I took Friday off because my parents were in town. They have not visited for about a year, so it was fun for us to hang out and spend a lot of time at the barn. Friday was cold and windy. We woke up to a damp day and then it just got wetter. It… Read more »
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He Finally Arrives
I know we only had to wait a few days once we made an offer, but it really felt like much longer before Laredo finally arrived. Waiting just never gets easier, so we went out to the barn early and just decided to ride. Last week, during one of my many sessions of poking around… Read more »
Time for Some Rest
Tuesday saw some of the nicest weather we’ve had in weeks. I definitely got a little spoiled with the early spring sunshine in March, but then we had quite a few days of colder, windier, and wetter weather. It felt like we hadn’t even tacked the horses up outside in a while. But Tuesday the… Read more »
A Learning Experience
I know I haven’t blogged in almost two weeks, but I have a decent reason. I fell of Bear about 10 days ago. Leading up to the fall the ride was going to be very blogable, but I ended up landing on my wrist, and typing has not been the first thing I want to… Read more »
Group Riding
We got out for another ride with Gay on Doc today. Again the weather was perfect, and the horses were just about perfect, too. In fact, steady Doc had more startles than Bear or Steen. To be fair, he was leading at that time. And really, they were quite minor. Bear seemed to be really… Read more »
No Riding
Robin and I got up nice and early (for a Saturday), enjoyed our coffee and breakfast, and then got to the barn before 9. We hung out with our barn owner for a little while and watched Whisper and his mom NOT interact with all the new horses they were turned out with. With as… Read more »
Just the Two of Us
It seems like it has been a while, but I did go out with Robin on Friday. I just got lazy and didn’t blog about it. I was worried about Bear’s swollen ankles and decided to have a relatively easy day of groundwork. I thought it would also help with his somewhat increasingly bad behavior… Read more »
Swollen Ankles
While I was grooming Bear at the hitching post he was very fidgety. It was a warm day and I have no doubt the bugs were the culprit. But there could have been more. While going over his legs I noticed that the area just above his hind ankles was rather swollen. They did not… Read more »
A Boo Boo
Sometime over the weekend Bear got a good sized scratch (or a small cut, if you prefer) on the back of his left hind leg. We checked it out on Sunday, and he was a very good patient. Today we drove out to make sure the bandage was still there and that nothing had gotten… Read more »