(Thanks, 'Shlee, for taking pictures!)
Said horseflies have been TERRIBLE this year...both the horses have had bloody marks where they've been bitten. >.<
Your hostess,
The Fox
On the last day we took the horses for a ride and walked around town. I hadn't ridden either of them for almost a week...I was beginning to suffer withdrawals. XD (Thanks, 'Shlee, for taking pictures!) Violet: "That's trippy, man..." It looks like we were stopping to regroup here, but in actuality Will was trying to kill a horsefly. Said horseflies have been TERRIBLE this year...both the horses have had bloody marks where they've been bitten. >.< Why do I have such cute friends? XD Thus ends the Illinois side of the Texan invasion. The NEXT week I went down to visit them...and there's a ton of pictures to go through there as well. XD
Your hostess, The Fox
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...horses! Yay! Or Violet, to be more specific. I've been trying to ride her at least once a day lately (missed yesterday, darnit) in an attempt to get her less spooky. And today I asked Will to give me a hand and snap pictures for my blog. Hurrah. XD And then WILL wanted to ride...I really wasn't supposed to put this picture up here, shhhh. But I consider the fact that he's only the third person to ride Violet to be an achievement worthy of photographing. Just ignore the shorts and tennis shoes. XD Today we worked on doing silly/random stuff...she jumped when I took the helmet off of Will's head, so I swung it around her face for a while and balanced it on her head, just for the heck of it. Then there was the clumsy mounting (shaking the saddle, hauling up very slowly and awkwardly, dragging a foot across her rump), leaning forward to grab her ears, sitting sideway or backwards in the saddle...just things like that. Will held her for most of the time because I wasn't sure how she'd do, but once she got the idea that she wasn't supposed to do anything other than stand she spent most of her time yawning. XD Standing very nice and square here...I wanted her to back up, but after about three steps she has an annoying tendency to just stand. *headdesk* But we're working on it... Until I saw this picture I had no idea how far back I sit while she's trotting. *shudders* Ugh...that is TERRIBLE form. But her trot here is very nice. XD ...I also had no idea how heavy that shirt makes me look. *headdesk* I don't even know why I was wearing it--usually it's a sleep shirt because it's so big and loose. And I'm sure that that was way more information than you needed. XD ...for some reason Will decapitated me for this picture. Le sigh. Violet was coming over to see Will and ham up the camera. XD
We only rode for about 20 minutes, but by the end of that time Violet was sweating under the saddle and I was breaking out in more than a light sweat myself. Darn this humidity...so now I've retreated inside to plot my evening ride on Colletta. Mwahahaha... Leaving you with that thought, Your hostess, The Fox |
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