Cowboy UP!

Today we had every season, cascading throughout the day. Bright sunny morning, got fairly warm, then clouded up to rain in the late afternoon. Cooled down after dark and the wind picked up, again. Enough with the wind already!

The new farrier came out, and was about five minutes early. He was not ready for him because he was still mowing grass and the boys were out in #2. He banged on the gate latch and they came running, jumping into the stalls. They ended up in the wrong stalls, but the new farrier wouldn't know this. Made it seem like our horses were trained, or something.

The seriously HUGE news is that after dinner, and their dinner, we were out with the horses, grooming and like that, and he pulled Beau into the aisle, and proceeded putting the saddle on him for the second time in his life, then he climbs up on him! At first he just hung on his side a couple, three times.

This is called the 'Jeffers Method' and for some reason if you keep your knees together, like a mermaid, a horse is less likely to dump you.

But then he swung his leg over and was up!

And he was sitting there, with no problem from Beau. Of course, I'm freaking out, because, W0W, he's UP! And then he was off, and Beau was completely fine with it.

It was so cold, I'm keeping everyone in. Getting down well past freezing. What is up with this whip-saw weather!