Calm

[glenatron]

Today we had a very gentle ride out, a bit of walking, a few short trots. Nothing too much- sleepsy_mouse had a bit of a brakes and gravity problem with Small a couple of weeks ago ( he could do gallop to halt in two strides, she couldn't ) so we wanted to do the same route again gently just so he knows he can go up that hill without needing to go top speed. It all went perfectly to plan, ponies picked up a little bit as we approached the hill we like to rampage up then settled back when they realised today was not rampage day and on we went. It was sedate and the heather is in flower so all over the heath that burned a few years ago was purple bell heather between delicate dried grass heads that just glowed in the spaces between cloud shadows on the land.

We did trot briefly through the woods and for a little while a dragonfly flew along between us, matching our speed exactly. It was that kind of day.

Comments

[ownedbyhorses.livejournal.com]

Sounds peaceful... been meaning to ask how Sleepy Mouse is post-surgery.

[glenatron.livejournal.com]

Better but money is tight- she has been temping so she didn't really qualify for useful sick pay and then her contract ended suddenly a few weeks ago so we're having to keep a close eye on what we spend, but she's doing well aside from that...

[ownedbyhorses.livejournal.com]

That's a bummer. :( But the good thing is that she healed well and is okay.