Busy and happy

The last couple of days I've been busy with my new job, and getting organized to leave for our family reunion this weekend.

Beamer is walking better now, I think he's over the tenderness from the rocks on the trail ride. Check out Mrs. Mom's blog- she did a couple of posts on his feet. He'll get a few more days off, as we'll be gone till Monday.

He is going to have some changes next month; after I wean Kai, I'm going to turn him in with Coyote Belle, who is in foal, and I expect that she will teach him some manners, and that close proximity to other horses does not mean it's breeding time! I have large pens so that he'll be able to get away from her- and it will give Belle something to take her mind off her foal.

Tonight, when I went to bring the mares in, and didn't have my camera with me, they did their flat out fun play time before they were ready to be caught. It was a moment of absolute joy for me, watching them frolic, their manes and tails streaming out as they galloped, heads up, nostrils flaring, the pure beauty of their movement, and their coats glistening in the fading sunlight made me feel blessed that I have these beautiful creatures in my life. It was a moment of shared love of life that I hope will always remain with me.