Wet saddle blankets

Saturday I worked in Sonoma (Windsor) for my fall hay money. Lynn and Shirley took Star, Ziggy, and Jupiter to the vet for their shots.

Here's her version:

What a great day! 
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> Weather, overcast turning out sunny all at one time. :) NO wind.
> Dr. Mott, is great. She said his feet are not bad. If you want to feed the Farriers Choice is fine, best product for feet, but you will not see much difference for about 1 year. You must feet it every day to do much good. She checked his teeth. He will probably need teeth floated this next fall. He was really good for her. She did say he was over weight. I said yes he is a easy keeper. She said Morgan's are very easy keepers and tend to be over weight. I said he will be hopefully going down with riding. 
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> Star is in great shape. Teeth are perfect, she could not believe how good he looks and the shape he is in for his age. 
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> Ziggy, well she went to give him wormer and as she walked up to him, she said "oh there is more of him than I thought." I laughed. She had to put a little more in the syringe. His teeth are good. But I had his floated a year or so ago. 
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> She was impressed with how well they all stood for shots. She said a lot of them will not stand still. 
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> We drove out to the beach, parked where you and I parked. Rode about a mile or so, nice and warm, no wind. Star was a bobble head horse. :)
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> Zig was TNT! I could feel his heart pounding! I rode in your western saddle. The saddle was back a few inches too far back. So he felt even worse. Jupe has been ponied before, I figured he had. Probably with a saddle when he was young. He wanted to roll about the time his feet hit the sand. I did not let him. Then we were out near the ocean, and he had a small bucking fit. :) Mom hollered at me, to watch out. He was funny. On the way back low and behold there is a man and woman , in PINK! Jupiter was having flash backs and planted his feet! I felt the pull and it was like I was on him and touched Him with the spurs... ah Ziggy with spurs, Zig shot forward and Jupe's feet was planted. I did not turn loose and pulled with everything I had and Jupe shot forward. Those dang moving pink things are flat out scary. Check out last picture in the back ground :)))) 

(can you see the pink monster in the background?)
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> After the short but very nice ride, we unsaddled and took them back up the hill into the sand and let them roll. Star must have went down I think I counted seven times, several times dug to China. :) Star was loving it! Jupe 3 times, I laughed he was digging with his front legs while on the ground! Mom and I were laughing. Zig went for one roll, he was digging with his nose! The sand was really nice and warm. (I felt it) 
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> Happy and Haley had a ball! 
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> We loaded up went to Big K (Kmart) then to Denny's for lunch. It was actually good. There was not a seat vacant in there. It was nuts. I heard on waitress say it's been like this since 7am. Wow. Crazy in there. 

Sorry I missed it! Sunday was a good day, too. We went up and around on the Hennessey. Everyone behaved! Did I do one of these last weekend? Lynn saw a 300 lb, beautiful, black shiny bear. :) It was a good weekend, too. I am looking forward to a long weekend next weekend. 

A hitch in our get-along

Well this past weekend was a total bust for me! I managed to not only ruin my own riding, but everyone else's too. First of all, we went somewhere new. We drove up Big French Creek to what Lynn thought would lead to Cherry Flat. We got to the corrals she remembered on a pretty good, if dirt and a little rocky, road. It wasn't bad, but Shirley was a nervous wreck and a little hard on Lynn.

Nevertheless, we got there and took off on the road headed north. Lynn was looking for a loop that would take us out and around. Well, we never got there. Jupiter got a cramp in his right flank. We rubbed it, but it didn't come out. So, once again, these boots are made for walking! We walked back to the trailer and took them home. I ran up and got the salt block and brought it down from the hill and I saw he went straight for it.

He was good, he let us rub it and put Absorbine Jr. on it. But he was still had a hitch and was too stiff to take on Sunday, so Shirley said I could ride Buster. Buster, the horse everybody rides. Buster the boring horse.

The second I got on he started humping and jumping and acting stupid. I thought it was because I grabbed his mane. Finally we got out of the parking area and headed up the hill. He still didn't seem right to me. My saddle slipped back on him going up the first little hill, so we put Ziggy's breast collar on him.

Going up the second, steep hill he balked. I know it's because I am so used to Jupiter. I always lean forward and grab his mane as we run uphill. I didn't grab Buster's mane, but I put my hand on his neck. He blew up and turned away from the trail. I tried to circle him back up, but he fell and off I went.

So now I too have a hitch. Dang it all.

However, I did get to ride Ziggy back to the trailer. I was a quitter. I said, "Can we cut this ride short? Can we just ride the road back?" And that's what we did.

Can I ask you a weird question?

So today I called up to make a hair appointment. It's time to get a trim, I decide. So I identified myself and asked for Brenda. Turns out her daughter had a baby last night and she is off today. BUT, do I have a minute? Am I ready for a weird question?

I say, "Okay. Go for it."

She says, "You better sit down."

I'm laughing. Fine. Then she hems and haws. "I don't know how to start," she says.

"Just do it." Me and Nike. That's our motto.

So she launches in: she knows a really nice, smart lawyer. She really likes him. He's been divorced, but no kids. He has a dog that he really likes--"just like you like your dog so much!" Wow, a match made in Heaven.

She keeps going--no breath in between--he wears COWBOY boots! He's smart. She thinks he's safe--doesn't know what kind of house  he keeps--but he's called her when he was fixing a leak, so he can do some plumbing. "He'd be HANDY," she says.

Are you laughing yet?

He's really smart. Did I say that already? He lives in Trinity Center. He RIDES horses. His practice is in the Bay Area. So how could you have a real relationship anyway? "You're just like that--super busy--so maybe you could have a dinner every now and then. . . . I really like him," she says.

Snort, yet?

Finally, she breathes. I say, it makes me feel awkward and weird. No.

Well, she says (she's a quick breather), well, I MARRIED my blind date. Yep, TONI set us up, she says. OH and SHIRLEY was in on it, too!! (I can feel the vibes coming through the phone--having Shirley on it makes it an even BETTER idea.) She doesn't slow down, though. We could do it in a social setting. I wouldn't make it EMBARRASSING, she finishes.

I know she can hear me breathing-getting ready to say something-but she doesn't let me in. She's on a roll now.

He's smart. (Is that 3 times?) You can have a conversation with him. That's important AND he's well written. You would like him.

Good gravy train. Don't pee on yourself.

I said, thank you for thinking of me. I don't think so. I don't have time. Thank you for trusting me with your friend. I'm flattered. But no. Awkward.

She says, it so weird you called today. I was just thinking coming home from Weaverville that I needed to find someone for him--and then YOU CALLED.

I told her next time I am not going to identify myself. I will hang up after she says, "Brenda's off today."

It will sound like this: "Okay, thanks! BYE!"