WITH FALL IN THE AIR

IT'S ALWAYS MEANS IT'S TIME TO GET THE HAY BALES BROUGHT IN FOR ALL THE HORSES DURING THE WINTER. WE GOT 15 BALES THIS LOAD AND WILL END UP WITH 30 ALL TOGETHER. WE PUT OUT TWO BALES AT A TIME FOR THE HORSES TO GET TO.

WE WILL BE PUTTING 1 WHOLE BALE IN MY BACK YARD FOR MY WELSH MARE MOTHER AND HER COLT. I WANT IT TO BE PLACED CLOSE TO MY HOUSE IN THE YARD SO I WILL BE ABLE TO SEE THEM GRAZE ON IT FROM MY BIG PICTURE WINDOW IN MY BEDROOM. INSTEAD OF LOOKING OUT AT MY POOL AND FOUNTAIN WHICH WILL BE COVERED AND CLOSED FOR THE WINTER INSTEAD I CAN SIT BY MY WINDOW AND SEE MY HORSES GRAZING ALL WINTER BY MY FIREPLACE. 

I PUT THE WELSH HORSE AND HER COLT IN MY FENCED IN LOT NEXT DOOR TO MY HOUSE AS WELL AS IN MY YARD. THEY CAN GO ANYWHERE THEY WANT FROM MY FRONT YARD TO MY BACK YARD AS WELL AS INTO MY LOT NEXT DOOR. IN JUST A FEW WEEKS THEY HAVE CLEARED OUT ALL OF THE UNDER BRUSH IN MY WOODED LOT NEXT TO MY HOUSE  BY EATING IT ALL OUT. IT LOOKS SO PRETTY TO SEE DOWN BETWEEN ALL THE BEAUTIFUL HUGE TREES AND SEE THE LAKE TOO AT THE BOTTOM OF THAT LOT. THEY WERE TAME WHEN I PUT THEM IN MY YARD BUT NOW WHEN THEY SEE ME COME OUT OF THE HOUSE THEY COME RUNNING STRAIGHT WHINNYING ALL THE WAY TO ME NO MATTER WHERE THEY ARE AND THEY ARE SO LOVING. I RODE THE MOTHER FOR THE FIRST TIME BARE BACK YESTERDAY.  SHE HAS NOT  HAD A BIT IN HER MOUTH IN TEN YEARS BUT SHE DID GREAT. I JUST RODE HER AROUND THE YARD BUT WHEN I GET MORE SECURE RIDING HER BAREBACK ( WHICH IS MY FAVORITE WAY TO RIDE ) I'M GOING TO TAKE HER AROUND THE STREETS IN MY NEIGHBORHOOD. IT'S SO SWEET HOW HER 6 MOTHER OLD BABY JUST FOLLOWS US AROUND SIDE BY SIDE WHEN I RIDE THE MOTHER. 

I JUST LOVE THIS TIME OF THE YEAR AND HAVE BEEN ENJOYING HOW FRISKY ALL THE HORSES ARE WITH THE COOLNESS IN THE AIR. IT WAS SO FUNNY TO WATCH MY POODLES AND MY HORSES RUNNING AROUND TOGETHER TODAY. MY CAT JOINED IN ON ALL THE FUN BUT I DIDN'T HAVE THE CAMERA WITH ME SO I MISSED SOME GREAT PICS. IT WAS SO FUNNY WATCHING HORSES POODLES AND CATS ROMPING IN THE YARD TOGETHER. 

WHEN ALL THE HAY BALES CAME IN ON THE TRUCK AND FLAT BED TRAILER AT THE RANCH ALL THE HORSES CAME RUNNING IN A STAMPEDE FROM WAY DOWN BY THE LAKE. IT WAS SO BEAUTIFUL WATCHING 30 HORSES RUNNING LIKE THAT TOGETHER ACROSS THE FIELD IN BETWEEN THE FALL COLORED TREES. YOU CAN FEEL AND HEAR THE POWER OF THEM ALL RUNNING ON THE GROUND AS THEY APPROACH THE FLAT BED TRAILER WITH ALL THE BALES OF HAY ON IT. I WAS THE GATE KEEPER AND MY JOB WAS TO KEEP THEM OUT OF THE FENCED IN FIELD WE WERE PUTTING ALL THE BALES IN TO STORE THEM UNTIL WE GET READY TO SET 2 BALES AT A TIME OUT FOR THE HORSES TO EAT ON ALL THROUGH THE WINTER. 

TOMORROW IS ANOTHER DAY OF FUN WITH THE ANIMALS SO I BETTER TAKE SOME MED. FOR MY COLD AND HIT THE HAY. 

I WILL BE TAKING MY AUNT HOME ON WED. SHE IS WELL ENOUGH TO MAKE IT ON HER OWN NOW. I HAVE BEEN STAYING AWAY FROM HER AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE THE LAST COUPLE OF DAYS HOPING I DO NOT GIVE HER MY COLD BEFORE SHE GOES HOME. SHE HAD BEEN IN THE HOSPITAL, NURSING HOME AND MY HOUSE FOR 4 MONTHS AND SHE IS SO HOMESICK. SHE WILL BE MUCH HAPPIER WHEN SHE GETS HOME. SHE ONLY HAS 2 MORE DAYS TO GO.