Yes, I've always been around horses. My grandpa taught William Randolph Scott and Clark Gable, and many other "Old West" actors how to ride. He was a Hollywood "Wrangler", who took care of the stock for movies and taught the actors how to do stunts on horses.

I've worn boots all my life, even my Uncle Glenn's big ones. That's my grandma, "Ma", Ina Frost, from the New Mexico Territory, cooking Fried Chicken in the background

This was where I grew up in Anthony, NM. This was at my grandma's house around 1951 and we later built a house behind hers back by the trees in the background. I was helping feed the chickens, who were almost as big as I was.