Brrrrrrr!!

 

 It was cold today!! Granted I started off my day with the farrier! It was about 41 degrees and Patrick showed up at 7:45 am. The ponies were fed and I was in fleece leggings, a fleece lined shirt, a thick fleecey things and my jacket, and my hat. And I was soooo cold by the time he finished! My fingers and toes weren't numb but getting there. I had to sit in front of the space heater and warm up before I could make myself go back outside and get Dan to go ride. But I couldn't sit there long because time was a wastin!'

 

We headed to Ashland and met Sharon and Baylor. It was sunny, but cold and the breeze was pretty substantial today. I sort of wondered if I was going to get hot, riding in all my fleece stuff, but since we were just walking I figured probably not. (maybe later with Funny!). And I was quite glad I didn't shed a layer. It was chilly. Not unbearable, and maybe I would have been toasty warm had I not still been recovering from the morning. ;) 

 

We had a lovely hack though. We went behind the stadium ring, down to the bridge, then up to hoot and holler, down sideways, then crossed the creek. Then we went acorss the field to the canoe launch area and then snuck down towards the beaver pond and then back up to the hay fields and then back down to Green lake and then around the little lake. It was a little hillier than I meant to make it! Whooops. Dan seemed fine though. He didn't seem fatigued and even briefly thought about letting out a few little bucks here and there. Luckily he didn't do it. And I didn't trot him to see if he was sound, but... that's okay. It's not going to matter until February I guess. Truly. Although I'm going to have to keep putting my trust back in God on that one because I still am slightly panicking that I need to re-evaluate to make sure it's not his stifle or something worse that will require more "treatment" vs benign neglect and time. 

 

It was a pretty day too although the leaves are really starting to be more and more brown and be more on the ground than on the trees. I think that we're at the tail end of the beautiful Fall season we actually got this year! Thank goodness I was able to embrace it! Oh, and speaking of leaves.. Dan found a HUGE yellow yummy leaf and was quite happy to snarf it up. :)