God bless America, land that I love!

Mr. Bud standing in his favorite spot, he will stand there by the hour!

11 year old Bud getting his feet trimmed by our farrier Donna Rand.

Sunday was Buds birthday, Fred gave him cookies and mean me just gave him hay.

Well, I finally rode Bud today until I couldnt feel my cheeks anymore. He did okay for not having been ridden in 3 weeks. He did a few jigs when he wanted to go one way and i wanted to go the other but we had a good ride anyway. It felt good to ride again! If the wind would stop it would be much nicer out there, but it is way better than sweating to death!

Woooo eeee!!! Bud was full of himself today, I think he had had enough of the blustery wind and was ready to come in. He was running and bucking, tossing his head and pacing at the gate. Hopefully I will get on him tomorrow....

Wow, here it is February 6th already, not much new to write about. Havent done much riding due to work schedule and cold wind factoring in. At least for now the driveway is clear of any ice so can do some trotting hopefully this coming monday or tuesday. Fred and I went to the Gateway restaurant for breakfast this morning. From the time we sat down and the time we got our food was almost 45 minutes, seems a little ridiculous to me. The Belgian waffle with strawberries and cream was good, but worth the wait??? HMMM.....