What's Up Wednesday

A lot can happen in seven days time. For example, your yard can go from looking like this:

To this:

You know what that means right?! I've been riding my horses!!!!
Rio's a little limpy these days. I had the farrier out to check him, and he thought maybe his heels were sore, but since it was snowing when he came, we couldn't really get too much done. I have the vet coming out tomorrow for shots and a teeth float, so we'll see what he thinks too. Rio's looking better than he was though, so I figured a tack walk wouldn't hurt too much. He seemed to enjoy it, so hopefully I'm not wrong.

With the leaves still down we actually have lake views through the trees! Rio can appreciate that.

ATH: All Terrain Horse

I'm clearly not paying attention. Thank goodness Rio watches where we're going.

It's hard to tell, but that's the SUN shining on us! 

Jampy is being Jampy... Terrified of the end of the ring, spooking EVERY time we turn away from said scary end, and yet still incredibly lazy the rest of the time. I can't blame him though. He has had a ton of time off. He hasn't dropped me yet, so that's positive! He looks pretty good too.

It's been SO GREAT to get back in the saddle. It's a little tough readjusting to the work all day, ride all evening schedule, but I'm sure it will be old hat again soon. I think it will also be a lot easier when it actually warms up too. It's been in the 40's which is like a heat wave after all the snow, but it's certainly not warm.
I was also excited to get back in the saddle because I've been DYING to use my new bridles/browbands. They boys look really handsome in their new tack. But I do need to fix Jamp's a little. The crown piece is a little wide for the browband so it's sitting on his head a little funny. I think a little oil should fix it. If not I'll switch out the crownpiece.

Even the short kids took advantage of the nice-ish weather. We went for a walk down by the lake. I used the coupler leash I got a little while ago for the first time. At first it was a lot of Artie dragging P all over the place. But eventually they figured it out.

I also got some quality ladder time in with my favorite client:

And that's what's up this Wednesday! What's up with you? Have you been riding a lot? Has spring appeared where you live? Can you send it this way?