Hello. :)
Summer... It's so full of green. It's such a pretty color. I love it, honestly. Of course, it's not like the green in Iowa (which I miss right now for some unbeknownst reason)... But really, few places are. :) Ohio isn't too bad. Indiana has some, too. Yes.... The lush green grass that grows quickly and needs to be mowed twice a week..... The lawn that took me 3 1/2 hrs to mow on a riding mower... the amazing, cool-to-the-touch softness that you could just sink down into and chillax in... Oh! And the smell of freshly cut grass in the evening... mixed with the smell of the flowers that grew by our house.. early in the evening when the shadows were just starting to stretch out across our property............ I'm gonna stop now before I get any more nostalgic. :) Those were some of my favorite memories... :) Those, and the ones of riding pep thru our alfalfa field in the evenings, when the sun hit us juuust right... and we were galloping across the field.... mmm.... of course those happy, tender moments were always brought to a swift discontinuance when She would either brake suddenly to grab a mouthful of grass, or kick her heals skyward.... (I'm sure she only did it in appreciation for the beauty of nature around her) teehee. Those were the good times. ah, and these ARE the good times. I just haven't discovered it yet. ;)
There are so many things in life that I miss because I'm so busy wishing for something else. I miss the beauty of what's around me because I'm so busy missing what I knew was beautiful before. I'm so busy remembering what I did have, that I miss the things I do have. I miss my friends at home like crazy.... But I have friends here, too... It's different, yes... But I guess it's going to be different. That's okay. God put me here for a reason, and I'll be the happiest RIGHT here, because that's where he put me. He looks out for my wellbeing. Now all I have to do is figure out what he put me here to do... Who's lives I can touch. What I can be a help in.... I know I'll find happiness in that... I guess sometimes it's easier said than done. :) But when I decided that chasing happiness wasn't working, and I gave up on it, and just decided to try to make other people happy...... I found joy. And it's better than happiness... And it's overflowing.. And as long as I choose to focus on the truth, even in bad times there is joy.
How do I keep getting sidetracked? :P
It wouldn't be so bad if every little bunny trail I jump off on didn't elaborate into a 500 word essay on the subject. :P ;)
Note to reader: the following paragraph may not be of interest to you.. its mindless rambling about my horses and people i meet here w/ horses. :)
Anywhoozle.... I went on a ride last night... Just down some back streets near here. Tanisha was kind enough to go with me. :) woot, woot. So we had fun. Oh! On the way home, this redneck truck thing stops us.. ---Okay let me explain 'redneck truck'. It was an old maroon and silver truck w one of those whatchamacallits on the back.. it had stickers all over the back that hailed from different rodeos, cowboy associations, horse rescues,etc, n some 'guns save lives' type bumperstickers... only a few tho. ;) there was a couple bags of horse feed in the back, as well as some saddle blankets, a bridle or two, and other assorted pieces of equine related items shrewn about his vehicle in a somewhat chaotic, but to any horse person 'organized' state. :)--- Back to the story. So this guy, from beneath his weathered cowboy hat and 2 day beard, stops to talk to me. He tells me he likes jazzmin, thinks she's a cutie. He asked what kind she was and was surprised that she was pure quarter. he thought she'd have some morgan in her. meh. She's alittle bulky for that, but morgans do run diff lines in the south. Anywhoozle, he told me that his retired foxhunter is a morgan cross. I laughed... and he didn't know why.... it was because he just admitted to foxhunting. :P Anyways, so then he told me that he now rides this little mustang, who he says got arrested for throwin some jerk who shoulda never owned a horse in the first place (i pause to chuckle again, because he had no facial expression n he didn't change his voice at all the whole time). He said she's 14.3 (thats barely a horse) and she takes him over 5 1/2 feet. (i was impressed!) he also said she leaves him on the ground some of those times, or sends him over without her-- and then stands there lookin at him like "Whatr u doin down there? don't u know ur supposed to be in the saddle?? ahh. he was a funny guy. Oh, then he told me that she does show jumping, dressage, fox hunting, and all that stuff. Am I the only one totally amused by that? I mean here's this guy that looked COMPLETELY like an original cowboy, he even had the vehicle and slight southern drawl goin on.. and then bam. He rides huntseat!? and does dressage?! and foxhunts?! :P It was amazing. I'm proud of him for not being closed-minded. ;)
I went riding again today. This time with Mary and Olivia. woohoo.
I don't wanna talk about it. :P
Buuuuut, since you begged... ;) We were off in search of trails! We found trails! :) yay. There's lots of pretty trails close to my house. Come ride w/ me. :) Anyways, in the midst of discovering these trails, jazzmin was being a bunn. *angry face here*
FIRST, her and the other mare were both fighting over the gelding (yeah, figure that one out), so Jazzmin was like trying to run over Olivia's pony all the time... So then they switched, and the pony was in the front, and the gelding was in the middle.. which worked out fine until jazzmin tried to run over the gelding.... (who is like 17.3 or somethin crazy like that) ...may i just say that i tried to warn her... i tried to stop her... but she INSISTED that it would be a good idea to run into the back of him.. AAAAND, he kicked with both back (shoed) feet. One of em got her in the neck, one of em narrowly missed my stomach n tore into my saddle. I was slightly annoyed. We'll put it that way... :P Soo... there was not alot more fight to not run into the back of THAT horse. heheee... Anyways. Then we were trotting along, slightly downhill I might add, and Jazzmin decided it would be a good place to go faster than safe traveling speed... So I was tryin to slow her down, and she tripped. *cough*.. twice.. and fell on her face... Thank God I didn't go flying over her head and into the heals of the horse in front of us. That would have been bad. But i did get a lovely bruise on my thigh from the saddle. On the upside, she thought that it was me that had tripped her, so she minded the next time I told her to slow down. :D heheee (incase u cant tell by now, thats my slightly satisfied evil chuckle)
Trees. Have I mentioned that I do not like trees? They should not put trees in the woods. :P particularly right on the edge of trails or nearby sharp corners. Trees hurt. Do not hug the tree... BURN IT!!!!
Getting rammed into a tree once while the horse is hurrying to catch up to the other horse that has gotten 2 steps away from her.... Slightly understandable... Getting rammed into a tree twice, because the horse has decided that her gaining those 2 steps quickly is worth more than my future ability to move my knee in any way.... More than slightly annoying.... Getting rammed into a tree 3... AND A HALF (yes thats possible) times... because your *Takes deep breath* horse wants to get home and decided that going THROUGH the tree would save time...... Someone get me a gun...
I really do love my horses. Down deep inside. :P We have funn... but then there are those days when you wish that the horse slaughter houses were still open so you could get your $.30 a lb for meat, and extra for the feet and hair for glue and violin strings.... :P :) I'm sure by tomorrow everything will be back to a loving state of ushy gushy luvy my horsie bliss. I'll just avoid looking at all the scars of previous, and bleeding present, rope burns on my hands until then. ;)
i don't have pictures. again. oops. :)
next time. perhaps. :)
I gotta go clean..... and do wash... so I can go to a softball game tonight. :D
Later all. :)
LOVE!
<3#xoXO
Gianna.
PS. I would have posted my birthday wishlist, but i didn't figure it'd do much good. ;)
PPS. I love you all, I hope u have a fabulous day!
PPPS. If you made it all the way thru the post, give YOURSELF 2 eprops, u deserve it. :P
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