Lady and the Tramp

If you remember the movie, Lady And The Tramp, you might recall the scene where the two pups enjoy a spaghetti dinner date. At one point they latch upon opposite ends of the same strand of pasta and suck it up to end in a kiss. Well, imagine that happening between a blade of grass and two horses and that's pretty much what's been going on lately between Fashion and her gentle giant beau, Jack. We have now completely spoiled our mounts with frequent stops along the paths we ride along, just so that they can indulge in the salad bar buffets that have completely preoccuied their pea brains. Albeit a temporary loosening of the reins (pun intended) we have justified it due to the high vitamin content of the herba and the rarity of our meadowlike environment.

Spring in January? It seems to be so. We will enjoy it until we once again return to dust and weeds, and have retrained our steeds to focus on their mission of carrying our sorry butts wherever we please. Give and take. It is all so good!

Muck!

What a mess we have here in San Diegoo! So much for the La Nina they predicted. I think we are looking at a wet Winter and Spring. That's great for all of us, but our horses aren't too happy! As much as I muck and shovel and hoe, I still come back these days to this mess below:

So what can ya do? I trenched this mess, and bought a few bales of shavings to give Fashion a dry place to lie down. To all of you horse people out there: enjoy the workout! This is called "paying your dues." Much appreciated by our furry friends. And with our low temps these days, I do mean furry!
Happy New Year to you all!

Fashion's Brow Lift

So there you have it! We took Fashion's stitches out and she is as good as new... well almost. It looks like she had a brow lift over one eye now, which will hopefully fade some time soon. Now we are just waiting for the ground to dry so that we can get out on trail and make some exciting discoveries. It is sure to be a very green Winter and Spring. What a blessing! It doesn't seem like it right now with all of the muck and mess, but that will soon give way to green pastures and flowers galore. Our wonderful Penasquitos Canyon is now closed, so we are pretty limited to where we can go. But at least we aren't in New York or somewhere cold and snowy, where she would be stall-bound for months. She came from Tennessee as a baby, and it rained a lot more there. Her tiny box stall was dry, but not enough room for those crazy filly legs to run and stretch.
So, we will wait out this storm, and hope for it to dry out fast next week.