August 2010

Best jog ever yesterday afternoon! Thank you Cheyenne, Maple and Jenni! Four mile ride, jogged two of the miles...nice and relaxed....good horse Cheyenne. Now, I have to work on loping and keeping my seat in the saddle.

Here are some pictures I took this morning, you can see the new fence line and the misty fog that present this morning...is it really August?

Ok...here's what happened....

Saturday I went with a friend from work to see "Eat, Pray,Love". I read the book last year and really liked it. I love all that look inside yourself and dig up a better you stuff.The movie reminded me of what the book made me think about.Thanks Elizabeth Gilbert.

OH! Saturday morning Pea and Eagles Wings made a great escape from their front pasture and made their way back to the house and back pasture area...very exciting stuff. We figure Pea must have opened the gate by pushing on the post of the "cowboy gate" because she is in heat and she has to push on something to relieve the ?????? pressure??? No cuts...lucky. We put all the horses together and watched the little National Geographic Barnyard 101 series on herd socializing. Minnie's world got turned upside down. Cheyenne of course is in charge of all the girls...poor Billy the cast out young gelding.
We worked on the fence...yeah...I will post a picture soon.

Jenni and Maple came over Sunday...greatest , most relaxed jog/trot yet. Thanks Jenni and Maple...had a beer and watched the mares herd Minnie around and tell her "yeah ...you may be Hannah Montana but we are Sophia Loren and Raquel Welch so just mind your manners Missie".... Barnyard 101.
Roasted a chicken for dinner, left over pesto pasta and fresh broccoli for dinner.
That's it for now...Jenni and Mapes coming over ...riding after work...yeah. Farmer Boy is working on the fence...yeah. See you soon Cheyenne.

Friday...

Well, last night...evening rather...Cheyenne and I headed out for walk together.We left at five fourty  and I walked back into the house at eight fifteen.We had a great walk...it was so wonderful to spend time with Cheyenne just walking and thinking and sometimes talking. We did a bit of walking and then jogging together ...until I felt I had a good workout. The weather was warm with a nice breeze and oh! we were walking and  a flock of geese took off in two sets and flew over our heads...it was pretty amazing...and no, no goose poop landed on us :) One of my favorite times was when we were walking and I could feel his breathe on my arm...I told him I am so happy to have met him and to have him in my life.

This is from the New Years ride after I brought him home in  December....December 22nd  I believe.

I am so glad I found him...

Life Enhancing Bit of Wisdom I JUST Learned

.....You don't have to show up to every argument you are invited to....


Now...to just live by those words ...

Riding on a hot August day

Thank you Cheyenne for helping me not lose my mind...I know what that means...

Friday

Well, yesterday I loved up Vicarious Bill ( he is low man in the herd and  needs  attention and hugs and scratches) and put the halter on Minnie in the big field...good girl Minnie...maybe she is figuring out I am not going to eat her ( I know how much this little sentence means).
Cheyenne and I went for a ride while the Thoroughbred's ate their alfalfa...none for Cheyenne...he is such an easy keeper....
We jogged  down to the bottom and walked through Deer Creek and towards the alfalfa fields..gosh I am so mean to my tubby pony! We watched the goings on for  awhile and walked back and forth in the irrigation water overflow. Instead of following the same path to go home we went down towards the corn and did a little listening and responding  practice there. Back home Cheyenne got the spa treatment  grooming/ massage and mane and tail brushing. Then, since all the alfalfa was eaten up, he got to eat  a healthy dinner of home grown oat hay.
The humans are still having a wonderful time eating the fresh peaches that Farmer Boy picked from our tree.

Thursday...

aaah..got up, fed my brain some coffee...fed the kitties, horses and doggie and then took Frisco for a walk. Went to work in town and then ....time for Cheyenne and me to have some fun.

Life is what you make it....Let's make it fun.

Just A Walkin' Through the Farm by the Corn...

Saturday fun with Cheyenne...

The Corn is as High as an Elephants Eye....

The Weekend is Here...I mean now...yes, it is now, the now..

How very Zen of me...yes it is "now".

if I  transport myself to the near future I see....hmmmm..... tell me crystal ball..... laundry, house cleaning, animal feeding and scratching....saddling up, going for a spin....catching up on recorded TV shows....grocery shoppping, bill paying...soaking in a hot bath....clean sheets...sounds like good weekend to me.

And guess who will be the first to greet me?

You are a Good Horse Cheyenne

Went for a ride with Jenni, Ricky and Cheyenne yesterday afternoon. We kept an eye out for the 5 bucks Jenni saw earlier in the morning! Cheyenne is such a good horse and he is so good for my soul.Thank you Cheyenne....and Thank you Jenni and Ricky....I needed that.
I forgot my camera...the corn is as they say "as high as an elephants eye'. The weather is differant this year, a very pleasant Summer. Not too hot and it cools down at night...aaaaah the Delta Breeze.There actually feels like there is a touch of Fall in the air.
Anyway...Thanks Jenni...you are a good friend.

A New Day

I went out with Cheyenne yesterday evening. Minnie hollered and chased Billy 'cause her man  Cheyenne done gone off with me...
Cheyenne and I had a nice ride...we reconnected ...
Thanks Cheyenne I needed you.

Jenni sent me a picture of Maple and Nelson down in the bottom and going through the woods this morning. This was Nelsons first trip pulling the carriage in the bottom land. Here is a little look see for you.

And one more of my baby girl and me

Homesick Angel

My little girl colicked and was sent to heaven yesterday
The only being I ever met that was kind everyday of her life.
I am grateful for what she taught me...she taught me... kindness is a gift...I miss you baby girl.

love lives forever