September 3, 2014

I moved out of my parents house 16 years ago, and that was the last time I had ponies at my home.

The weekend went so well, that we decided to just keep the ponies at the house while we finish the fencing.  Yea!

One of the things I currently am loving, is in the evening when I am packing my stuff up and prepping for the next day, I do not have to pack up my things for riding! I get to come home after work instead!

I am also loving being greeted by a whinny every time I open the door, drive up the driveway, or get caught looking at them out the window.

I am also loving being able to just drive home from work!  I don’t have to go to the barn afterwards!

Yea!

Some photos from my first few rides around the farm.

August 29, 2014

At the beginning of the month (or more accurately, the end of last month), we moved into a new house.  Its an older farm house on a 70some acre farm.  The house is down a super long rolling driveway and is surrounded by hay and corn fields and a little woods.  There are apple, pear and peach trees, berry bushes and tons of ground cherries.  There is a woodstove, well water, tons of privacy and more space.

And the best part, the ponies get to move in!

Its been a month and the fencing is about to get under way.  But its also a three day weekend and I have pony plans for Sunday.  So Rich and I decided to bring the ponies over for the long weekend and put them in their temporary paddock in the over grown yard.  We picked them up last night, set up everything and I took Simon for a ride and explored the property some.

Poe screamed his head off when Simon and I were out of view.

We trotted along the trails through the woods, cantered around the corn and freshly cut hay fields and wondered through the tall grass in between.  We stopped for peaches, apples and pears along the way, and brought a few back for Poe.

When I left the house at 5:30 this morning, they met me at the fence and seemed quite happy. I Smiled.

June 10, 2014

This weekend my team placed second in the Mid-Atlantic #2 competition.  We each received a fly mask with a face on it as our prize.  It has purple eye shadow, big eye lashes and a butterfly on the nose.  It is hilarious on  Poe.  I picture him in more of an emo, pirate or devil themed fly mask, sort of like the really poorly paint shop edited one I am posting below.

The Original:

My Poe edit:

June 2, 2014

I made this saddle pad for a market friend.  She was very happy with it.