New Theme!

Hello, everyone. I hope you appreciate the new theme on my blog…my dad and I stayed up until about 11:30 working on it! Then I discovered blinkies and went a little blinky crazy… but, I think I’ve calmed down now.
Yesterday was a pretty full day. We didn’t have church, so I got up late, because the night before was Dad and my blog night. After lunch, I went to see Indy. I brought him inside and he was full of energy. And I mean brimming full. I saddled up, despite the cold, and attempted to warm up his bit before I put it in his mouth. You know how they always say to never put a cold bit in a horse’s mouth? Well, I tried, I really did. But hey, it’s cold out there! Even after I squeezed the bit in my hands for five minutes it was still cold. By this time, I was starting to feel kind of sick…my eyes and back were hurting, but I was not going to go home without a ride. After making many circles with my horse, I finally got on his back and he was eager to go.
Indy’s favorite gait is a trot. It’s difficult to make him walk and difficult to make him canter, but he’ll trot with just a loosen of the reins. He can also trot at the speed of a fast lope, so I tend to hold him back all the time. But yesterday I decided to try and relax and just let him go. Whew, it was a fast trot, but it felt amazing! We both could have kept going, but it was getting late. I dismounted and untacked. Despite the cold weather, Indy was actually sweating. I brought him back outside and opened his gate. Before that, though, he rolled in the snow and rubbed himself all over with it. He looked pretty good – that fire-red color against snow white is really striking. He got up and looked at me with the cutest look on his face!
Well, when I got home from the barn, I felt terrible. I had some toast and went to bed. The toast was a mistake…
But today I’m feeling better. I decided to put up some old pictures of Indy. As old as they can be, as I’ve only had him one year!
“Never grow a wishbone where your backbone should be.” ~ Jenny Paddleford


February 1, 2010

Last spring

Check out the cool close-up.