It's Supposed To Rain Today

I just came in from feeding the horses and they all had frost in their manes and on their faces. I sure wish I had a great big barn to keep them all in.

I haven't added much to my blog this week.. not that I haven't thought about it but just been too busy battling with my merchant banking account and my hosting company. Gives me a lot more work that I hadn't planned on right now.

I know we need the rain but it's so cold and makes thehorses so cold... I just don't look forward to it at all. The only nice thing is it's fireplace weather...but I'm so ready for spring.

My quarter horse filly will be 2 next month and she's really getting full of herself.

I just want a horse to "walk" everywhere we go and I'm hoping that Spook and Ebony are going to be those kind of horses.

Ebony is still recovering from her "upside down saddle" episode and she really shies away from me when I go into her corral. I think she fears that she may have to go through a similar ordeal and it's going to be a real challenge when I ride her again.

I can't belive it will soon be 6 months since Spook came to live with us! I moved Ebony into the corral next to her and I think Spook feels challenged by her. Spook has to be the dominant mare around here and she lets every horse know that. The other day she was posturing with Ebony and kicking the corral panels and Ebony had had enough and she charged the panel and slid about 4 feet andSpook just about crapped... she backed up faster than I've ever seen her move! Don and I both were laughing and I told Spook "See what happens when you challengea 4 year old?"

Spook was indignant as could be and she moved off to a corner of the corral where she sulked for a while and finally I went in and told her that "I still loved her and she'd always be my favorite horse" and I convinced her to come back and finish eating.

I often wonder what the heck she is thinking about...it would be nice to be able to read their minds but they are often pretty expressive about how they are feeling... you just have to look at their eyes and read their body language for the most part.