Esther came over today and we went trail riding. It never ceases to be therapy for me…………….as long as I don’t fall on my head… And, today, I didn’t. Tra! La! Celebrate the small stuff………. Esther and Chantilly had a good outing. It was a relaxing, easy ride. And here’s another mini-celebration………….Addy got her tootsies wet today, in a minuscule muddy puddle (that in her mind was probably filled with hoof-dissolving acid)…………..and she didn’t melt…………….! For…
All went well………………phew! It appears I was overly apprehensive. But at sixty-four, apprehension adds to the percentages for survival. Addy was a challenge to climb up into the saddle, but once there, all went well. Yippee-Ki-Yo-Ki-Yay!…………………… I had to channel my inner rhesus monkey to reach the top. She’s very tall!……………and my artificial joints only flex so far. …….I rode with my friends Ester and Eliza………. ……….Ester rode Chantilly for the first time ever….
I went trail riding a couple days ago with my friend, Lola. We haven’t seen each other for a while. It’s been because of the hot, hot summer weather…………well, that and me loosing all of my horses last spring…………………………………….(sigh) But it’s time for a happy day now. Lola came over and we went trail riding…………..it’s the first time I’ve ridden since before the horrific April tragedy………………………………….(sigh). Lola rode Chantilly. I rode the Pop-ster……………….who tried me with a couple of…
Excitement!!!! I rode Chantilly for the first time! All went well……………..super-di-dooper, even! ………..well, except for the big dump truck and his even bigger air-horn honking……… ***(I’d like to think that he was just joyously trying to share in our happiness and gayety of the moment with his truck’s massive, auditory belching of compressed air through some-such automotive tweeter.)*** ……………….I’d like to think that………………..yes, I would. The honking seemed to be meticulously planned to occur…
The weather is cooling off, Yippee; The weather is cooling off, Yippee; The weather is cooling off, Yippee…………..well, just a little bit. It’s just another Florida-mantra we try fooling ourselves with………………maybe if we say it enough it will happen. I am hauling my younger daughter and her horse Sonja to a Hunter Pace this weekend! We HAVE TO body-clip the old girl this evening and/or tomorrow morning to get her Norwegian Fjord horse’s Wooly Mammoth coat of fur off of…