todays antics...

We have been having some rain which is good...and the weather is finally a little cooler...Trumby made the most of it...

This morning Morganne snuck out to the paddock to see Trumby...

So then we gave him some carrots...

And she had a "ride"...

And then spent ages walking around with him...


She was so thrilled...

And E played with Bella..

Then Morganne managed to climb up too high in the fairy tree and had to be rescued by Daddy!

Evangeline wanted to ride and these days wants mostly to ride solo and not on a lead...so off she went and did very well..

Then she decided to trot...
And over did it a bit! A good example of why "kick to go and pull to stop" is not the best method!

And off Bella went...amazingly fast for a fat pony with more whoa than go...

E managed to hang on all the way back past the gate to the other end of the paddock...and fell of in the pile of dirt where the horses roll..mainly because the saddle then slipped and she only had one stirrup...

But no harm done!

And so I explained that she should get back on and finish on a positive note...

And no love is lost!

I showed her the photos later...which I had no idea I had...and explained that her signals needed to be a little more subtle! "Kick to go and pull to stop" from riding school is not really very good! I need to teach her more natural horsemanship!

She is a bit disappointed that Bella doesn't jump like Trumby so we will work on that one!
And she gave Trumby a cuddle too..

Also this week was my nephew Ike's birthday...he is now 8...we had an outing to Fremantle...

Over Easter we have been away on a ten day break to Lorne...along the Great Ocean Road...it was fabulous...I have lots of photos to sort out! We are all a bit out of whack with the time difference...a 4a.m. start yesterday...

Chief has been away on holidays too with our fabulous farrier Mike...learning how to load on a float and how to tie up with out pulling back...he gets home tomorrow...I have missed him...he is always looking in the kitchen window in the mornings when the light comes on...and calls out every time I go outside...I have a lot of work to do with him and need to build my confidence but we are becoming pals...

Ben has been working on the trailer he is building and is off to work for a week on Saturday...Lissy