds up wild horses in order to sell them off.
The horse pictured with Dondi is not one of those horses — this is Babe. Babe lives in a half-assed corral, littered with cast-off items, and Dondi has attached herself to this gentle giant in no small way.
Dondi has no real experience with horses, and yet she is a natural, flinging her leg up and over the horse, riding around the property bareback because Babe never was afforded a saddle.
Rebecca Regnier says
June 3, 2009 at 9:32 pmI expect the Joad family to wander through the back of the shot.
And Dondi here looks like she’s about to beat out all young starlets for the lead in National Velvet. So pretty.
steph says
June 3, 2009 at 10:38 pmOh, I’m afraid. Is this going to lead to another devastating loss for Dondi?
Joie says
June 3, 2009 at 11:48 pmLove the update. Wish I had the photos and stories like you do. Probably one reason so many of us are glued to this story.
Grandma J says
June 4, 2009 at 9:15 amOf course Dondi can just fling her leg up and over Babe…she inherited Bossy’s long legs. Yeah, I said that.
I can picture her riding off in search of Pug. Please tell me Dondi and Babe have a lasting relationship, with lasting meaning at least a year.
corrie says
June 4, 2009 at 9:43 amDondi and her indominable spirit!
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June 4, 2009 at 10:11 amYou are so blessed to have such wonderful stories and photos from your families history…and I’m thankful you decided to keep up with the Family Tree posts!
And just look at those coltish legs! (On both the colt and Dondi…) Once upon a time I could ride bareback. I’d say Dondi truly is a natural!
sherry says
June 4, 2009 at 10:15 amIf there is a glue factory in Babe’s future, please, please, please don’t tell us!
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June 4, 2009 at 10:42 amCan I just say that everytime I see a new picture off on the sidebar I do a little happy dance?
foolery says
June 4, 2009 at 6:48 pmBareback riding builds character and grace. I’m pretty sure Dondi did a lot of it.
Eliza says
June 5, 2009 at 1:08 pmPlease don’t let this end badly. Poor Dondi has had it so hard already.
Buck up little girl–someday you’ll have the best kids and grandkids in the world!!
dgm says
June 6, 2009 at 5:19 pmI’m so glad Dondi found Babe after the pug incident.
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June 6, 2009 at 10:37 pmI second what dgm said. What a relief!
Eloise says
June 7, 2009 at 10:04 pmI always enjoy these installments!
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June 30, 2009 at 4:42 pmI’m so inspired by how you write your family’s story! I love your idea of telling the family history by lining photos up and writing a short narrative for each, filled with humor and sadness and advancing over time. Just a yummy way to tell the story! Way to go! And Keep It Up! I come back every few months to catch up and always APPRECIATE the telling of your family’s story!
Joie says
July 1, 2009 at 7:39 pmHey there, Bossy, don’t leave us hanging! We love your family story and want more. Maybe you should write a book.
Bev says
August 5, 2009 at 9:58 amAs a fairly new follower of your blog, I just read the entire Family Tree this morning and love, love, love the photos and stories! I do hope you continue. I’m enjoying your camping vacation this week too…we bought a small camper last weekend and will be heading out with it tomorrow.
Nat says
August 11, 2009 at 11:08 amI never comment, but I have been following the family tree and I hope you keep posting more even after these long breaks inbetween because I want to know this story, know it all turns out for the best
Domestic Spaz says
September 16, 2009 at 5:13 pmMore please?
Domestic Spaz says
September 16, 2009 at 5:14 pmNo pressure.
Martha says
October 11, 2009 at 8:43 pmoh come on, Bossy…..please finish the story! You posted the other day that your mom has a much younger brother…..an uncle/cousin to you. So there has to be MORE to this story!!
Joie says
October 14, 2009 at 10:39 pmUm, Bossy, over here. Yeah. Don’t you see me? This is your family story begging to be told.
Grandma J says
October 27, 2009 at 12:37 pmI’m still waiting for Dondi and Babe to get out of that dusty corral.
Eloise says
December 26, 2009 at 6:14 pmAdding to the chorus of Bert and Dondi fans begging for more of the story!
Joie says
December 30, 2009 at 11:25 amI hope you New Year’s resolution will have something to do with this story!
confused says
January 12, 2010 at 12:56 pmOkay, I’m ready now for more here; no pressure!
K says
January 12, 2010 at 3:18 pmWhat exactly does soon mean?
Eloise says
February 8, 2010 at 11:02 pmBoo hoo! Sad to see Bossy’s Family Tree disappear from the sidebar. I hope this doesn’t mean you’re not going to finish the story.
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October 14, 2011 at 1:58 pmNo new posts since 2009? That’s such a shame. I just found your blog yesterday and I’ve already cleared through this entire section! Loved it!
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