Taking it easy

While the rest of the world panics and frets, life here is pretty much as normal. The bonus of living at the end of a country road. I haven't had to change much of what I normally do; my husband is still working (mechanic at the John Deere dealership- agriculture must go on) and we rarely visit other people or get visitors here so it's situation normal.
Now that it's spring. I spend more time at the barn and hanging out with the horses.
I rode Gussie a couple of time, I made some modifications to my new saddle that have helped. I switched out the roper stirrups for my lightweight wooden ones and that has helped ease the pressure on my ankle, and bending the fenders helped too but I need to do it again and get the leather wetter first.

Checking out a couple of the downed fir trees

We gave Drifter a ponying lesson the other day. I just ponied him in the mare pen. He went along fairly well; got a little nippy at first but got bopped on the nose with the lead shank  every time he thought about it. I did a lot of just standing still with him, as he leads really well but inactivity really tries his baby mind. He wants to do stuff, not stand still! 

With stud colts you have to be pretty strict. Learning the boundaries of mares and humans is important at this age. The mares are good teachers, and I have to step up my game a bit and not let him mouth any part of my clothing. I told him that there is no part of me that belongs in his mouth for any reason! I really think that once he is getting ridden his boredom will go away and  will give him more things to occupy his inquisitive mind. 

Still standing and a nice frame for the mountain

Riding day 12 & 13