Wednesday, 4 July 2012

One Productive Independence Day!


So today was really productive... I woke up fed the horses then went to work on G and Red.  I warmed up G first and then took him to the field for a ride. On the way I fixed up all the old jumps Nats had set up in the top of the field then carried on with the ride. Now when Aly says to take G for a gallop I’m like woohoo! So I get to the top of the fence and I’m jogging along the fence line and I’m about to ask him for the loap, he reads my mind and boy he’s gone!! Getting faster and faster... Daym this little morgan horse is fast!!! Like you have no idea, I think my eyes were watering in the first twenty seconds!! So I had a really amazing ride on G today and then was off to ride Red.

Red, omw, I love this horse, he is a liver chestnut, yes this is me so of course it’s a chestnut. I spoke about Bree riding Red earlier, and he was skittish and had his head way up with her. So I just wanted to keep him as relaxed as possible, he likes when you use your voice, so I took advantage of that. I worked him a little in his small pen, he had his head low and was relaxed on a short rein and then I took him out to the grass field. Aly showed me how she wanted me to work on his backing up and his spins, I worked him for about two hours and he started getting there, he was a lot better by the end of the ride. It is so amazing how my ‘arena’ is pretty much oat grass fields that go on forever and ever! ^^) ! Aly got a third of the grass field mowed today which is pretty cool. We are getting there! J  Tomorrow I have to see if I can figure out how to thread the string for the bailer!! Eeep, going to try bail our own grass for the first time!

It is really so pretty here at the Ranch!! I am definitely starting to fall inlove!

So its independence day today and we went to the lake at about three. So I’m starting to become this real brave sausage, and I think I might have bigger and tougher balls than some men out there!! I am absolutely terrified of heights, but about three weeks ago I climbed the Highest Indoor Climbing Wall in the World!! So I think I deserve a pat on the back for that one. BUT Today, I decided that I would attempt to not be a pansy and would jump off a rock into the lake... Yeah, me! Anyway Aly and I climb the rock face and get to the top of this one rock, I convinced her to jump with me and its like – 1 – 2 – 3 – JUMP, and we hit the water after falling 3 metres  down. So now I decide I’m going to put my big girl panties on and get higher! Well, I got to the top, and its a looooong way down from there. I give myself the” you can do it” speech, and I don’t convince myself I’ll be fine for like the next  15 minutes... OMW, was it high. So eventually I have boats and hoards of people stopped because they want to see me jump off this monster of a rock, they are cheering and screaming. So I took this as my opportunity to just do it! And heck I counted to three and freaking jumped off a 6.5 metre rock into the lake!!! ^^) So I am really proud of myself at the moment! I’m still not over my fear of heights, but I can now rock climb like a demon!!! J  It was fun to play on the boat and swim in the lake, the water is soo good! We left the Lake at about seven thirty, yip with the sun still shining!! J

xxx

Tazzy

No comments:

Post a Comment