Carpe The Long Weekend!

Well this Memorial Day weekend has been sunny and warm and we have seized it! On Saturday Nancy was helping out at a clinic held by the Paso Fino Association and Sean and I were out there! We walked two miles, we fed the horses, we watered the horses, we fed 'em again, we watered 'em again. We walked another mile. Sean was one happy guy! The day was hot, then in the afternoon some thunderclouds rolled in and we got a bit of a light show.

Of course the dogs, particularly Snowby, hate thunder, so they scuttled inside and hung out in the bathroom.

Nancy came back in the middle of the evening and was full of chat about the day's activities and Sean? Sean was cream-crackered - after a big dinner he was out for the count.

Sunday morning of course we had the early wake up call which I just wrote about in the previous blog entry.

Sunday was the big Paso Fino Association Fun Show and Nancy was in the thick of it helping out - Sean was out during the day with Doc and I got to hang out, do a lot of walking and horse feeding and avoiding the urge to smoke (I am in the middle of quitting). It was another glorious day and Nancy got back home in the late afternoon and Sean got back in mid afternoon and we were all hot and happy.

Monday - a third day off for Mick. We were up and about early (as usual...) Nancy had been up since two am because she was worried about a young lady who had had an accident at the fun show. Sean and I charged around and were out there feeding horses early, getting the watering done because it looked like another hot one.

Once we had done the feedin' Sean had his breakfast and it was time for us to get out on the road and do some walkin'. We did a couple of miles, came back, rewatered the horses and then laced up the entranceway tight so Moon could get out and graze along with Bailey (Moon does like being out in the bigger pasture - well, she's a big girl..).

While Moon was turned out Nancy took the chanceto get out there and give Rosa her medication. Rosa has Cushings and is on some special medication. WE sprinkle the med on some senior feed and give it to her in a bowl - normally we have to run interference with Moon of course who can be a little hoglet when it comes to snacks. But with Moon being outside it was a good opportunity for Nancy to take Sean with her and give Rosa her stuff.

here's another pic -