Tuesday, March 16, 2010

Catching up!

Well, today I hope to catch you up on all of the news, time flies. It's been a while since my last entry. It feels like we are going full speed, and it's not even show season yet!

Monsoon, begone! Last night, we went to sleep listening to the wind howling like a hurricane, day 4 of that along with 4-5" of flooding rain. Good thing we're at the top of the hill, for those in the lowlying areas haven't been so lucky. We have a few horses that live outside & I worried about them, but a saving grace was that it was warm. This morning we woke to calm, birds, the sun rising and 55 degrees, a balmy day with a few in a row on tap. YES!

Horse shows are coming, entries are in, and we're already looking ahead to late Spring and early Summer entries! Such an exciting time of year. Can't wait! Our show horses and riders have been working very hard all winter, away we go!

We took a group of the show riders and academy riders to a schooling show across town last weekend. Check out the smiles on the happy faces below:

Everyone had a blue ribbon except Sam, but he hung in there til the end in Egg & Spoon! Good job, buddy & congratulations to all of our riders. Happy memories!

For many it was their first horse show. I will never forget mine, it took place in a field next to an airport with a snow fence for a riding ring and entries were $3 a class. I got a second place ribbon that I still cherish. At the time it was a huge accomplishment to get that far, to get into the ring, doing what I enjoyed so much with the reward of a prize. Still the same decades later. :--)

Ladies' Night has been swell all winter. Such a fun place to let off steam with the other gals, get a good riding lesson to help w/the basics and increase stamina. And let's face it, lovely to get out of the house in the winter. Last session was big fun with a short Zumba Class. Zumba is a type of dance aerobic exercise and it was really fun and catchy!

First riding............... then here we are: the Zumba crew! Did Nicholas chuckle at us? What do you think?!


Our light supper was delicious & catered by Sneekers Cafe in Groton, CT, check out their Facebook page and become a fan if you're not already!!!

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This month, Ladies' Night is 3/25, please RSVP to 535-1038 we'd love to see you! Please join us.

I've been up to a ton of things from soup to nuts working on horse show committees, getting awards in line for some of those, staying informed & participating in our town locally on new re-written farm friendly agricultural regs, getting riding habits in order, making changes to our lesson program which is growing so nicely, and keeping everything here on the farm running smoothly. I am so lucky to do what I love and love what I do and if you've read this far, thank you and I wish you a fantastic day filled with the things YOU love!

Sharon