Light

 One of the things I enjoy most about moving back to Alberta is the light. Sunrise, sunset, evening light- all so beautiful. 

Ice melting on our bedroom window catching the light of the afternoon sun

The trees across the river catch the rays of the rising sun

Ruby and the rising sun

The two mares are finally sharing a hay pile. Bffs! So nice for Velvet to have a friend. 

Ruby is pretty laid back. I did work her on the longe line a couple of days ago; it's obvious that she hasn't had a lot of that kind of work. I found that she doesn't whoa on vocal command, that she drops her shoulder on the circle and spends more time looking around than paying attention to me. Very different from when I rode her, she was very attentive then so I think that most of her education was the get on and ride kind. Since she has no funny business about her, and I don't have an arena to ride in unless I haul somewhere, I may just get on and ride and worry about her further education in the spring. One thing I do need to work on is getting her to stand still for saddling. If I approach her near side with a saddle she blocks me, but I can saddle her from the off side. 

Kitty update:

There are two kittens! They are half grown so probably around 6 months old. The grey kitten, Smokey is quite a character, and the other kitten is a Siamese cross. I have only seen it a couple of times. Both kittens are hanging out in Beamer's barn lately, also coming up to the quonset area. I saw mama cat bringing a mouse up from the barnyard to the quonset yesterday, likely for the kittens, so I think they are back and forth.