Painted Hills Ranch

      41235 Baptist Church Drive    Lebanon,Oregon 97355

home(541) 258-3344        (541) 619-0790 cell

Your worse days are never so bad that you are beyond the reach of God's grace:

And your best days are never so good that you are beyond the need of God's grace.

Live simply, Love generously, Care deeply, Speak kindly.......Leave the rest to God.

Painted Hills Ranch

Directions to our ranch from every direction!

            

                                                                      Quality horse sales you can Trust- references available!

          

                                                                       Reasonably priced name brand saddles and tack

                

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Life isn't about waiting for the storm to pass... It's about learning to dance in the rain

 

  

Kurt Russell at PHR in 2004

  

Me& Peebs @Cattle drive @Fort Rock 2005           Kids & I at LavaLake Trail

                                                                     on Jaz, Red & ???

  

Me and my trusty steed Peebs (Madrick gelding) at 7 mile

     

           

    Hubby Mike and Tuffy ( Madrick gelding)

      

                                                                                  Kim, Mike, Shannon, Roger, and George ridin drag

            

                                                                           Roger and Hazel                                                  Me and Shannon

The Gang hangin' out at Cow Camp in April 2005

                                                                                           Josie and shady                         Playful Punkin log rollin'            

   Cold Springs in June 2005

Brenda, Stephanie (my children) & I at Silver Creek Falls on Sugar, Bulers, & Rimrock May 2006

 

 

Mike & I on Cow Camp Trail to Squaw Creek on Rimrock and Sunny May 2006 (13 miles)

Mike & I on Paulina Falls Trail (22 miles!) on Peebs, Fat Boy & Bulers June 2006

3 day group ride in the desert 2007!

Picturing: Butch and Kim, Mike and I, George, Doug and Maralee

I LOVE THESE PEOPLE! THEY ARE FAMILY FOREVER!

I WISH THE WHOLE GROUP COULDA BEEN THERE...

 Due to my dad's illness in April of 2007

I had very little time to ride and get together with family and friends....so these pictures are a treasured memory

we were missing:  Roger, Josie, Shannon, John and Val, Dan, Larry, Barb, Bob and Ashley, Terrie, Amber

...winter is here and I will not see many of these folks til spring....

and am looking forward to building better relationships with all of you in 2008!

Thank You for your love and support in 2007!

U R all simply amazing and I adore you!

My Husband has been my rock...isn't he a hunk??? Hubba hubba! (giggle!)

My grand nieces Linda Michelle and Alicia and nephew Dougie riding my trusty Peebs on Thanksgiving 2006!

                        

      

     

Focus on your horses worst trait & set it strait

by practicing natural horsemanship in 2008!!!

       

           

         

       

  Click on this link and meet Josie~and capture a moment in time

          

                      

     Click on this icon and go see what these special folks are doing for kids and families in need.

Maybe you could help them to help others???    

If you haven't read her book....I urge you to do so right away!

    

~ This Knowledge~

Time is precious~and the years teach much which the days never knew~

If I were allowed to go back in time

I would take more pictures and videos of our lives so I could relive the moments

I would be more careful with my words, especially to my children

I would be a more attentive mother, sister, daughter, friend, wife, and Lover

I would not hurry, but instead embrace Life with Passion for living and loving~

I would absorb lifes richness and color by day~

and not be afraid of the dark~

but instead~ be thrilled by the sensations that make me feel more alive

For I have learned that all education costs~ and wisdom is truly more precious than gold

~And with this great knowledge~

I can do much better now...and also in my future...

I can look back thru my history and see my path and draw strength from it

so that when I turn and look forward~ I can smile~

For I am empowered to alter the direction of my future~

Giving my Heart Hope!~ And Hope Rises!~

                                                          by: Juli Ulm  2005

        

I have learned there is undiscovered gold in alot of peoples barns.

Horses don't always have to be a champion show horse to prove themselves.

You just do the best that you can with the horse at all times

and the goals that you achieve with them will not go unnoticed by others.

Whether you its your families favorite horse/pony, or you do trail, 4-h,

cattle, mounted shooting, parades, game, pleasure ride,

or the old mare that faithfully gave you 10 lovely foals to raise and love,

or in the show ring under a judge handing out points and ribbons.

A Great Horse is a Great Horse~ whatever he may be great at,

it will stand out in his owners memory for all time!

    ~and he will forever cherish those moments, and his glories will not go unnoticed by others~

and THAT is what makes him great!

         From time to time, people tell me, "lighten up, it's just a horse,"
or, "that's a lot of money for "just a horse".


              They don't understand the distance traveled, the time spent, or the costs involved for "just a horse."

        Some of my proudest moments have come about with "just a horse."
Many hours have passed and my only company was "just a horse,"

but I did not once feel slighted.

Some of my saddest moments have been brought about by "just a horse,'

and in those days of darkness, the gentle touch of "just a horse"

gave me comfort and reason to overcome the day.


If you, too, think it's "just a horse," then you will probably understand phrases like

"just a friend," "just a sunrise," or "just a promise."


              "Just a horse" brings into my life the very essence of friendship, trust, and pure unbridled joy.
"Just a horse" brings out the compassion and patience that make me a better person.
           Because of "just a horse" I will rise early, take long walks and look longingly to the future.
So for me and folks like me, it's not "just a horse"

but an embodiment of all the hopes and dreams of the future,

the fond memories of the past, and the pure joy of the moment.


 "Just a horse" brings out what's good in me

and diverts my thoughts away from myself and the worries of the day.
I hope that someday they can understand that it's not "just a horse"

but the thing that gives me humanity and keeps me from being "just a woman."


So the next time you hear the phrase "just a horse"

just smile, because they "just" don't understand.

 

The beauty is the horse.... and to own him is the Gift!

~Many Happy Trails to you my Friends!~

 

Be kinder than necessary, for everyone you meet is fighting some kind of battle.