Ingenuity and a little tape

It's spring! Flowers are blooming and springs are running. And yep, the girls are riding. Well, sort of. Still no shoes! Doesn't he know we're ready to go? Schedules are meant to be amended! It's been eight weeks--let's roll!

Okay, rant over. Hopefully our shoer will show up this week. Daylight's burning people.

Both Jupiter and Ziggy couldn't fit in the largest boot, so Lynn taped them to protect their tender feet. (She should make a commercial for tape. Duct tape is no longer just a guy's thing!) Ziggy lost his on the meadow, but Jupes kept his on the whole ride. Buster wore all four like a champ.

We tootled around the bottom meadow where water was running and the ground was soft. The only guy feeling his oats (well, his alfalfa) was Buster. Shirley got to have a carnival ride. He wanted to buck and crow hop a little. I think he and Jupes are competing on the trail again. Buster likes to be in front and I don't think he's the "boring" horse that Shirley thinks he is. Thankfully, she got him under control with a minimum of fuss.

Unfortunately, what started out as a wonderful day ended on a sad note. My little hiss n spit baby had been slowly declining. The vet thinks she might have had stomach cancer. So I had to let her go. My heart is broken and our house is a little emptier. For such a little thing, she a had a huge personality.