Happy Birthday to Me!

Saturday, August 2nd, was my 43rd birthday, and what better way to start the day then spending time with my two favorite horses! When I arrived at Shiloh, they had both just gotten their breakfasts, so I took my bucket of brushes out to their new home (the boarder's pasture), and gave them both a good grooming while they ate. The flies out there were terrible! It was like being in the middle of a biblical plague, but a few squirts of fly spray and we were all a bit more comfortable. I had a riding lesson on Rachel's old horse, Storm Cloud. Then I took Colbert out and tried my bareback pad on him. He was so good. We walked all around Shiloh (away from the rocky areas) and he stayed calm and relaxed. It was so much fun. Afterwards, I gave him a nice bath and really washed out his mane and tail. He then promptly rolled in the sand, as horses love to do. That's okay, as soon as he was all dry, I brushed him again, and he looked very shiny and pretty. Wishes got a bath too, and enjoyed playing around with her favorite boyfriend, Gus, in the turnout.