I figured we might as well get Norman up in the saddle as a baby. He didn't seem to mind being up there.
I thought I might work with Lilly in the ring before Christine arrived today when I got to Bill's. The ring was perfectly and freshly swept. But it was so damn hot. I love trail riding so much that sometimes I forget how valuable the ring can be. It is great for practicing the sidepass for example. And I decided I want to work in the ring on getting Lilly to learn a slow and collected canter. She'll canter just fine but it can get a little fast and willy nilly. I crave a nice, slow lope.
The ladies at the hardware store gave me this little yellow button to try for free. It's supposed to keep bugs away. Look at the horsehair on my boobs! This looks like it is just a picture of my boobs! Hah! No, it's really a picture of that yellow button.
I was tickled to share my trail ride with Christine. I have not seen her at the barn in a while. Our paths have simply not crossed in the last few weeks. Here she is getting QTee all ready to go. Christine always uses an english saddle. I have never seen her and QTee in western tack. Sometimes when I ride behind her and I see her on that tiny disk of a saddle and I am amazed at it.
It was so sunny I had to put on a cowboy hat I found in the barn. I may have mentioned, I don't like the sun on my skin. When we get to Montana next week, the first thing I am going get is a big ole cowboy hat!
I tried to give the new guys little squares of apple which they took in their mouths and then dropped on the floor. Some horses do not know how to snatch up a treat! Not that that's a bad thing! I'm sure they'll learn soon enough!
Do you see that fly paper stuck to my brumby's bridle? Bill wanted to see if it would work on a horse's head like it works on a human head. If you put a strip of this paper on your helmet, it will be clogged with flies by the end of a ride. It didn't work as well on Lilly's head. In fact, not one fly stuck to it. Earlier in the barn however, she did try to sniff it and freaked out when it got stuck to her nose. I thought, why is she freaking out? and then I saw that little yellow thing go flying through the air.
Here we are sneaking in to check the blueberries. None of them were ripe.
4 comments:
The button and fly paper are good ideas. Sometimes I get attacked by a pesky fly while I'm sitting in my office, and it gets so obnoxious that I can't do any work until it's dead. I hate to spray stinky fly spray. Maybe I should wear my helmet at my desk with fly paper all over it. That'll give the door-to-door salesmen and missionaries something to talk about. Ha ha!
We've got terrible flies and mosquitos here - nothing seems to keep them away. I ride in a close contact English saddle - yeah, it's pretty small and doesn't really hold you in, but it's what I'm used to - and besides, it doesn't weigh as much as the Western saddles - which I can't lift!
Colleen - YOU shine like 1000 watts! You crack me up! This is the funniest post ever! Thanks!
I wish I could have bathed my horses today, instead spent it kayaking the river. It is so stinkin' hot here!
Too bad that fly sticky thing didn't work. Sounds like a good idea though!
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