Fun in the Sun

I went camping with my friends Cathy and Traci at Doe Lake from Monday afternoon to Thursday morning. Cathy and I had to come home, but Traci is staying through the weekend. We all had a blast playing in the lake with our ponies and riding through the woods to a small neighborhood to get homemade blueberry ice cream. Here's a link to more pictures....and here's a link to my camp journal.

Giddy Up Cowgirl !!

Well, my good buddy Traci went and got herself a tattoo Friday night. Boy... when she made up her mind, nothing was gonna stop her! YEE-HAW !!!

On to another type of giddy-up.... I joined some friends for a Happy Trails Horse Club ride at Diamond D Ranch. We rode from the powerlines down to the little church and back for a 2-1/2 hour ride. The trails were pretty dusty but there were no bugs - the sun was out and there was a nice little breeze on our way back when the temperature had climbed. I used the bosal I made for Stylin from an old roper tie down noseband and she worked really well in it. I've found recently that she prefers to go without a bit...she's behaved perfectly in a rope halter and now this easy going bosal. Who woulda thunk it? :)

Chicken Coop and Horse Poop

Bobby started working on a chicken coop today for the new hens that Jenny got us. It'll be a nice little condo for the girls when he's through. While he was working on the coop, I was mucking stalls and spreading poop. The grass is coming up nicely in the back yard now, between the little bit of rain we've been getting along with the poop and grass seed we sowed about a month ago. I also cleaned and disinfected the horse trailer with Simple Green (after being shamed into it by my friend Cathy). Those little flower things (or whatever they are) are still falling from the oak trees and staining everything so I'm going to wait until they're done to clean the outside of the trailer. We came inside after lunch to clean up, take a nap and wait for the big storm to come through.




I went riding with Cathy yesterday....she took the day off for her birthday and we had a nice relaxed ride at Sal Taylor Creek Preserve. When we stopped at the creek, I was teasing Cathy about Busta and how she has to stay on his butt to keep him from rolling in the water..... and to my great surprise....Stylin dropped and proceeded to take her a cool water roll WITH me and the new saddle I was trying out. Luckily - we both liked the saddle, because she made it a final sale by getting it completely soaked! Of course she picked the deepest part, but I was able to step off in the thigh high water and didn't get completely wet. Needless to say - Cathy got a big chuckle out of that!