Naughty horses

This past week i have spent every day putting horses back in their paddock after escape missions, and its the horses fault this time (i think namely Violet as ring leader).

Today however the horses have redeemed themselves for now. All were back this side of the river and mum went and put them all back in their paddocks while i was at work.

I visited them with dinner tonight and all seemed ok so while i was there i made some adjustments to the gate way since it has just been two strands of electric tape so far and got some pics.

I called mum to say thanks when i got home and she informed me violet was so lame to the point of almost falling over, although mum said it was mainly walking to the paddock because once inside she stormed around until her friends where all with her. So tomorrow i will give her a good check over and make sure i can't see anything serious, she has lost a shoe so i think she may be a bit bruised from crossing the river with a bare foot.

more wintery pics.

Another rare day of sunshine today. As i arrived at the paddock i saw a lump of horse rug in the paddock and i started to get that nervous feeling in my stomach as any horse owner would have felt before. As i walked closer i noticed Violet laying flat out in a shallow ditch not moving, it took me a few moments before i was close enough to see her belly rising and falling, the poor girl was having a snooze in the sun (how dare she scare me like that)!

I decided to catch a quick photo before i called her name to make sure she was ok, as soon as i spoke her head shot up and she looked at me with sleepy eyes as though how dare i wake her on a sunny morning.

I am very happy with how she's held her weight over winter, such a easy horsey to look after. Both Vi and Taani have lost a shoe while getting out and cavorting around the farm so i will have to call the farrier this week.

Sunshine :)

Took Nick with me this morning to go retrieve the horses from over the farm again this morning. Lucky for all although still a bit cold the sun is shining so we gave the horses a naked day. I'm guessing when i go back down later to ride/feed/rug i'm gonna have a heap of grooming to do!

While i was there i managed to snap some shots and am quite happy with how they're looking so far this winter (apart from being very woolly).