Green Grass and Happy Horses!
Well, spring has finally sprung here at Nantua Farm and boy are the horses glad! Literally overnight the grass went from a nasty shade of brown to emerald green… absolutely amazing! And… the horse got to go out “just skins” as we like to say. I don’t think I’ve seen such happy boys in months! We had all of that bucking and rearing and a whole lot of rolling in the mud until they all took off like they were at the races. I believe I counted 5 times around our 10 acre pasture before the muddy monsters became too tired to try to beat each other (Blue, despite having just gotten over the bug from hell, still ended up beating everyone each time around… that winning instinct is just too strong, guess that’s why he raced for eight years). It was then that they all suddenly discovered this amazingly green grass beneath their feet. I don’t think I saw them lift up their heads for the rest of the day! And when it came time for dinner, a time when there is usually a line at the gate, they were all over on the far hill… eating and sunbathing. What a life! Finally after screaming “dinner” for the eight millionth time (our neighbors must think I’m nuts), a stampede of horse came galloping up to the gate. It all made for a long and dirty day (as those muddy monsters were now dried dirt monsters that was all curried off onto me), but the sun was shining, there was no snow on the ground and I didn’t have to drain the hose…. All in all, a very good day in my book!