Sunday, June 18, 2017

Catching up on june



Here we are... June.. the month that I think I work the hardest... or rather, just have the most to do. But, somethings are winding down for the summer, which will be replaced with summer things. One of my "wind downs" is the reading dog programs at our school(s). Livy and I were busy with two schools this year, she loves being with the kids... I love being with the kids, and I can see the difference in them from the beginning of the year until now. One of the teachers had this poster hanging outside her door, and I just had to get a photo of it... it's so true. Teach children to read well and they will always have a way to entertain themselves...the ability to learn new things.... a way to dream and try new things... 

I have always loved reading and writing...I guess that's why I keep this blog....
It's important that I do keep things private, but this is "how" Livy does her job. I love it when she is looking over the children's shoulders at the books.... they do too...
And her over all calmness and just "being" there... listening, is very good for the children. I have heard a hundred times how much they are going to miss seeing her over the summer... and questioned over and over again of our coming back next fall..... 

of course we will....
Summer things... this one being watching a couple of cute little grands while Mommy ran a local road race...I took Shadow and Livy with me, we had a nice walk up to the race route, watched all the runners go by and looked for Mommy...
There she is!!!!! 



It's a family friendly race, so perhaps next year Reagan can try it with Mommy... but we were happy to give her a big cheer and hug at the end of the race....
Back to the reading program... the school had a good bye and thank you party for the doggies... this little gal has had a very hard year, but she loved Livy so much. At our party, she wanted Livy to sit with her so she could get "a lot of time before the summer break"... her hugs were so endearing.. and Livy didn't mind one bit. 
Look who's wearing his saddle again!!! It's funny because when I was boarding the horses, I couldn't wait until they were in my own yard. And that's proven to be right... but, everything has pros and cons... and a con about boarding is there generally was (is) someone around the barn.. so if you didn't actually have someone to ride with.. at least when you were riding someone was there just in case things went a muck. The real truth is, I have ridden less here on the farm than I did when I was boarding. Just because being here alone, if anything happened it could be hours before help came. And even working with the horses, I keep that in mind...

but, a cool thing has happened... Astrid is very interested in riding, so she's begun to come once a week or so and have a "lesson" with Tonka. Now, I am by no means a trainer, but I am happy to share what I know and my horse with her...


And for me.. I've been getting back on my boy.. and a new interest has come to life once again. We have a nice round pen to ride in, but I have been asking Ed about the possibility of having a riding arena, and it could be a summer project...
 It feels good to be back in the saddle, and I really haven't forgotten all those years of lessons... and I might even look around for another trainer and take a few more to bring my skills back up. Either way... it's fun to be playing with the horses and have a friend who wishes to do the same. 








Sir Rio... Denise caught this dance the other night when she was doing the night barn chores. He hasn't shown off for me, but she said he was just beautiful. I keep hoping I'll catch him one day.... and another summer project... making a bigger pen for him.

Much of the work of June has to do with the camps and the beach house. We are scurrying to get them all ready for the renters and their use. But, the other day, as we were heading down to see what the beach house list of things to do looked like we came across this....

a field of hay, all cut ...

hum.... looks like hay season is here, and that's one job that does not wait... so, everything else goes on hold because you make hay while the sun shines!!!!!