trick or treat

Happy Halloween!!

Yesterday would have been a perfect day for trick or treating. . .today, it is all rain. So far, only three kids have come knocking at my door. 

I was deciding whether or not to go to the barn all day. . .if I went, there would not be much I could do, so I decided to save the gas. Then I got a message from Jaime. . .she was going to put the horses in the barn to let them dry out for a while. 

She said Shyloh and Reba looked like they wanted in anyway since they were up at the gate.

Wet ponies in a muddy pasture

Of course all the other horses with sane minds came in right away. Not mine. She ran right to the round bale (to get in the barn from diet pasture, Shy must go through round bale pasture). Shy wouldn't let Jaime catch her, she was being such a brat! Jaime tried to coax Shy in with a flake of nice dry hay but Shy was having none of it. Sole horse with unlimited round bale!! How could she pass that up?

So Jaime, trying to be nice, left the barn door open so Shy could go in of she decided to be normal or got lonely. It didn't long before Shy wandered in. . .but Jaime had left the barn area. By the time she made it back, Shy caught on quick to the plan and scooted right back out to her precious round bale. 

She doesn't care, eating hay blocks out everything else: rain, loneliness, just everything.

So Shy made a conscious choice to stay in the rain all by herself. Just for some hay. My horse will never fit back into her harness, will she? She is determined to be large and in charge.

I also didn't get to put Shyloh's Halloween costume on, so I will do that tomorrow. I hope it turns out cute. 

monday musings by shyloh #9

Holy hormones, Batman! All I can say is I am glad that is over til spring. When I am in heat, I just want to be left alone by everyone except for Ryleigh. . . or Mocha. . .he was looking pretty good over the fence.

Okay. . .Are you ready for it. . .

The idea was to be My Little Pony (right. . .after the little rant about me not being a pony that Allie had). Allie thought it was the best idea since baled hay. It is hard to see, but I actually have  purple and blue stars on my rump. But I heard the two leggers talking and it seems like I look more like Punky Brewster or something else straight from the 80's! I can't say that I am too happy with the results, but what can I do about it now?

Candy please!
I like Kit Kats, but only the Halloween ones, not the regular ones.

What are YOU looking at?

Next time Allie tries anything crazy like this again, I may not be so nice. Plus, she knows how much I hate spray things! I get startled by them. 

Eating some eyeballs with my grass

I am getting used to being in my stall. It is not so bad, after all. I already have the schedule down. When the other horses start to go inside, me and Ryleigh go up to the gate and wait. . .when it is our turn, we go in real nice. I know that my dinner is waiting for me! But then I am stuck inside for the rest of the night, unless Allie comes. And we have not done any work in a week. I think she was being nice, cause I was a crab from being in heat. 

I am good in my stall. Not like Bob, all he does is kick kick kick! And he can escape from his stall! He knows how to open it. . .I am going to have to learn that trick! 

There are lots of different noises in the barn, sometimes they startle me. But I am learning to adjust. Mostly I get startled when I am eating. My hay is just so delicious, I zone out while eating!   But then something startles me and I jump back to reality! 

Anyway. . .I hope this stuff comes out soon. I am tired of looking like a neon sign! Happy Halloween!!

~Shyloh

fantastic idea turns bad

You know when you have a fantastic idea? And in your head it the idea is so awesome, so great, that you know it will turn out to be incredible? In the picture that you imagine, the idea comes together perfectly and looks amazing!

Well. . . I had one of those ideas the other day. It was like the sky opened and the idea shined down on my, so I just knew I had to act on this idea. It was perfect for Shyloh in every way!

The idea had to do with Shyloh's Halloween costume. . .it was flawless. Cute, funny, just an overall good idea. Today after work, I collected the items needed for my project, which basically required going to a Halloween store. 

What I did not take into consideration was that fact that Shy is still in heat and when I walked into her stall, she gave me this look. . .

Glowing eyes. . .Shy is possessed by hormones!

But this did not deter me, oh no! I was determined to execute my awesome Halloween idea. I cleaned her up real good and let her eat some of her dinner. Of course, because I had plans, she was taking her time. So I rudely put her halter on and led her out, with some hay left behind.

You want to do what? Do you see all this hay left?

I put her in the cross ties and began to work on my masterpiece. . .Amazingly, she was quite tolerant. How I did not get kicked is beyond me! 

Let's just say, the end product was nothing like the image in my mind. Actually, what ended up happening is too embarrass to post. . .It was horrible! Awful! Shameful! Poor Shyloh. I did give her extra treats to make up for what I did.

But I promise to post it Monday, on Halloween. Just know that I am embarrassed. . . and will never make THAT mistake again. But hey. . .we can't have an adventure without some mishap, can we?