As I write this, the weather is unseasonably hot, which brings new challenges in caring for the horses. Diva, Mabel and Flo have been turned out 24/7 since the overnight temperatures became mild.
Bob decided to give me a fright and day of worry in the last week. We moved the horses to their other summer paddock which had started to grow a bit crazy.
Both Florence and I have our birthdays on the 2nd of May, and it’s hard to believe my tiny foal is now a strapping seven-year-old. I’m not saying what my age is!
I have honestly done absolutely nothing, but go to work Monday - Friday, working insanely long hours, and then not leave my house Saturday and Sunday! Fortunately there is still so much work to do around the yard, and I am incredibly lucky to have my horses at home!
As lockdown continues, I have developed an aversion to going food shopping in the large supermarkets, as I find the atmosphere most bizarre.
We have had glorious weather for the last week, which has been lovely aside from working during the day; but the evenings have been lovely whilst up sorting the horses, it definitely helps clear my head from looking at a laptop all day.
While the Coronavirus hasn’t affected me too much, day to day, with still being at full time work, I am certainly feeling the boredom in the evenings and weekends with no shows and a lot less riding.
It’s been another eventful time with the trio, from Bob trying his hoof at shoe removing (his own I may add leading to an emergency farrier visit due to a lot of foot soreness – he picks his timings so well!), to moving to the scary back field, oh and the clumsy owner that is me falling off …no not a horse.. but a stool whilst stripping wall paper and injuring my back! D’oh!
About this time every year, I wonder why I didn’t clip my horses as their coats are now shedding like mad. I have clipped Florence during previous winters, but with the relentless wet weather through the winter making me reluctant to do much with her, I opted against it. So now I have to work on all three to get their coats out.