Napping

Boy has this weather been something lately. Summer then Winter, Spring then Fall. With the weather not being able to make up it's mind and the holiday goings on we have been in and out of the barn about a million times more than usual.

Yesterday we just decided to lay down out in the front pasture in the sunshine and take a nap. It had been grey and raining for two straight days but by the third day in the afternoon the sun had really warmed up the earth for us. It was great. We were laying out there back to hoof, head to tail and at an angle which is unusual for us. We usually lay pretty much the same way just back to back. Slept a good long while too till that human girl walked by ever so quietly on her way to the road to check the mailbox. We pretended not to notice. She went the long way around on her way back to the house which was very nice of her.

We have green grass to graze on since the weather has been not too cold and we have gotten rain. Green grass is really good to eat. It's sweet.

Been a long time since I've been able to talk with everything going on so I'll try to catch you up.... The wonderful children that used to live across the road came for a visit the day before Christmas. They brought their dog, Dixie, who is a very nice rat terrier/jack russel mix. It was really great to hear them again. We really miss their laughter.

My horse, The Pretty Boy, is growing himself a whole hoof! We would put a lot of explaination points there but we don't want to brag. So far he has about one whole inch of hoof that is not even cracked at all. Randal should be coming to see us next week and he is going to be very surprised at what he sees for sure. He didn't think my horse would ever grow a whole hoof ever again. He didn't know our human girl is so good I guess. She spent one year doing things the way she was told to do them and then started taking care of him the way she thought he needed to be taken care of. We are so proud of both of them.

On Christmas day there was a lady here from Kilgore that said she has an 8 month old horse that does what she tells it to do when she just clicks and points. Of course my human girl had to brag on me since I am so very smart and mind so well. She told that lady 'Our Precious is also very well trained! She will back up if you ask her too and put your shoulder into her chest and push her. Yes ma'am she will back up every time if you do that.' I just love it when she brags on me.

But I really am learning to be nice. My horse, The Pretty Boy, is teaching me. He pays attention to our human girl and will do whatever she tells him to do or signals him to do. Yesterday when we were going down the trail to the barn I was in front of my horse and when she put her right arm out at the fork in the trail I knew that meant we were supposed to take the right fork and I did it. My human girl hugged my neck for being such a good girl when came out from the barn with my evening feed. I might try doing what I am asked to do again and see if she gives me another hug.

She has been working on the fence when we have pretty days that are warm. Between properties there is barbed wire fencing that almost always has a wire tie or two that have come undone off the t-posts. She likes to fix it when it is warm so she doesn't catch her puffy coat on the fence. My human man said we might be getting some pipe fencing this year.

Okay that's enough for now. I need to get back out in the pasture and eat me some grass and also I think I need a big long drink of cool water. See YA!