Mindy Sold

Right after the walk, Emma discovered the fire engine in the outdoor arena and was sure it was some kind of prehistoric monster that she needed to scare off by barking and lunging at it.

She must have scared it a bit and that engine tried to jump out breaking the top board, thank goodness the second board held!

So it not just horses that break boards. Mindy and I headed out shortly after 9:00am arriving at our meeting place just before the scheduled time of 1:00pm. The truck was filled with gas, then the buyer called only to find out he was still 40 miles out. Amy Koch was called and a very pleasant conversation followed as there was nothing to do but wait. Once Mindy was loaded into her new huge living quarter trailer I headed home arriving just before 4:00pm. Karin took 3 guests out to Middle Grove for a very nice trail ride this morning. She reported they came upon a very scenic view with 2 Friesians standing in the lake, one had just gotten out of the lake, the 2 paint mares about half way up the hill and the rest of the horses splattered on the hillside. Those are her words. We wouldn't have called them splattered but it fits. The horses were very well behaved in fact Karin reported they were perfect. Spark arrived after work to put the ladder up on the fire engine. Bethany started her practice around 8:00pm. The first picture was before the natural light faded.

The arena lights were turned on and a few more pictures were taken. Below is Faith walking the top rail holding on to Anni's hand.

She made it to the gate post and had to pose for a picture.

Spark and Rhonda's grand daughter Renee had a good view from where she was sitting.

Jenis and Eliza along with their foals were let out together we were pleased they all got along fine, even Jenis was well behaved. Of course she had to have a good roll.

Bethany had a good practice then let some of the younger ones try.

The evening feeding still needed to be done so I had to pull myself away from the entertainment to finish the remaining chores.