Magical Moments
If I wrote you this sentence —I took Merlin out for a ride in the snow today — what would you picture? Would you picture a long-maned black stallion romping through explosions of powder? Do you see something out of an old Idaho western with a cowgirl coming down a mountain pass in a sheepskin jacket? Or can you picture what really happened... Me trying to convince a freaking out Merlin that the three-foot snowbank on the side of the road wasn't quicksand, as he stomped and screamed while a Geo Metro tried to pass us without looking too concerned? It was the latter.
I still love the brute.
posted by Jenna at 7:09 PM
9 Comments:
Hi Jenna, Horses...you never know what they are going to shy at. My sister and I used to ride our horses in the wilderness. We have an ongoing joke about horse eating rocks. The rock might be the size of a hay bale, or small...or larger. The horses might decide that they were not having a thing to do with it...so, around it we would go. Sharon in Oregon
He loves you as much as you love him. :)
Yep, I know a lot of horse-eating boulders. Horse eating snow banks are a new one to me, but not surprising! There could be a pink elephant hiding behind it! Run!!!
too funny. the geo metro in the scene really made it :)
My horses never had the opportunity to freak at a snowbank, but when the awful, horrible garage that we passed every single day still managed to panic them, it made me laugh (after I got done fighting them tooth and nail to get past it.)
So, did I hit it on the nail when my first thought was that he would act like a prepubescent boy and have no idea how to behave? That thought occurred before I finished your paragraph. :)
And yes, it does look magical.
Fellow Farmsteader,
Noel @ the Shepherd's farm
Attention all livestock: beware the dangerous snow snake. Can attack at any moment ;)
Love those proud equestrian moments!
Is it wrong that I laughed when I read this? I haven't had much to do with horses lately but I do remember how scary new things could be for them. The the people in the car where prob horrified.
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