What many people don’t know who do not live on a farm is that there are really 5 seasons of the year winter, spring, summer, fall and mud. We have reached mud season here fall has faded and winter has not yet set in leaving us with mud. The gates have mud surrounding them, the paths have mud on them and most of all the animals seem to be constantly muddy. Ace my horse especially seems to be able to…
I have so many pictures of Ace in my phone and I love them all. If anyone else looked through my photos they might wonder since they are all variations of the same photo. I have pictures of Ace eating grass, Ace in the crosswise, Ace’s pretty neck while riding, Ace all saddled up but by far my favorite photos are the big white blurry photos of his nose. Ace has always been a nosy horse and very much likes…
I am incredibly happy to have both the horses home on the farm with us. Ace is also incredibly happy supervising my chores. He follows me to the sheep pasture and watches while I do their chores, he watches me clean the stalls, fill buckets and pass out hay. I missed my horse horribly bad after we moved to the farm and he was still boarding an hour away, there was no need apparently to worry about our bond though….
I may look like an adult who is all grown up but in reality I might just be a little girl at heart whose dreams have come true. Growing up I asked for a horse again and again. At christmas I always joked when guessing what my presents were that it would be a pony. I dreamed of having a beautiful farm with a border collie and some sheep. Well I did get my farm, dog, sheep, and horses and…
This handsome man comes home in one more week!!
I went to see my most handsome horse today and tell him that it will only be 30 days from now until he comes home! I was so happy that when he saw me he came to me without me even calling him. He seemed very happy to see me and that I had not in fact died since he hadn’t seen me in so long. I spent some quality time brushing him (he spent some serious time getting muddy…
Decided to take a break from packing and moving stress for a wonderful trail ride on Ace this morning.
Last night I made a vat of Chicken Chile Verde, which made enough for dinner as well as to can 8 pints. I love having canned dinners in the fridge for nights that I don’t want to cook. This is a recipe I have never canned before so I won’t post the recipe to can just yet (I want to make sure it does’t kill anyone first ;). Today I went to a knitting class that was delightful. I decided…
I had a wonderful week off with my husband! We looked at properties, went fishing and just hung out together. I had my first lesson of the year with Ace this morning, for being off all winter we both did really nicely and worked well as a team. Ace even trotted over the tarp like it was no big deal at all. That horse never ceases to amaze me at the things he does. I am looking forward to quite…
I spent the day shuttling rabbits to our friends barn for her to watch while we sell our house. Dixie did remain with us since she has a brand new litter. Olive went with me today to be my copilot, which she did a great job of. I stopped to get gas and stopped again for food at sonic on the way. While we were waiting for our food Olive suddenly realized the car was full of rabbits… excellent observation…