How it all began...
Written by Felicia Schlemmer
Frank and I met when we were both sixteen. Yes we were high school sweethearts. Frank was an ROTC student and very gung-ho about the US Army. He joined through a delayed entry program in April of 1974 and went on active duty right after his 18th birthday. Off he went to boot camp to Fort Knox and then his first duty station at Fort Hood TX. He was home for Christmas that year and that was when he asked me to marry him, of course, I said yes. In February of 1975, he was restationed in West Germany (there was an East and a West back then), and I didn't see him until the week before the wedding. We married on October 18, 1975 and spent the next 21 years serving our country in the USA and West Germany. We retired to Oviedo FL in 1995 and started our farm, Double F Morgans
We have two daughters. Aliana, our oldest lives in Pennsylvania in the same home town where Frank and I met. She is currently engaged to be married in September of 2018. Our second daughter is Danielle Tallufus. She is married to Jason, who is a wonderful man. They live in the small cottage on our property. The houses are so close that we call the little house downstairs.
After moving to Florida in 1995, I bought Summersmoke's Captain Max. He was my first Morgan. Max has taught me so much about horses and riding. I have shown him as a hunter, a dressage horse and a carriage driving horse. In 2001 Frank and I decided to try our hand at breeding. Our first offspring was DBL F Commanding Officer in 2002. He won Reserve World Champion in Futurity Three-Year-Old Park Saddle. And in 2004 Frank bought me an antique carriage. It was an ladies basket phaeton built in 1890 and restored by the Amish. With DBL F Commanding officer between the shafts he became World Champion Carriage Obsticle Driving horse in 2005
Double F Morgans has produced a number of foals.
2002 - DBL F COMMANDING OFFICER - - (Salem Command X Symphonee Perfect Harmony)
2007 - DBL F MARCELLA ROSE - - (Arboria Noble Victor X Eaton's Blythe Spirit)
2008 - DBL F HEROIC EFFORT - - (DBL F Commmanding Officer X CBMF High Society)
2010 - DBL F EMERALD ISLE - - (Arboria Noble Victor X CBMF High Society)
2010 - DBL F ALYESKA - - (DBL F Commanding Officer X GVF Charity Command)
2012 - DBL F BAZINGA - - (JW That Special Flaire X Cabot French Elaina)
2013 - DBL F FUTURE PERFECT - - (SpiceOLife Present Tense X Cabot French Elaina)
2016 - DBL F FACETIME - - (Treble's Facebook X Cabot French Elaina)
I love having the babies. They are so much fun.
In 2008, Frank bought a semi-truck. Yes a sem-truck. It is a Kenworth and he loves it. We have hauled our horses to a couple of shows. He so loves his big toys.
To be continued...