Not too much of a 'backstory' here...LB is the first internet forum I ever joined; it never occurred to me to put down anything but my actual name! (Well, my 'REAL' name is Margaret--it is my middle, not my first name-which virtually NO ONE knows, because I never could stand it!--but, the same dear uncle who set me up onto a work mule when I was two, and launched me on this lifetime of love for equines(!)-also began calling me "Margo", and it is what I've answered to for MANY years....) I did later join a couple of other groups under 'screen names', just for variety--but I ALWAYS 'sign' with my own name, because I am a believer in doing so.
My avatar is a head shot, taken by me, of the miniature horse of my heart, "Jess Cowboys Top Hand", "Handy" for short. I bred, raised, and trained him entirely; he is an AMHA Champion, earned even w/o being able to travel much or far. He has the dispositon of a sometimes mischievous SAINT, and I love him with all my heart! He is 14 this year. His sire is my still-favorite miniature stallion of all time, "Landrys Cowboy Del"; his dam, "Sooner States Melody", a daughter of "Tattoo"--the first and likely the BEST mare choice I ever made, 24 years ago and still with me at age 26!
Oh, and my 'farm'(I never considered 5 acres as a 'farm', or a 'ranch', but that seems common terminology, nowadays?) prefix came from my mother's first name, to honor her because although she'd really rather I'd have learned to play bridge, and concentrated on my artistic talents, she supported her 'tomboy, horsecrazy' daughter in HER interests, and I am eternally grateful! Her name was "Jessie", and as an Interior decorator, she signed her name distinctively. I used 'part' of her name, and copied her distinctive style of signing it....I can't replicate it here, but if you ever see me w/ my self-designed logo, you will understand what I am describing! I also did the logo design for our NM AMHA club.
This IS a fun thread, learning a bit about the backstories of others!
Margo
