{"id":3537,"date":"2016-11-24T22:57:05","date_gmt":"2016-11-24T09:57:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.charmedlife.co.nz\/cowboybootsandbrokenfingers\/?p=3537"},"modified":"2016-11-26T07:36:36","modified_gmt":"2016-11-25T18:36:36","slug":"back-on-the-horse","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.charmedlife.co.nz\/cowboybootsandbrokenfingers\/back-on-the-horse\/","title":{"rendered":"Back on the Horse"},"content":{"rendered":"

This evening I rode Summer for the first time since our\u00a0move to the farmlet. A combination of my absence due to Auckland commitments, winter weather, and eventually just sheer nerves (OMG, can I even remember<\/span> how to ride?), has had\u00a0one of my favorite activities on hold for the last 18 months.<\/p>\n

Anyway, after a couple of fortifying\u00a0glasses of chardonnay\u00a0(let’s not judge), the Forbearing Husband, the ponies, and I toddled off to the Seven Acre Wood. Because I’m way too old to do this<\/a>,\u00a0the Forbearing Husband kindly gave me\u00a0a leg-up<\/a>. Soon Summer and I were walking behind Bonnie, perambulating at fat-miniature-pony pace through the woods. Every so often Summer would try to bite Bonnie’s backside\u00a0to encourage increased forward movement!*<\/p>\n

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Here we go!<\/a><\/p><\/div>\n

Summer was a complete angel, even though I know she far\u00a0prefers the usual low effort (i.e. no passenger) version of our woodland walks.\u00a0Her reward was carrot and a jolly good scratch under her mane. She found both most delicious.<\/p>\n

* Those of The Readership\u00a0who rode\u00a0with me at the now defunct Valley View Ranch may remember a similar\u00a0dynamic when Summer walked behind ‘Jazz-the-Couch’ (Jazz —\u00a0the ultimate learner’s pony; a back like a table, and\u00a0an aversion to any pace faster than a slow walk).<\/p>\n

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