Deer spotting

Really enjoying the sunny days we are blessed with now. The pattern is melt down during the day and freeze up at night, which makes the driveway look like this:

But it sure is pretty, with the half moon in the sky every morning.

Sophie had a hair appointment with Jack Frost.

I'm working on catching Sophie every day even if I don't do much with her once she's caught. It's the catching that is the project. 

I got the usual runaround, but it was a little more half hearted. 

Today's evasion ended when she spotted deer on the hillside. At this point I walked up to her and caught her and we stood together and watched the deer traverse the hillside. 

She likes it when I check out what she's focused on. I bet she was a good horse for hunting, she sure can spot even the tiniest movement. 

I worked her for a few minutes on just circling and moving her hip over as well as roll backs to change direction- she was light as a feather, but seems to want to quit a bit when working to the right so I just have to be ready to drive her forward when she hesitates. 

We are in for another week of this weather, with a little rain mixed in- sure hope it melts that snow pack. I had to move Jayne completely out of the foaling pen as it is flooding the stall with the run off and then freezing it . But she and Sophie are getting along pretty good. With both pens open they have a lot of room to move around.