Hi Babe,
Another early morning, but a must with the busy day planned! After chores and breakfast, I saddle up Flash for the first time since his hock injections, and we circled the pasture a few times just to see how he went. He seemed fine! Once Art arrived at 10:00, we headed out on the road for his usual walk with Lola, and Flash and I went with them, though we had to do some circles to keep from getting too far ahead, naturally! Got back home and got the trailer hooked up (I thought I had it lined up perfectly, but it turned out, maybe not so much!), got the horses loaded and arrived at Chi University just after 11:00, which was actually an hour early! I had misread my notes on it, but no matter, we let them graze on some of the lovely clover and foliage that's been popping out ever since last Sunday's rain. Not surprisingly, both my horses were brilliant during the lessons, with Apollo practically falling asleep despite all the poking and prodding, and Flash had that and even more to contend with, when they used him as a canvas to test the students' anatomy knowledge by having them paint different underlying body parts! He looked quite the Indian paint horse by the time they were finished! I was thrilled at how well he behaved, and there were many times when we were head to head in a snuggle while everyone kept working on him. A delightful day! Art came along and took some great photos, and was very helpful with Apollo, as they were able to bump him into the same session as Flash, so we didn't have to stay for a whole other session. That gave us time to stop at the hardware store in Williston to pick up some hardware so I can tackle my ladder repair job. Can't wait to get that done! So many other things on my To Do list, but the ladder is my priority. Got back home, showed off my new "paint pony" to Chelle and Eric before I gave him a quick bath to get off most of the kid-safe paint. Then I reviewed Chelle's list of instructions for the care and feeding of horses and plants before feeding my own and settling down for the evening. A long and productive day! Ready for bed! Good night, sweetie! Love you!
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