blahs

No news really. Shyloh is getting more and more fuzzy every time I see her. We have not done any work all week and we probably won't through the weekend either. Tonight I am headed out to the Topeka Auction in Indiana. I am not buying anything, but I am going with Jaime and Kyle, who hope to purchase a draft horse. Should be interesting. . .I have never been to an auction. Then when I get back, I would like to go to a tack sale near Ann Arbor. And that pretty much sums up my weekend.

Windy troll forelock!

Shy's eye looks better. There is no more swelling and she is keeping it open now. So that is good. 

Looking better!

And, even though she was in the way, way back of the pasture, behind the woods, when I walked out there and called her, she came running to me! That was really the highlight of my day!!  But something weird happened while I was getting Shy out of the pasture. . .some kid was zooming through the HORSE pasture on a 4-wheeler. . .what the hell? Obviously, this was not his first time in there, as none of the horses cared. I yelled at him and told him he needed to leave and make sure he closes whatever gate he came in. Then I got the barn manager. Turns out, it is a relative of hers that lives next to the pasture. She does not like that they keep 4-wheeling there, but it seems that there is nothing she can do. . .what? How can you just let people 4-wheel in a horse pasture? Strange.

To the left, to the left. . .

Slide to the right. . . 

Aside from that, the pine tree that fell has been removed and the barn manager was zipping around on her golf cart checking fences. It is nice to see things getting done and checked on as it is needed. 

This post seems so blah, but that is kind of how I am feeling. . .I do miss the time I used to spend with Shy just doing nothing. It is harder to do that here. Hopefully, I'll find something good this weekend!

brrr. . .sandy. . .eye. . .brrr

Captain Obvious says. . .It's cold!! We are experiencing the effects of Sandy here in Michigan. High winds, rain, cold. . .but I do have to be grateful that we were not hit directly. I have been thinking and spending good thoughts to all my blog friends over in New Jersey and that area. I pulled up to the barn and this was pretty much the extent of the damage that I saw. . .

Pine tree down. . .driveway to the barn

I had been freaking out about Shyloh and how she would do during this whole storm. I though I should run out to the barn, put her halter on with an ID tag and braid another ID tag in her tail. . .just in case. But the all the horses held out well. My barn has been great about this storm, too. They put the pasture horses in a smaller area than their normal pasture so they could have more grass. It was nice that the horses got more grass so they could use it to keep their bodies warm. And Shy was warm! 

Nom nom hay!

There is a new horse in the pasture, too. I am not sure who it is, but Shy has been bossing him around. And I caught her grazing near the mean mares, Rainy Day and Shy. Now that there is another new horse, they are picking on him. 

Shay, Rainy Day, and Shy

They took Analeesa, the horse under Shy in the herd, out of the herd because she kept getting run off of her food and had started to lose weight. I am glad that they keep an eye on things like that.

And speaking of eyes. . .Shy either ran into something, got a branch dropped on her head, or kicked right above the eye. Poor girl has a few marks and her right eye looks a bit swollen. I opened it and looked around and didn't see anything. She seems fine, but is kind of keeping it closed. I opted not to call a vet out, it just seems swollen and she did not seem to be in any pain. I could touch it with no problem. 

Hard to see, but it's there

Ouch!

I think I can say Shy is officially comfortable now. She thinks she is a wild and free pony, as predicted. She was running from me as I came to get her off the grass. It kind of made me happy, she looked good trotting away and she looked happy. But I caught her and spent some time grooming her. 

Go girl!

It's too early to be this cold!!