Sorry this isn't horsey, but it's amazing...7 Year Old Sings an Absolutely Beautiful Version of Amazing Grace

Fuffy Ponies

All the ponies are so fluffy. Julio looks like a big fluffy teddy bear already! :) Sharkey looks like a small puffy pony with small fluffy ears. The Tbs are all fuzzy, and Oliver almost looks like a woolly mammoth. I love seeing our fluffy and fuzzy ponies! In the winter that is what makes me smile, i may not be warm when I get the farm, but when I see and ride those silly little fuzzy and fluffy ponies it warms me right up, inside and out!!!! :)

Pony Love

I got to see my pony today!!!! <3 <3 <3 I stopped by, groomed Chippy, and showered him with love. He's so fluffy I could DIE!! haha. He is like a giant, fluffy teddy bear and he's so stinkin' cute!! I took him for a little walk/trot/canter around the yard, I could tell that it felt good for him to get out and stretch his stubby little legs. Love my boy!!

Good Rides

So for those of you who may not know (this is directed at you, Therese ;) I have been working and riding at Dorothy's for the past month or so. So far I've ridden Toby three times, Oliver twice and Julio once (including today).

I had TWO good rides with Rachel today! The first time out we had a small lesson on the road with Dorothy, working on turns on the forehand and such and then went on a trail ride. I rode Julio and Rachel rode Toby...Julies is soooooo cute!!! And he's very comfy! But, he wasn't being too awfully cooperative when it came to doing turns on the forehand...granted I haven't really done them much before so I wasn't totally confident when doing them. When we went to canter on the trail for the first time, Rachel wanted to ride Toby in front so that he wouldn't take off trying to catch up with Julio. Well, Julio would have none of that. He took off and we passed Rachel and Toby in about 2 seconds flat...he didn't really want to canter....he wanted to gallop! hahaha. Then on the way home we decided to do a little canter again, and he REALLY went...I was trying so hard to hold him back that my fingers hurt really badly after we stopped! But, I still had fun...Julies has an awesome trot!!

We came back and then tacked up our second pair of horses: I was on Oliver, and Rachel was on Humor. It went very well, Oliver behaved himself quite nicely!! I am in LOVE with his canter! It's SOOOO much fun! Ollie got very sweaty, though, so when we got back I had to put his cooler on and walk him for quite a while. He kept looking out the barn door into the paddock as if to say "Can I pleeease go out????"...what a goof. All in all, it was a good day. I was at Dorothy's for 8 hours!!!! I am now thoroughly exhausted ;D