Sunday, dawned just the opposite of the day before! Hot & Humid, with a Dew Point in the 70's & just pretty miserable for working out. Butch had asked Linus if he would help & I was so thankful that he agreed!
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| What it takes! |
Cold coffee, Casey's donuts & bug spray - breakfast of champions! :-) With one more heavy roll of wire to get up - Linus & Butch started to work.
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| Linus leads the way! |
On the
Home Stretch now, we were all motivated to Get It Done! Even Farah was watching with anticipation as the guys worked on the final sections. Soon, it was time for her to go out. I'd hoped that she would take the walk-way on her own, but she remembered
way too well - the
horse eating trickle of water that she would have to cross to reach the pasture & turned back!
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| At the HUGE water crossing! :-) |
Butch got the halter & lead & here they came! Butch did his very Best to get her to just walk across like a lady - but NO, it had to be the big huge jump!
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| Across to the pasture side! |
Farah does Not like to make "Dad"
mad & he was - but she was more than happy to be off the lead!
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| On her own~ |
We stood back & watched as she strutted off. I was right - a roll was the first thing on her mind! Going on two-years, it had been
way too long!
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| A Good Roll! |
I can't even imagine how good it felt to roll in the fresh cut field.
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| Exploring~ |
She jumped up & took off for the far end of the pasture.
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| Roaring back! |
Then, came back like a golden brown tornado!
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| A Farah Explosion! |
Of course we haven't been out riding for a few weeks now & both of us are feeling the strain. All that energy, I missed the following burst into the air & strike out. Dr. Essex had told me plenty of times that letting a horse
blow off steam at liberty is a good way to get them hurt. Another friend & horseman I've met here, John - said that horses are born wanting to commit suicide. I had to laugh, but that statement rings too true to anyone who's dealt with horses over any length of time.
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| Photo by Linus~ |
She made another couple runs, so I wanted to be sure she'd calmed down & knew where the boundaries were. Butch plans to build a bridge over the creek & hopefully things will eventually dry out enough that she & I can practice
walking over it. Linus said he didn't know which of us was happier, the mare or me.
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| In the shade~ |
It's been a tough spring for us both. Farah dealing with the heat, humidity, bugs & an allergic reaction to the fly spray we'd been using. Me with my vision changes & the ensuing depression... Getting this done, was a huge relief & I'm so thankful for my husband & our dear friends who've made it possible~
"horses are born wanting to commit suicide"
ReplyDeletehaha, seems so true at times.
A story well said. Happy for both of you!
ReplyDeleteDonuts for breakfast - ah, American life.
ReplyDeleteI wanted to add my experience having a little path that my animals must use to get from the barn to the pasture. Of course it's a muddy mess but we're combating that with high-quality wood chips (cuz we're not allowed to lay gravel, it's not our land). The path is narrow, treed and dark, so the animals are cautious, and the proof is they do most of their pooping on this path. Every day I find about 10 piles on the path alone : ( What sucks is that I lose wood chips every day from cleaning it up.
However, since my horse loves running full speed through that path, it made a perfect photo shoot location this week! You might try it, have a photographer lie down on one end of the path and send Farah through. (And then, photoshop out the fences *lol*)
LOL! If it weren't for the horse eating creek - she would be out there all the time! She did the full speed thing too! Photoshoot? Right! :-)
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