Truthful Tuesday

 

Okay, so I love summer. I love when it's hot. I love the endless sunny days. All of it! And I hate winter so, SO much. Like SO MUCH. Due to these opinions, I do not feel I have any right to complain about things like heat waves. That said... I must confess... That I'm going to be a little bit happier tomorrow when it's in the 80's. To be clear, I'm not complaining about the heat wave. I'm just saying, it will be nice when it's a little bit less like riding in an oven tomorrow. 

The horses have been enjoying VERY short rides in the heat and humidity, and I am excited to get back to some real workouts for everyone. Especially Eros. He in particular is taking advantage of the easy days. (Of course he is though right?!)

So that's today's confession. I am looking forward to some (slightly) cooler days ahead.

What's Up Wednesday

 

We've been plugging along over here, trying to keep the horses fit and working despite the heat and humidity. We had a break in the high temps yesterday (stayed mid 80's) but the smoke from the west coast fires had found it's way here to the east coast, and I found the air a little hard to breath in. Nonetheless, we've been riding everyday, just not for too long. Short and sweet is the name of the game!

And Sundays are for bareback snacks in the yard

I sometimes worry that my short rides aren't good for the horses and they won't keep their fitness. But then I remember that we jump 2'3" to 2'6" hunter courses, not the 1.4M. These horses won't be any worse for the wear if they're less fit for a month or so in the middle of summer.

Eros kind of wishes everyday was Sunday

Eros got both of his jump schools in this week, and was a solid citizen both days. 

Shiny only had one jump day this week, as I ran out of time to ride her on Wednesday which just messed up the schedule for the week. She's really been great though, and a missed jump day really isn't the end of the world for her. Though she does prefer jumping days to flat only days.

I finally got to put some braids on a horse this weekend! I haven't had any braiding jobs in a few weeks, so it was nice to get back to that. The horse was very polite, though, as mentioned yesterday, I got eaten alive by bugs!

And in other news, the fruit around the farm is starting to ripen, so that's always a fun time of year!

True story though, I ate all of those blueberries before I even got them inside to wash. I'm an animal I swear. They were delicious though! And this is the first year my apple tree has had fruit! I think there are only 4 or 5 apples on it, so I'm just hoping at least one makes it to harvest time. The other tree doesn't have any apples still. Hopefully next year they will both produce! I've had these trees for five or six years now, so I'm pretty excited for apples finally!

That's about it from here. How are things in your neck of the woods?

What's Up Wednesday!

We left off last week with Jampy having a twisty nose that required monitoring. Well. It was unchanged by Friday, so I texted my vet who I knew was in the area that day. I'm glad he was nearby because I also noticed this:

No that's not a pirate! That's Jamp with a squinty eye. Because of course he has a squinty eye. Doc also agreed with my potential epm concerns. He left us eye ointment and epm meds at a local farm, and I went and got them later that evening. Unfortunately, he also said I shouldn't ride him until we see if he responds to the meds. I'm really running out of horses you guys! Doc said to lunge him though. So obviously you can guess what happened...

Sprung a shoe. It's cool, I really needed to test my shoe pulling skills anyway. (I'm a boss at pulling shoes by the way.) Fortunately, he didn't rip off any foot nor step on any nails, so it was an easy fix when my farrier came Monday.

As of today (Wednesday-ish...) the eye is just about back to normal, but the nose is still twisty. Cross some crossables that we're catching whatever this is in time to stop it.

Romey is hanging in. We're back to some light walk/trot and I think the SI injection did bring him some relief. He's been slightly less angry and though he definitely still has a hitch in his get-a-long, he's more forward and not dragging his feet so much.What does this mean? I have no idea. I really think I need to find him a home where he can be out more and work less. We have a follow up with doc in a couple weeks though, so I will refrain from any decision making until then.

Poor Rio is a little perturbed that everyone else is on the DL because I've been riding him almost every day. He's not sure he signed up for that.... But he feels pretty good! And as a compromise, we ride bitless and spend the majority of our time grazing.

Thankfully, I did some non horsey things this weekend to prevent me from wallowing in my first world horse problems. (No I did not buy pink boots yet!) Saturday night I finally got to meet up with my best friend! I haven't seen her since Thanksgiving so we were long over due. We stuffed our faces with Mexican food and enormous margaritas prior to an intense round of putt putt. So fun!

Probably the highlight of the weekend though, was the opening of the Snack Shack for the season! Got my first lobster roll of the year:

It was even better than I remembered. Now if only the weather would realize what season it is, life would be grand! Speaking of weather, it's been dark and gray and sometimes raining (currently thunder storming) for as long as I can remember. If anyone sees the sun, can you send me a photo? I'm not sure I'd recognize it at this point. The pugs have been rained out of walkies for way too long!

I took the rest of the week off because I'm heading up to Saratoga for my 15th college reunion. Can you believe that? I'm so old. Anyway, before I drive up there, I'm going to ride Badger in the morning. They were originally planning to go to HITS this week, but decided to wait one more week since they had just gotten up north and the weather was so crummy. I'm excited to have a real ride! I'm also really excited to celebrate at Skidmore for the weekend. I see much eating in my future! Hope you're all prepared for photos of my alma mater, food, and old people reliving their college days.

How was your week/weekend? Do anything fun with the extra day off? Anything exciting coming up? Want Romey? Let's chat in the comments!