Winter Music

 photos: 6-26 beating the storm

 day two of staycation and it's raining. but managed to get some adulting done and then after lunch, snuck in rides on both girls.  lyric second. surprisingly not wild. almost lazy. kind of wish i had my whip at first. but then got moving. lost her hind end hard at least 3 times and multiple other times. weakness? coordination? half pad did seem helpful for saddle fit. once she got going, had a lovely ride. more willing to bend and not as head tilted. canter improved from that one bad ride. transitions still not crisp.  good pony. saw the deer and got distracted but overall very good. Even did the WE gate and she was brave. Not super smooth with it, but not bad at all and not spooky! yay photos: 6-26 between rains 

  Today was even more humid! Ugh... and threatening rain all day. But at least there was some cloud cover.  By the time I got around to riding Lyric, it was probably close to 11:30. So we rode at home. Which was totally fine.  They were in the far field so I trekked out there. And when I was getting Lyric her cookies and had just gotten the halter over her head Dan bit her hard and so she spooked and then spun and tried to kick him. And she ripped the lead line across my elbow. No Ma'am!!! And No Sir! Not when I am right here! Unfortunately, Lyric got in more trouble than Dan because she was attached to me. She had a nice little chomp mark though. Oops. Sorry girl! But still... I am right here!  So then she was all sassy and up and snorty. Luckily she was fine walking back without any antics despite her feeling like she might. We managed to just get through the gate when Dan and Funny came thundering up and slid to a halt just in front of the gate. Really dude?? But ...

didn't want to leave dan and funny. in heat. got to ashland. chewed on chest bar some.  tacked up. a bit spicy because of other horses. didn't want to leave trailer area (other horses() but finally got her going. did a tiny bit of warm up hack on the hills. then went to arena and rode. struggling to find the balance between supporting her and holding her and having her brace. but found it a few times today. felt quite nice in between. got some stiffness going left but also had lovely movements of her letting go and being quite supple. lost her hind end a few times.. but maybe only three times bad. did kick out in the canter because I insisted with my inside leg. sassy.  judy finished her ride and came to watch and offered to video. sure! Then decided to be done (was tempted to ride a little more but... it was so hot and humid and i probably didn't need to). so got two nice trots and headed for a trail ride to the lake and back with teller. Was fun to chat with judy. didn...

  Oh what a lovely day!!   It was a perfect Summer Day weather wise. The sun was out, the grass was green, the skies were blue with big fluffy clouds, there was a nice steady breeze, and there was no humidity! I could live with this weather forever!    We met Kelli and Marvin at Ashland and did our warm up with them. Marvin is rehabbing proximal suspensory desmitis so he could only hack for 25 minutes. So we walked to the lake and back. Lyric was motoring!!! She was leaving Marvin in the dust. Which... is such a nice change after "navicular Lyric". So yay! We got to the lake and saw the baby geese, which was lovely, especially because all 3 are still around. And one of them is a big ol' fatty! We hacked back after a very brief splash and then I went to the arena for a little bit of work while Kelli did Marvins PT.   Lyric was a little fussy when we first got into the arena but she settled quickly. We did some leg yielding on the rail and then picked up our trot....

  Well that was just a marvelous ride!!! We had a lesson with Kelly Eaton again today and whooo hooooo!!! I got there early enough to tack up and do a tiny bit of in hand work. We jogged in the little grassy area in front of the arenas and trotted up the hill halfway to stadium twice in an effort to avoid disturbing the lesson before us. Which, in retrospect, might have been more disturbing than just going in the arena. Ha ha. Whoops! Sorry!   Then I got on and headed over. And, we pretty much went right to work. Which... was nice. We didn't need a long warm up to stretch her out. She came ready to work! (Granted, she was a bit up because as I turned Dan out and went to grab her, I noticed the opossum was dead in the field and there were a bunch of vultures.. who I set off.. which then set the horses off, so she was a little amped... then add in the remarkably cool weather and fairly stiff wind....). Anyways, we did a little bit of the same thing with Dan. Can you move off my ...