It's all good

 Yesterday's frosty morning persisted with a foggy day, in fact at evening chore time the sun looked like the moon!

However, it's hard to have winter blahs when you wake up to this:

And even if the temperature is -19C at morning chore time, it's still a good time when you are greeted with a little cat who waits at the gate for you- she  looks under the gate and looks for my feet....

and I call, Little Bandit! then she looks up and waits for me to rattle the gate chain before she moves away. 

Even little Smokey is getting less wild, he will wait in the feed area without moving a couple of feet away from me as I bustle about getting their kibble and fresh water. I guess the hand that feeds is not so scary after all! 

I visited the arena today, and was duly impressed with the set up. The people there are friendly, the arena and barn area are well set up and the whole atmosphere is low key and I instantly felt right at home there - and to top it off they have a coffee room with arena viewing! The arena has a round pen built into one end, and the remainder is plenty big enough. 

I signed their waiver and can't wait to get our truck on the road and get hauling!

TheresaA- I did ask a bit about their Andalusians. They almost got out of breeding their own but took on an old stallion they call Carlos that the previous owner was getting rid of all his horses due to his advanced age and was going to ship Carlos. He is a grey, I don't know any more about the bloodlines of their mares but will find out more as time goes on. They said he was "Mexican " trained... which apparently is not a good thing. 

Now I just have to be patient...