Another hectic day, with various errands accomplished, and again a dreary autumnal day. I love weather like this. It’s very English. The horses love it, too. The dogs, as usual, had many treats today. They were denied the pleasure of our company for a few hours, so we had to make it up to them. […]
Tuesday – October 20, 2020 Read More »
A very autumnal day, cloudy, damp and cool. It was a very hectic day, alas, and I was very negligent indeed with photography. Sadly, early this morning I learned that Bud Meissner, one of the older Bridlespur members, died on Saturday. He and his family were passionate horse people. Mrs. Meissner (Nina) had a wonderful
Monday – October 19, 2020 Read More »
I got a picture of Cedar trotting out this morning to get a cat food scatter. She’s not camera shy from this angle. All horses were well and happy and ready to go out. Tom Morris slept in the tack room last night and needed to roll and scratch in the gravel after being so
Sunday – October 18, 2020 Read More »
Another windy day, today, though not as chilly. The horses didn’t seem to mind. They wandered out happily to graze. I left Stone’s leg unwrapped last night, and it was a little big, but he is sound, and the swelling went down once he was moving around. Marianne came and did barn work before heading
Saturday – October 17, 2020 Read More »
Fred was scheduled to come today to shoe the horses, and that can mean, for me, standing around in the barn. When the day dawned very frosty, I put on long underwear, a sure sign that the seasons are changing. I turned the horses out into the paddocks, so that they could loosen up a
Shoeing Day – October 16, 2020 Read More »