@applelover you two make an adorable matching pair. Those hats are amazing.
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@applelover you both look so cute in your knitted caps.
@HereComesZach Did you handmake those? What a clever idea and such pretty colors!
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OMG that is adorable! I absolutely love those matching hats!
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Got my package today and tore into it tonight as I will not be home for Christmasā¦
@tarheelmd07 Wow!! Thank you so much for everything!! I Love LOVE LOVE the wraps and belt/neck strap, I wish I had pics of the whole pink ensemble, but the wraps will be fantastic with these bell boots, which the mares already own.
The bit warmer will absolutely used this cold New England weather, and we are even planning a move even further north in the near-ish future. Thank you again!!
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I so happily got a side-gift from @horsefaerie today !!! Thank you so much!
We previously talked about Southwestern pecans. Iām such a huge fan because when I lived in Southern NM, the barn had pecan orchards around the horse paddocks and arena. Oh, oh OH, how much I loved cooling out horses while picking pecans off of trees and eating them then and there.
Sorry , peeps, you just donāt know what pecans should taste like unless youāve tasted local and unprocessed pecans. The BOs used to gift me pecans every year from their orchard and it was so great.
I canāt thank you enough, @horsefaerie! What a great gift! What a blast from an excellent pecan past! I wonāt even bake with these pecans. I will only eat them raw over time to appreciate their magnificence because I know what excellent pecans should taste like. Iām not joking, people, if you can ever get your hands on locally harvested pecans, please do so. They taste so different from what you can buy in stores, even āorganicā stores.
I am so very serious in that I would like to pay for a similar shipment each year because I now live in NC. Iām very serious about setting up a similar shipment that I can pay for every year. I can be good at naggin PMs. I can send checks or do Venmo. Iām soooooooooooooooooooo serious! These pecans are truly excellent! I want, I wantā¦ Keep me in mind next year, Please. Seriously.
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Oh yaaayyyyy!!! Iām so glad they arrived and that you liked them!!! It was so fun finding things for you 
The hats were custom made just for you in your colors!
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Hahaha I WISH I was that talented, but no, there is a very intrepid young woman near me who makes them, I just requested them in the custom colors
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Does she have a website or an etsy shop or something? Those are so cute.
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Awww those are great photos!!
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I would also like to know where I can get matching hats!!
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Thank you so much ā I love them! I have been wearing the hat all week 
Sad news all, I just reached out to her and she is no longer making them 
However, Iāve seen a couple of people in my local Facebook groups advertising that they also knit them, so I popped onto Etsy, and sure enough, if you search for something like āmatching horse and rider hatsā or ācrochet horse hatsā you will get several results for something similar, so you too can take adorable photos!
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Oh, I see. You burned her out so she lost her creative mojo and quit. Well, THANKS A LOT!
The etsy suggestion is a great idea. Iāll have to look into that. Thanks!
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not to hijack your love for southwestern pecansā¦ what about Arizona grown pistachios!!
I spend some time out in the Cochise Stronghold and fell in love with locally grown SE Arizona wine and pistachios!
SO GOODā¦ the ones in the stores taste like dust rocks compared to fresh ones. And I have had pounds of nuts shipped out to me here in the east coast. So. freaking. good!
And donāt forget pine nuts (pinion nuts) grown and harvested in next door New Mexico. So good! Made me go out back on my property and pick through the pinion pine cones. Unfortunately, the squirrels and jays beat me to it. (They eat well out here).
Oooooooooo, Iāve never heard of them before. I canāt remember if I said it on this thread but when I was in NM, I boarded with a family that grew pecans. Picking them off the tree? Oh. My. God.
I so love pistachios. OK, details about your source and shipping. I SO LOVE to support local growers if the can ship and the SW seems really great at growing nuts. Iām a believer in locally grown nuts.
Iām making pumpkin cheesecake for Christmas and I plan to add some pecans. But not many because I want them for myself. Walnuts will mostly be added. Stingy, yes, Iām well aware of that. And not ashamed.
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I lived in Las Cruces for years and was unaware of the local pine nut scene. I think because I focused on pecans so much?
Did you all know that cashews and pecans and most nuts are an excellent thickening ingredient for soups? Blend the broth in a blender with the nuts and stir that back into the soup. Itās really, freaking amazing and I make all of my heavier soups and stews this way.
Do you know of a good grower who is fairly priced and can ship? No hurry, I normally use other nut and just use pine nuts for summer pesto but I could maybe extend my nut range.
Seriously, I know that nuts gotten locally are incredibly different tasting from nuts purchased in stores. And you grow your own!!! You have to get out there before the squirrels and jays beat you to it!! Our barn grows blueberries and peaches that are great for anyone to pick and itās a constant issue as to who will get at ripe fruit first - humans or birds.
Still looking at my gifts. Thatās will power! That theyāre so pleasantly wrapped helps.
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Iām very interested in that card and gift from your āfavorite trainer.ā 
