After Camp Entertainment

Lots of fun things happen at camp. Lots of interesting and different things happen at camp after the summer season is over. We settle into off season routines. The scenery changes. Everything here is very quiet. Gradually, the land seems to accept that our wonderful campers have returned to their busy life in the city. A little at a time I move beyond missing you every moment of my day.

Lorie - our barn manager - and I keep trucking along. Lorie works all week long to make sure the horses are clean and fed. I manage them on the weekends while teaching lessons and doing trail rides or slipping into clinics. Day after day we do what we do so that everything is ready for camp again come July and August. Guess you'd say we are working behind the scenes so the summer is a success.

Even though camp is over, the horses still like to have fun. They make everyday different. We never know what they will do to entertain us. A week ago I went to the barn on Saturday morning and Fella was out eating hay in the green stall barn. He looked so smug because somehow he figured out how to open his door. While all the other horses were banging on their doors for breakfast, he was fat and happy in the mud.

The same weekend I went to the barn on Sunday morning and Casper was out of the ring. It had been a warm night and so the horses stayed in the pasture. I had separated Casper and Mikey because Casper has been a bit of a kicker with the horses lately. They had plenty of hay in ring #3 but Casper was having none of that. He wanted grass included in his buffet and so he broke the fence and was waiting for me to ask what in the world he was doing.

And so it goes. We are of course amused daily by the ongoing contest the horses run with each other, decorating manes and tails with burdock. I need to take a few photos of them because you wouldn't believe how many burdock get a free ride into our barn. Usually Kokomo wins the contest although Audi is running a close second.

So this is my quick blog for today. Write me a comment or two if you have something to say. I love getting comments because then I know you are reading what I write. Happy Monday!