Curly's doing better and better...

Just a quick hoof-health update for those interested. Curly is doing so much better that we even considered saddling him up today for an easy walk around the covered arena at the fairgrounds. The dirt is soft and rock-free there, a necessity at the moment. He spent three hours out in the pasture yesterday and did fine. No increase in his lameness - in fact his soreness seemed to be almost completely gone today. He is definitely bored. For the first time in weeks, he tried to escape from his run when he saw that the gate was open. A good sign, I think.

But E. decided she really needed to do homework, so Curly's fun was delayed.

R. had a lesson on Q and did great. It was a wonderful evening at the horse barn.

Wild weather...

It snowed last week! On Thursday, Friday and Saturday the lovely white flakes fell from the sky for hours and hours each day. Too bad the ground was too warm for it to really stick - we only saw an accumulation of a couple of inches overall. Plus on Saturday, everything froze which made driving a real adventure. Thank goodness for curbs and empty roads! E. and I almost went into a ditch when we drove out to the barn to take care of our horses. The snow did make everything look so pretty out at the barn, though.

Yesterday a warm wind came through and melted everything. It's been blowing so hard that I'm surprised we haven't lost a few tree branches. We did have to cancel our hay run; the rain was falling sideways and I wasn't about to drive the truck with a semi-stable load in this craziness!

Curly is beginning to heal noticeably in both back hooves now. He still limps a bit but we can see definite improvement. I was teasing E. last night that she might get to ride her horse next year. :-)