My NEW horse! (I wish...)

He doesn't require any hay and his name is Sundance!  He's in June Lake, CA.

Some horse time with the family

Some horse time with the family.  Hubby used my camera to take these pics.  I'm always so busy that I hardly ever have time now to take photos!

WHERE is everybody?

I've only had 2 comments in a week.  At times like this, I really DO think about just closing this blog.

Desert morning and another lesson

I had another lesson this morning down at the horse rescue.  It was extremely humid and in no time I was dripping with sweat!  Phew!  Even the horses were hot.  We took Riley out just for a little arena work...nothing too strenuous.  I led him, lunged him, and Annette showed me and another boarder some tips for riding bareback.  Not that I'll be riding bareback soon...the other gal had tumbled off her horse when she looked down at the ground.  Fortunately, she kind of just slid off and didn't get hurt.  I'm learning all about your core...it's your "pointer" when you work or ride your horse!  It was a good lesson, but I was exhausted and sweaty and now I'm glad I'm home in the air conditioning.  However, there were blackouts yesterday in both Desert Hot Springs and Cathedral City, so I anticipate we may have one today...sigh...

Summer is GONE!!!

Right now I'm in a 3 day training before school starts on the 23rd.  I have to report back on the 21st.  My summer vacation is GONE!  So, I'm stuck in a school auditorium for 8 hours again today, then I have two days, then some R&R, then back to school.  WHERE did the time go?  How is your summer going?

Fly mask sale at Horse.com

Country Supply is having an "end of season" pest control sale, including these fly masks:

http://www.horse.com/search.aspx?path=cHORSEp560&pageno=1&hits=24&sort=bestselling&facets=horseglobalbrand_fct%3aDefender&srccode=12AUG06I&emid=12AUG06I

Caution~cows!!!

On our way to Idyllwild Saturday, I spotted these cows along the road through Garner Valley.  We pulled over so that the grandson, Ben, could see them.  Aren't they adorable?  This is probably the same herd that I sometimes run into near Fobes Ranch road.  They have most of the valley available for grazing.