A FULL Day

Jamie picked me up after the walk and took me to breakfast at the Hog Trough. It was nice to get out and even nicer to eat food I didn't have to cook or clean up afterward. We got back to the house about 10:00 am just in time to meet Rhoda. Today Rhoda was going to ride Rosaleigh, the one we call, "one of the young punks". She was taken to the round pen.

She was not well behaved. She did not like Rhoda asking her to trot and tried to buck her off. Rhoda stopped it after just 1 buck and made that mare trot. I'm always glad that Rhoda can stop the bad behavior right away. She ended on a good note.

Next to be worked was Roxanne's colt by Evan named Dublin. Dublin needed to be brought into a stall, haltered, tied and groomed before heading out to the round pen for leading instructions.

 He did very well and when Rhoda took his halter off he ran right over to get a snack. This colt can bend. 

Luke let Bo out and he right away ran to his girlfriend Ruby.  Bo is the sire of Ruby's puppies. Like Rhoda says, "these are the first and LAST litter of Pugapoos Ruby will ever have. Of course maybe She and Lee will change their mind now that her puppies ended up really cute. 

By this time it was after lunch so Rhoda and I went in to warm up with some soup. The weather was only in the low 40s and the wind was fierce. Karin arrived after work and also had to warm up with a bowl of soup. After we were sufficiently warmed and ready to go back out to work we tromped back up to the barn to start moving in bales. Three of the paddocks needed new bales. Evan's, the middle paddock and Roxanne and Rosaleigh's paddock. The next job was to cover Easter Lilly with Valiant. That was a successful cover. Karin and Rhoda decided to take Rosaleigh out on the 'death trails' to see if she would improve on Saturday's ride.

 Karin needed to leave as it was getting dark and she had a long drive ahead to get home, but Rhoda wanted to ride Rosalie a bit so offered to untack.  

Mark came home from work and wanted soup for dinner. Good thing there isn't much else in the house. Tomorrow I will drive for the first time since the surgery and will hit a couple of grocery stores. Mom called and wanted company this evening so Joan, Sarah, Diane, Ruth and I all went over to play games with mom. We had a good time.