Dear Friends,
I hope all of you are doing well!
I have been blessed to have so many wonderful FANS in my life. I truly appreciate ALL OF YOU. I’d like you to meet my newest fan…one I have never met before in person. He is Karol Ballard’s dog, LEX.
In a video segment we showed months ago on how NINA (equine sculptor) took all of my measurements in detail to be sure she could reproduce my image to perfection…Karol is the woman who was working with her. This is her dog meeting ME!
To quote Nina, “Lex is paying homage to ST. ZENYATTA, as we call her!” How cute is this!
LEX is bowing down to really get a good look at ME! In my personal opinion, I think he also wants to PLAY!
With love,
Hugs to ALL~
Z
DJ
To Barbara W: Have a beautiful day! See you tonight in evening prayer, God willing..
Shari Voltz
Zenyatta I am in class just checking in. I will write later. I love you sweet girl. Hugs and Kisses, Shari XXXOOO
@ Thank you Trina I needed that :)
judy berube
Dear DJ:
Thank you for the Morning Prayer. Hugs, J.B.
judy berube
Dear Gary M.:
I’m taking a break today. Will pick some tomorrow. Hugs, J.B.
judy berube
Dear Kari B.:
Great video of Steve talking about Z. Thank you. Hugs, J.B.
judy berube
Dear Kari B.:
Forgot to mention the other video. Love it. Hugs, J.B.
judy berube
Dear Laura J.:
We’ll send a donation today. Hugs, J.B.
DMCQ
Dear beautiful, inspirational Zenyatta,
Thank you a kazillion times for being YOU with Your winning nature and being so talented. We can see just how exceptional Mr. and Mrs. Moss are as owners, and their careful attention to who would be bringing You along and teaching You about horse racing. Your fans really love Your connections, like John and Dottie and Your Barn 55 Z Team as a part of who You are. We can really appreciate the LE Z team that cares for You now and makes sure You are safe and healthy and content. It all makes each of us notice, with a will to make a difference, when we find heart breaking circumstances that happen to other horses. Thank You,Zenyatta,sweet soul, for whispering to me to follow my heart when I had to vote for Ferdinand, the gently champion who was betrayed. I needed to try to bring up his calendar votes after I knew you would win with the most votes ever! I love the picture for this post! It is wonderful! I also enjoyed the link of You, your calm self, getting measured. It reached out and made me calm too. I have been coming in to scan and learn for a couple of days, but I wanted to think about posting. I love our Z Dumpling family and that You have made a safe haven for people to have discussion on many topics, including some that are too dark to have civil conversations about in most places. You inspire us to do what we can, with what we have, when we can…Sometimes we may be able to do some very good things together and sometimes, we might have to do what we see to do, one thing, one deed, one life at a time. I have been exploring and researching and signing some petitions and doing deeds as an individual. I lit candles. I tried to learn how to post a picture of my new and official Zenyatta cap and my wonderful official Z Dumpling name tag. So far, it doesn’t post, but I will keep experimenting. I made a few notes as I visited and scanned the comments made.
@all: Sometimes love manifests itself as fun and sometimes in gathering for more serious actions.
@Kate Wheeler: for the tribute you sent to signofthetimes, I went searching for it because someone sent it to me when I had to give Bell, my black lab, my dog of a lifetime, that gift of peace and rest. I am so glad you had it and posted it, because it really was a comfort to me and I wanted signofthetimes to see it.
@Joan:I was going to tell you that Z’s Dumplings often act and don’t come back to tell you. But, I think now you see that is so very true!
@Sunny Boyd: that was a lovely poem in #310.
@judyberube and Kari Bussell: While I was lurking, I found your links and thank you for sharing them.
@Trina Nagele: Thank you for the names of the Z Dumplings in the photos! I will need to go back and study those and see if I can get names and faces straight.
@DJ: Even when I’m just lurking, I’m especially looking for the morning and evening prayers/mediations…Until then…
@Shari Voltz: I think it is evident to all of us that you are a wonderful,creative teacher and very appreciated here and by your students. There are bullies out there in every profession and walk of life who are unhappy and try to feel better by belittling someone else. I found that sometimes, you can respond, “Thank you for your comment, I’ll certainly consider it.” (Then you give it due weight, understanding that it doesn’t have any validity to improving your teaching and let it go.) As a student with an intellectual disability told my supervisor one day, “Don’t let him rent space in your head!”
@all: According to news on another the DOJ told the judge in the Wyoming case against the BLM that BLM was settling and would come up with another plan for Wyoming. However, BLM is still (at the other public management areas, the Triple B Round UP)gathering all the mustangs and running them for miles with a helicopter in the heat. The intent is to geld all the stallions and return 177 of the gelded stallions and some of the @30 mares to the management areas to ensure that the mustangs are appropriately managed. Yesterday, I read that BLM has appointed a new Director for Horse and Burro Management, Joan Guilfoyle.
@Z Dumplings, thanks for all your good deeds, your support of friends, and your clarifications and new found information. Count me in to help if I can. Big salutes to all who entered into the recent discussions
DMCQ
Glad someone gave approval for misspellings! that should have been: Ferdinand, gentle champion…
judy berube
Dear DMCQ:
You’re welcome. Hugs, J.B.
Sunny Boyd
@DMCQ
Thanks.
Sunny Boyd
P.S.
To be more specific
Natural law can only be changed by sthg that throws it out of whack, like a huge meteor, or the eruption of a volcano. The fastest way to change the outlook of humans is MONEY. So in MHO a commercial venue is the answer to change the culture of looking at horses a certain way, not laws that can’t be enforced/or will be circumvented, codes that can’t be enforced/or will be circumvented. It might make you feel better or think you’re actually doing sthg. but basically nthg is going to change, until you change the culture of how animals are valued.
Trina Nagele
Nitey-nite, sweet Z. When you get that picture of her Dusty from Brooke, remember we want to see it too! Thanks, and sleep tight till the morning light.
@Judy Berube—-Looking forward to meeting you at BC 2012 at Santa Anita! Hope other Z-sters from across the country will come too!
@ALL—Like Diana S says, start saving up! (But don’t forget those deserving horses that Valley View is trying to rescue NOW–tomorrow I’ll make my donation.)
Kathy S.
Kari, THANK YOU for posting Zenyatta at Del Mar yesterday. GREAT video!!! Oh, I miss watching her race SO MUCH.
Mary R. Oakley
Love it!
Yvonne and Maurice
Hi Zenyatta. This is the cutest photo. Lex is very handsome. Love his pose. Just perfect. Nina has captured your soul in her sculpture. Love you, Angel in Disguise.
candi cartier
very nice,and too cute
sybil miller
I am so glad to see all the comments on slaughter and especially to see you remember Deputy Broad. There is now a Facebook page honoring him — RIP Deputy Broad. We had 300 people join in less than 24 hours, so please join, and share this page with others. There is a photo of him there as well, and we are working to put together information to help stop slaughter and to hold Mountaineer accountable. https://www.facebook.com/RIPDeputyBroad?ref=ts