Come for a ride with me

Such a lovely day today I just couldn't stay in the house and do the long overdue paperwork. So this afternoon I saddled up Beamer and me 'n' the dogs went for a ride. We did our usual hayfield ride, visited with the hawk in his usual tree, and moseyed along the canal. There were plenty of things to delight us.

The fluff from wild clematis, glowing in the afternoon sun

The resident Canada geese across the canal

The view to the northwest

and always, always the view to the east. 

Beamer was busy checking out the cows in the photo above, and Reba was checking out coyote smells.

After that we loped back across the field; the footing is fairly good when the sun softens the 3 inches of snow. Beamer is cautious, if he thinks there's ice, he stops in his tracks and then proceeds cautiously. He was feeling pretty good and even kicked up his heels a little when we started loping- and got scolded.

We got home after a too short ride, so we went into the round pen and trotted circles, trying to break up the snow so it will melt faster.  Of course, we had to practice our spins.

Hope you enjoyed the ride!