Thistleblooms Rambles

[thistlebloom]

What a view! Your heart ought to be busting out of your chest with pride! What a special moment and many more to come!

Oh you can't imagine! She and I have logged a couple hundred miles together as pedestrians, walking walking walking... now she'll be packing my hiney (which is pretty good incentive to drop that 10 lbs. of winter weight ) and that means new trails and longer distances and faster gaits!

 

[thistlebloom]

I had a thought of trailering over to the park and riding Syringa in the arena today. Checked the weather, and it was calling for dry conditions. I looked out the window and it was sure looking like it could rain. Told my husband my plan and he said it sure looked like rain.
Oh don't worry I said. The weatherman said it's not!
Pulled her out of her corral and started grooming her. A few hail pellets turned into a torrent and we took cover in her shelter. My husband opened the back door and yelled 'don't worry! the weatherman said it won't rain!'

 

[Bruce]

now she'll be packing my hiney (which is pretty good incentive to drop that 10 lbs. of winter weight )

No need, she can carry way more than your weight

 

[thistlebloom]

No need, she can carry way more than your weight

Ha! Well she may be able to, but I don't want her to have to. The ratio is about 20% of the animals weight, including saddle and gear. She's not very big, I've never taped or sticked her, but she's probably not much over 14 hands (4" per hand), maybe 14.2 hands, and her weight is probably not over 900 lbs. So with the saddle and me, we are very close to 20%.
I ought to measure her and find out all those details.

 

[Senile_Texas_Aggie]

I'm sure your 120 lb weight is light enough!

 

[thistlebloom]

I'm sure your 120 lb weight is light enough!

That's a sweet thought STA, thank you. I'm afraid that reality is not so kind.

 

[thistlebloom]

Yesterday was sunny and warm, my husband was my sidekick and we spread four yards of compost at my smaller job. Four hours later we were happy to be done. Lynn doesn't bake so we didn't score any cookies.

Today is cool and rainy. We have a fire in the woodstove. Not strictly necessary, but it does cheer up the gloomy day. We are ordinarily done with wood fires by this time of year.

I have been looking for a good deal on firewood and found one on CL the other night. $800 for a log truck load of birch, our favorite firewood. Approximately 12 cords. Had it delivered today and I enjoyed watching the process.

Big truck = worried horse.

I went in the corral with Syringa and walked over to the side closest to the truck. She followed me, but stayed right behind my back. She finally let me step back by her shoulder, but immediately hid behind me again. Silly horse!

I took a video too. When I reviewed it I realized I got one second of truck unloading and 6 seconds of manure on the ground. Guess I was so fascinated by the log truck I didn't pay attention to where I was aiming, lol.

 

[CntryBoy777]

That's a bunch of wood!!....but sure cheaper than cut&stacked cords...... .....guess Syringa wanted to "unload" for ya...ya was so "smitten" with the truck "uoading".....

 

[Bruce]

Four hours later we were happy to be done. Lynn doesn't bake so we didn't score any cookies.

Clearly DH needs to do more research before he signs on to a job.

$800 for a log truck load of birch, our favorite firewood. Approximately 12 cords.

Nice price per cord! I have no idea what logs would cost here. If that cheap it would probably be a better use of my time to do other projects instead of cutting my own trees since it is a lot of work and takes a lot of time.

 

[CntryBoy777]

@Bruce there should be some local stick haulers up there....when ya see one hauling logs, look at the driver's door for company name and give them a call....surely they can point ya in the right direction....