OK, I know I've been kind of lax on the blog front lately but I've had the flu, that's a good excuse, right? I actually think that I was a little too productive for a few weeks there and now I have a little writing hangover, so I'm going to keep it short for a few posts. Anyone who follows me on Twitter will know that for the past few days we've had some really rainy weather-- too muddy and slippery to do much work. So I've pretty much just been doing some tack cleaning and hanging out in the bar where there's a wood burning stove and they make you thick spanish hot chocolate for a euro.
Both yesterday and today Virginia and I have walked Starbuck and Coco out to a newly cleared field so they could get out of their paddocks and get a little exercise-- yesterday we just set them loose and let them run and graze but today I longed Starbuck a little while Coco was grazing nearby to remind her that it's not always playtime when the two of them are together... at first she was pretty rebellious but a few changes of direction had her licking her lips and dropping her head and at that point I stopped her and let her go play with her friend.
Marina the barn owner has lent me a new lead line, it's the one recommended for young horses by Linda Tellington-Jones-- it's like a chain lead to be used over the nose but with a thin rope instead of a chain. We'll see how it goes, I think I need to stop worrying about possibly hurting her and more about stepping up and being a confident leader.
Anyhow here are some random photos from today:
Barn kitty napping between my alfalfa and my hay- nice and dry under the plastic sheeting :-)
Another cute shot of bar kitty with Starbuck getting a little wet while she eats her mid-morning snack.
And another one... Cute!
It's kind of hard to tell but that's SNOW on the Tramuntana mountains- first time I've seen snow here in Mallorca!
This is the kind of food we eat at my stable-- lobster stew. Not bad for 8€, huh?
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