yesterday morning i woke to the footsteps of my niece approaching my tent. "aunt thea are you awake?" i can't think of a more pleasant way of waking up - those eyes of admiration. then the dogs came and barked and scratched at the tent, so it was time to get up. we went up to the house for breakfast, i had some coffee and my sister and i decided the kids wouldn't go to the Y for daycare after school, i would pick them up at the bus stop.
before everyone left for the day my niece told me that griffin, my cat, had gotten out in the night and when she let him back in his eyes looked all pink like the fur had fallen off. i looked around and found him under the bed. eventually he came out and sure enough it looked like the fur around his eyes had fallen off. that, or he went through some primitive right of passage: there are now identical slashes on either cheekbone. but the likely senario, griffin got out and the dogs got him. the country is a violent place for a city kitty.
after a morning walk with the dogs my day progressed into a combination of indoor and outdoor chores, and set my things up in the plush camper i'll be inhabiting. later in the afternoon i jumped on gloree (18 year old arabian mare) bareback but quickly realized i'm not strong enough for that yet. she gets/ acts spooked sometimes so if she leaps i'm flyin'. so the highlight of my day was cleaning up my saddle. i look forward to some riding.
2 comments:
wow! sounds awesome. it's great you can help kate out. how 'bout heading my way at the end of may when my classes start heating up?? could use you then :) hahaha
Got the word on your blog from AH. Nice to know what you are up to these days. I will be sure to check back in from time to time.r
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