General Rambling

One day last week I decided I would do a bit more fiddling with Maverick. Lately I haven't had much time to work with any of the horses, especially Maverick. I haltered Maverick and rode him around. Then instead of letting him go back to his normal routine I decided to fiddle with him more and get him used to me tormenting him (er I mean handling him).

I'd taken some pictures of him since I havent' gotten any goods hots of him. When I downloaded the pictures I had a huge double take. This isn't the picture that got me startled but it's in that same line. I'd taken a picture of Maverick sort of from the back end and I could have sworn it was Ace, my beloved riding horse I had to put down last November. They are both the same color and almost the same markings. It's a bit unsettling some days.

I'm hoping I can get a ride in on Maverick tonight since I havent' really done anything with the horses all week.


Just before the girls came home, we had to get their pasture set up and rea dy. Oh how I wish I had another pasture that looked this good. Since we let them in, they've eaten it down. I need to get cracking on the other fencing job so we can move them over. I'm a bit worried that if I don't pull them off this pasture soon it won't come back. I'd rather keep the mares in this pasture for the summer and the other pasture for the fall. That way I don't have to worry about the mares during hunting season.

I did have an odd feeling yesterday. Someone pulled over on the gravel road along our CRP and got out. I'm not sure what he was doing. I had Maverick in tow so I couldn't climb over some fences to investigate. I'm not sure if the guy was taking pictures of the horses (since it was a pretty picture) or what he was doing. It gave me the creeps. Of course I'm over protective and what people to just keep driving or come in and chat with us so I know what you're doing. I can't imagine what a convertable would be doing out on a gravel road and then to pull off right in front of my pasture. All the horses out in the pasture were the fat and sassy ones. Bob was already up in the barn so I can't imagine anyone would report me. It was just an odd feeling.

I'm sure that I'll blog a bit more later today. But I wanted to post a blog with some pictures. I've been so busy and tired that I haven't had much time to do much blogging. I've found out some interesting news about Tommy and Skippy. I'll have to do a post on them.

I'm also preparing for tomorrow's trail ride I'm hosting. I'm a bit worried. Also, Rain is out of commition so not sure what to do. I'm guessing Dad can ride Sam. I'm not ready to try Maverick out on a gravel road with others just yet. I'll have to post about Maverick and his experience with the lawn mower too.

I still need to blog about last week's adventures with the small square bales. I feel better having some hay in my shed now. But it sure was an adventure. I have pics to go with but I need to pull the pics of the camera before I do that post. :-)

I'm also starting to see a lot of people culling their horses before winter sets in. I'm also starting to see a LOT of cheap horses. I'm worried, really worried. I need to find more hay so that I can take in a few more oldsters that people dump. I can only imagine that the auctions are going to be full of young horses that aren't trained and oldsters that need a bit of help getting through the winter. I'm worried. But I'll probably post some on those too just to vent and get my frustrations out in the open.

So it sounds like I have a lot to blog about. I will but it'll be later. I'm such a procrastinator!