I forgot I had started this post and never finished it - these photos were from the Hurricane Irma preparations:

 

Front doors of the barn

 

Our doors close nicely to keep out wind and rain. Makes it quite cozy.

 

Back doors 

 

Scout and his cute feet on the concrete.

 

Filly is always facing the woods - no matter if she is in the stall or in the paddock.

 

 

Tonto in his little stall licking the tiny rubber feed tub he gets his few ounces of grain in each feeding

 

 

Scout

I love how Scout puts his feet on the concrete. Our old pony Buck stood with his front feet on an old bridge at my parents' house, this same way.

Thankfully, Hurricane Irma only brought a lot of rain and mild winds, so we were very fortunate to only have lots of leaves and small limbs down.

 

Until next time - Happy Riding!

We brought Maisy home on November 5 and I have been on her twice - both times on the same day. We have been so busy with work and fixing our home after a flood issue, that time has been at a premium lately.

 

 

She was quite anxious as we walked around the pasture in small circles, but I am sure it didn't help with me being so nervous about being on a new pony and the other 3 ponies screaming their heads off from the other field.

My arms are about as stiff as her neck is in these photos...

Maisy tried to soften a bit, but I was too nervous to soften my hands.

Then Maisy decided not to go forward and this happened:

 



 

It was more of a frustrated rear than aggressive rear. But we did a lot more small circles after this little rear.

 

Maybe things will slow down after the holidays and we can try again.

 

Until next time - Happy Riding!

 

Well, when the Pony Party business begins to get busy and you begin booking riding lessons and you only have one small pony available to teach on and use, you purchase another pony...

 

Meet Maisy (originally Daisy, but renamed Maisy due to having a cat and dog already named Daisy.)

 

Maisy is between 10-12 years old, 13.3 hand pony cross. I think she is a bit gaited.

 

 

 

Just had to trim that forelock:

Nice bangs!!

 

Second ride:

 

She is a bit anxious under saddle, but I think she will be fine with some time to adjust to her new home.

So, Scout made it from Lida's amazing farm to my parents' place lovely in Pike Road, and finally back to our little place recently, so the happy trio is back together. Except, well, maybe not so happy....

Scout decided to lay claim to miss Filly, so he tried to run sweet little Tonto off one of the terraces to make a point the other day.

 

Now Scout and Filly are living in their own paddock, with their 2 14x14 stalls and little Tonto (the angel pony) resides in his new digs (thank you, honey).  They were all ready for Hurricane Irma to arrive.

 

Filly and Scout:

 

Tonto hiding behind the oak tree fro protection from mean old Scout:

Tonto's new run-in on the back side of the barn:

The meanies:

New run-in before stall mat and shavings were added:

In case you were wondering, it measures 8 ft wide by 12 ft long. Tonto is a whopping 11.2 hands, so it fits him perfectly.

Sweet little Tonto:

Yes, we used the partially covered chains from the old swing-set to up-cycle into a temporary stall guard:

Scout loves to put his front feet on the concrete. I guess it makes him feel taller:

Tonto peaking into the barn. (Brian's brilliant idea to cut a doorway into the main barn like this...)

Lucy approves of Tonto's new run-in:

Chloe checking out Tonto's new room:

Hurricane Irma-ready run-in stall with rubber stall mat and shavings (yay!!!)

We lucked out with Hurricane Irma. She decided to give us a break and headed east. We had some minor wind and much needed rain. I'll post more photos of our barn all shut up and prepared for the big Irma! :)

Until then....Happy Riding!!!