What a weekend. It started out with a tornado and massive loss of power. Luckily, my house has no damage and there is no damage to the barn or any horses. My power is not scheduled for service to be restored until Wednesday at 11:30 pm. PM!! I have been charging my phone in the car and walking around the house at night with a candle. Currently, I am borrowing power from a friend's business to internet. Terry had a tree fall on the back of her house during the winds and storms. . In all this mess, I did manage to make it out to the barn for some chill time and just to double check on the horses.
Oh hi there. We are all fine! I got this!
Shyloh is doing fabulous back in her giant pasture. She has managed to find all the burrs, once again. I was told by another boarder that Shy doesn't take the path back to the large opening, she prefers to go through the brush and woods. Of course. . .
Big burrs in the tail. . .
Tiny burrs in the forelock. . .and on the feather, and the belly, and the legs, and the chin. . .
Reba continues to follow Shy and gets upset when I take her away. Poor Reba is getting into scuffles with the other horses and is all beat up. The other ones have marks, too, so Reba is retaliating. Shy. . .well, Shy is mark free.
Eating together
I've been taking Shy for little walks around the property again. This week, I've been by myself when I've been there, so I won't get on her. And when I kidnapped Terry to bring her away from her fallen tree mess, we just loved on the horses.
Walking and grazing. And practicing a little bit of sidepassing and backing up while we are out and about.
Mustache tail says hi
Me and Shy did take Terry and Reba through the woods and Reba was not a fan. She kept trying to pull Terry back. And Shy was not understanding, there is food in the woods! Endless food! Shy even grabbed a branch of leaves and took it with her for the walk.
Woodland pony
When we got back, I just hopped on Shy and laid on her with my eyes closed while she napped. We totally interrupted her nap time and she was not afraid to let me know that.
Golden
While I didn't have quite the weekend I was planning on, I still got to get my pony time in. I think Shy is happy with our new arrangement. And from just one week, her hooves look even better than before. I think it is from the varied footing in the pasture plus more movement and grazing opportunity.
I was sick earlier this week. Sick, on the couch, bundled in a blanket, hacking my lungs out, not able to go outside sick. On the nicest days we have had this year so far.
So, when I am finally able to make it out to the barn, of course it we have 50 mph winds, rain, and the pastures are a mud pit along with the horses. Such is life. We can only have a few perfect days in the year that aren't too cold, too frozen, too rainy, too hot, too muddy, too whatever.
But I still went because I missed sassy Shyloh and all her animal companions. Of course, the three big, black horses were huddled in the barn away from the wind, rain, and mud and Shy and her minions braved the weather for the comfort of the round bale. It is all about priorities, right?
I clean Shy up as best as I could knowing she was going back out in the wind and rain and mud. I got some more hair off of her, which I think she liked. Then I hopped up on her bareback for a quick minute.
Shy was in a cuddly mood today, maybe she missed me too? I was still really bummed about the weather since I really wanted to start working Shy in the round pen since the snow was gone and the ground had dried (until the rain came). I also really want to work on riding. Weather said denied!
Whitney Houston is growing up so fast, she is getting stripes and has tail fathers now!
But the weather looks better for the rest of the weekend, so there is hope! Only a 10% chance of rain and partly cloudy! Joy!
Oh the wind! It was blowing hard today and making lots of noises. So it made me extra booty-scooty when Beth was riding me. You do know that the wind brings in mountain lions, don't you? Cause it does! Unless I am outside eating grass with my herd, then the wind which brings mountain lions is not so scary. Actually, it doesn't bother me at all in that situation. . .safety in numbers, right?
My mane is a-blowing away!
But why oh why do I have to be ridden at all? Can't I just be a wild horse? I guess I know that the answer to that is no, so I have to come up with creative ways to try and get out of work when I would rather be doing other things, like eating.
Where are you grass?
My newest thing is to go behind the bit. I lower my head all nice like I am supposed to, then I lower it even further. Haha! But that Beth is real smart and makes me trot or walk or do something so I can't do it anymore. Gotta think of something new.
I also memorized every place in the arena that Beth asks me to go into a trot or canter, so I am prepared for it. Beth tries to change it up, but really, there are only so many places that she can ask. So we got to go outside for something new! Super windy, but I was real good! So good (and tired) that Allie even got on me! Not for long and only for a few steps, but that is a start. Like I said, it was real windy and she must have been worried about those mountain lions, too.
