Yesterday was 90! We usually only hit 90 a handful of times in July and August each year, to get it in May is crazy. And with the cold spring we’ve had it felt like we missed the wonderful late spring/early summer weather and moved right into the bleghs of late August. I shouldn’t complain… Read more »
Robin
Going Slow
When we first arrived at the barn we had to visit baby Whisper again. I snapped quite a few photos while Robin got in the pen and gave the little guy a bunch of pets. I’m sure many of our rides will start out this way. He is curious about so many things, including the… Read more »
Practicing the Lope
Bear continues to defer to me in almost every way. It is wonderful. After almost a week of really solid work he has not given me a hard time at all. So today we kept doing what we’ve been doing out on the strip. He was quiet and a little lethargic in the beginning. I… Read more »
A Sunday Lope
Robin and I had a late Saturday night at a friend’s birthday that then made for a late and lazy Sunday morning. While putzing around the house and doing some chores, the barn kind of slipped out of our minds, but we rallied for a late afternoon ride. We are glad we did, because it… Read more »
Sweet Sixteen
Today was Bear’s sixteenth birthday, and I’m happy to report he doesn’t look or act that old. We started the day off by giving them both a little chopped hay. The pasture they’ve been hanging out in for a week or so is a little thin, so we decided to supplement their diets a bit. … Read more »
Not the Most Relaxing Friday at the Barn
The good news was that Bear was moving in a very smooth and relaxed manner under saddle. Both directions. There was not a hint of tightness in either side, and if anything, he was turning better to the right today than he was to the left. The bad was pretty much everything else. There was… Read more »
Back Indoors
This has been an exceptionally cold and wet spring. Today we were planning on braving the chill and riding outside, but since the barn was completely empty, we wimped out and stayed in. It was plenty comfortable as the last couple rides were outside. And the new magnesium stuff in the sand is keeping things… Read more »
A Little Break
After quite a few weeks of more riding, I took it easy this past week. The weather was cold and wet, so it made it easy for me to stay home, drink tea, and read books. Yesterday Bear got some work done on him by the chiropractor. I was at work so Robin was there… Read more »
A Long Visitor Report
Friday was one of those awful spring days, wet, windy, and quite cold. So we skipped our usual Friday-at-the-barn routine. Plus we knew my sister Christina was coming to visit this weekend and we were going to spend plenty of time at the barn the next couple of days. Saturday the weather was not much… Read more »
Best Lesson Yet
After Robin’s very encouraging rides this week, I went back to riding Bear. It felt great to be on my own horse again. It even felt good to pick his feet. I’m still a new enough horse person that I do not expect such drastic differences between them. But they are everywhere, even in their… Read more »