Last weekend, the Spickler fam made our annual pilgrimage to Lexington for the races. According to my theory of every-other-year-good-weather, this year should have been sunny and warm. But not so much. The sky in the picture above may be pretty, but the combination of the cloud cover and the 20-mph wind all day made for a numbing experience. Not that Walt or Collier cared.
A good time was had by most. Yours truly was just plain cold. Despite being dressed sensibly in pants, coat and gloves, unlike the crazy coeds in their STRAPLESS DRESSES. How we neglected to get pictures of these insane girls with their goosebumps the size of dinner plates is beyond me.
And much like April 2006, the kiddo was cashed by the end of the day. Still clutching his final (losing) betting ticket.
And since you're dying of curiosity, here's a construction update . . . the framing is pretty much done and the windows and doors are in!
Though even with all the work that's been going on back there, our contractor (Mr. Steve, to Walt) somehow found time the other day to sit down and read Walt's new book to him.
Think he's charging us for that?
Uncle Woody and Great Grandaddy Stephens would be proud to know that these boys are carrying the horse racing gene...as evidenced by this picture of them draped over the rail at Keeneland cheering the horses on to "run faster"!
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