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the mouse channel, and riding log
Oct. 29th, 2006 11:21 pmNo riding yesterday, because of the rain, the rain, the rain, so we ran errands. Kylie has been in rodent withdrawal since the baby rats went home, and the degus went to the classroom, so we got 4 young female white mice. The Petco girl seemed kind of unpromising at first, but took her time picking out mices that were active (but not jumpy), healthy, clean, etc. Kylie is happy, the mice are happy, and the cats are happy that we have the mouse channel again.
Today I got to the barn just after the trailer left for the Halloween Parade in Woburn, which I'd plain forgotten about. I wasn't going to ride in it, but it might have been fun to watch. Oh well.
Cheyenne has a big bare patch on his left rear leg - it's dry, it's not inflamed, and the hair around it isn't loose, so I don't know what's going on.
There was a big mountain bike event in the forest this afternoon, so we had to keep dodging bikes. We mostly kept to the fire roads and larger paths, where we could pass bikes easily, and a few of the smaller paths that were not marked for an event route. Naturally, the folks setting out the bike routes like the same paths we do, so we spent a lot of time on alternate routes, that we don't usually ride. e.g. There's a little beach and picnic area on one of the larger ponds, which is closed to horses during the summer, so we went there, and even went into the water. It was a good ride overall, but I kept him below the out-of-hand gallop he likes so well.
Afterwards, I cleaned the stalls, and swept the tack room - not chores I usually do, but I thought they'd appreciate coming home from the parade to a reasonbly clean barn. And I got out of there before they returned, so it could be anonymous.
Made carrot/eggplant soup for dinner, and it was yum.
Today I got to the barn just after the trailer left for the Halloween Parade in Woburn, which I'd plain forgotten about. I wasn't going to ride in it, but it might have been fun to watch. Oh well.
Cheyenne has a big bare patch on his left rear leg - it's dry, it's not inflamed, and the hair around it isn't loose, so I don't know what's going on.
There was a big mountain bike event in the forest this afternoon, so we had to keep dodging bikes. We mostly kept to the fire roads and larger paths, where we could pass bikes easily, and a few of the smaller paths that were not marked for an event route. Naturally, the folks setting out the bike routes like the same paths we do, so we spent a lot of time on alternate routes, that we don't usually ride. e.g. There's a little beach and picnic area on one of the larger ponds, which is closed to horses during the summer, so we went there, and even went into the water. It was a good ride overall, but I kept him below the out-of-hand gallop he likes so well.
Afterwards, I cleaned the stalls, and swept the tack room - not chores I usually do, but I thought they'd appreciate coming home from the parade to a reasonbly clean barn. And I got out of there before they returned, so it could be anonymous.
Made carrot/eggplant soup for dinner, and it was yum.
