This is a rather boring time of the month; all the Christmas/New Year hubub is over and one waits for the changing of the seasons with longing for those first signs of spring- alas, so far away yet!
So we dream and make plans ... I had my farrier out to trim the horses and asked him about indoor arenas locally. I mean, who would know better what's out there! He told me about 2 in the area, the local ag society one that I already knew about @280 to join and limit of 6 hours per week, renewable at the end of August. Nope, not going to use an indoor enough to make it worth the money. Then there is a private one, not too far away, with a $20 drop in fee- much better. They do a lot of cowboy challenge lessons, clinics and playdays there as well as practice days on the obstacles, so that might be a lot of fun. And- TheresaA- they raise Andalusians! I am heading up there on Thursday for a visit to scope it out. Should it be what I'm looking for, I can start hauling Ruby there as soon as we get our truck on the road- it needs a bit of work to be able to pass the inter-provincial inspection we need to do on it to get it insured in this province.
Meanwhile, enjoy the day for what it is- namely, very frosty! We had a big hoar frost this morning at chore time. Photo op! 😀
First thing to catch my eye, the horseshoes on the top of the round pen gate.
Beamer is blanketless at this time, it warmed up enough to have him go nekkid, but he hung out in the barn last night so didn't get all frosted up.
Little Bandit was waiting for me at the gate to her feeding area- she's darn near at that kitty underfoot stage, but not quite.
The girls were only minimally frosted up- mostly in the mane for Ruby.
She does have a nice long mane, yay!
Velvet had very little frost and was more concerned with munching than posing for photos.
As soon as they are done with their current bale, I plan to separate the mares to adjoining pens, as it's time to start supplementing Velvet with her senior feed, so that she doesn't drop any weight as her foal grows. And it will be good to have Ruby separate so that Velvet gets used to it when I start hauling or riding off property. She will have to be content with just seeing Beamer.
A few more frosty delights that caught my eye....
5 comments:
That sounds great about the arena. I'd love to know who the breeder is :)
Maybe you'll find yourself with an andalusian in the future.
Wow, what a beautiful area and the frost was enchanting as well as your photos of the chains and horse shoe handles.
We had some here too and I don't think I did it much justice.
I separate my two of mine from the others too as they need to realize they don't need to be with the herd all of the time. You are a smart lady.
Finding a new arena that also offers clinics is very exciting news! That price seems fair. I have one next door, but it’s not really maintained. The footing isn’t good. I would LOVE to find a better one close by!
Separating them is smart, especially if you’re planning on riding away.
Beautiful photos, Shirley!! You captured some magic with those.
Frosty here too...and foggy. Hope the arena works out for you. Very nice photos!
Great frosty photos. Love that weathered harness shop.
The private barn sure sounds like a lot of fun!!
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