The last few mornings there has been hard frost on my windshield; all my outdoor planters are done for, its time to mulch the leaves, pull up the annuals and add some more soil in the flowerbed. I guess my chore list has to include washing the windows (ugh!). Sure wish we had a wood stove in this house; that's the kind of heat that I love the most-warms you to the bones! Andee is coming along really well. For the past two days, I just sling my lariat over her, then halter her and she leads nicely now. Today I caught her in the bigger pen, so I won't have to use the mini round pen for her any more. I'm working on her letting me pick up her feet; so far we have the left front only, and I can get halfway on her right front. Every day we advance, so it's all good.
The horse sale is next weekend, so I have Gussie in and blanketed, and I've been riding her lots. Today I roped a cable spool and drug it around a little. I think this mare is going to make someone an awesome ranch horse. She'll be good for dragging calves to the branding fire, maybe do a little ranch roping, and she'll be nice and smooth for those long rides gathering cows. I got to thinking about how much riding time I actually have on her- it works out to about 4 months riding over the course of three years, so it's not a lot. I think she is doing really well. She sidepasses, two-tracks, has the start of a nice turn-around and a super stop and back up. We've been loping circles the last couple of rides. I'd say she is pretty much ready to go on and do a job for someone.
2 comments:
Great picture! My windshield looked like that the past couple of mornings too. We're off to a horse sale at Empress tomorrow.
Did you sit on your hands? How were the prices?
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