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Kick off yer boots, set a spell, and I'll show you some photos, share some horse-handling and riding tips, and spin a yarn or two 'bout horses, cowboys, riding, Old Jabe, what's happenin' in my neck of the woods, and more!
To make your stay here more interesting, I've stashed
a bunch of photos, horsemanship tips, and other fun stuff in all sorts of nooks and crannies. The most recent addition is a huge one: more than one hundred pages comprising an online illustrated "Cowboy Dictionary"! This means the Home Spread now has more than 500 pages, so have fun lookin' around!
When you're done prowling around my spread, I'd 'preciate
it if you'd leave a note in my guestbook to tell me who you are and where-bouts
you hail from. Have a nice visit!
By the way, thanks to all you nice folks, we logged the 100,000th visitor to the Home Spread on the Fourth of July, 2007!
It is my sorrowful duty to inform you that the American Saddlebred gelding, Birchwoods King Supreme, (aka "Willy"), passed away on December 1, 2005, at about 4:00 in the afternoon CST. He was 28 years old. To the best of my knowledge, he had lived longer than any of his ancestors. He is survived and sadly missed by his owner, "Cowboy Bob" Lemen and hundreds of friends of all ages who have learned to ride with Willy's help. Willy is also survived by his longtime friend and companion, Fanna Zippy Jet (aka "Fanny"). You can read Willy's "obituary" in the Newspaper Columns section at www.lemen.com/columnwilly.html It is my hope that Willy's rich equine legacy will continue to live on through the pages of this website -- and the lives of you who visit here.
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Some Newspaper Columns
(A sample of my columns from the pages of the Grand Rapids, MN, Herald-Review)
Cowboy
Bob's Trading Post
(Shop for horse and Western-related books, westernwear, gifts
for horse lovers, and lots of other great stuff on-line! I think you'll be impressed by these top-of-the-line merchants -- places like Shepler's, Back In The Saddle, and Barnes and Noble!)
Cowboy Bob's Weather Lore
(A collection of handy weather sayings and insights you should know before you hit the trail!)
Cowboy Bob's Campfire Conversations
(An assortment of stories about horses, cowboys, the Old West and more -- served with a sprinkling of my horse-handling tips!)
Cowboy Bob's Free Virtual Equestrian Postcards
(Send free postcards with photos and music to suit every
horse person!)
Learning More About Horses, Horsemanship, Cowboys and Such
(This is by far the most popular section of the Home Spread! Be sure to check out the expanded "Questions
and Answers" section -- with more than 300 horsemanship and cowboy related entries, plus a website search engine for your convenience!)
Journaling: Leave Your Personal Mark on History
Cowboy Bob's Cowboy Calisthenics
(A practical, low-impact physical fitness program - and it's free!)
Cowboy Bob's Web Ring Trail Ride
Cowboy Bob's Cowboy Dictionary
Hundreds of cowboy words and phrases plus scores of illustrations!
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Even greater than my love of horses is my love of the young adults I get to work with at the little country church I attend. Sometimes I even get to combine the two - like when we go on a winter hayride. Click here if you'd like to learn more about Calvary Pines Baptist Church in Cohasset, Minnesota. |
| Home on the Range
Here's yours truly and Willy when Willy was 26 and before his health began to fail. Willy's registered name is "Birchwoods King Supreme," but that's a bit of a mouthful, so he was usually just called Willy. I have no idea who gave him that nickname originally. |
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Willy at work (play?)
During the time I had him, we've had hundreds of folks of various sizes on Willy. Some of the more advanced students developed their sense of balance and the way a horse moves by doing some basic equestrian vaulting moves. (Vaulting is probably best defined as "Gymnastics on Horseback"). Here's a picture of Jenny Arezzo doing a bareback exercise that I call "The Swan." (See the "Willy & Company" page for some of Willy's other friends.) |
| Where it all began
Yep, that's yours truly forkin' his first bronc at the ripe old age of 28 months. |
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for some fun cowboy poetry and stories for the whole family, nicely illustrated with photos from rodeos, equestrian events, powwows, western scenery and other cool western images. (Caution: autoloads music file. You may want to mute your computer sound first if the baby's asleep!)
(New Guestbook - as of September 5, 1999)
(Old Guestbook - Guestworld had a hardware crash, so this
one is only partially functioning!)
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Cowboy Bob's Home Spread is "Bobby Approved" -- meaning these pages are -- and have been since 1999 -- accessible to people using assistive technologies to view Web pages.
to my web spread since March 19, 1999.
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Mailing address:
Cowboy Bob Lemen
P.O. Box 69
Grand Rapids, Minnesota 55744
(218) 326-4762
COPYRIGHT © 1999 - 2008 BOB LEMEN, GRAND RAPIDS,
MINNESOTA. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.
The contents of this document are not for reproduction.
Special thanks to: Michael G. Shaikun and the Animated
Gif Artists Guild for providing the following files: cow.gif, flame.gif, projector.gif and sissy.gif; www.aaaclipart.com for the up arrow and left arrow icons on the Campfire Conversations pages; Bayside.net for twirls.gif; and Raimund of www.rwexports.com, who supplied the animated running horse rule and the animated horse which served as the base for my small running Willy picture. All other artwork by Bob Lemen, used under license, or as otherwise credited.