(I wrote this post a few weeks ago, but for some reason never got around to hitting publish. Here it is, for what it’s worth).<\/p>\n
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This summer was busy. One of the Forbearing Husband’s projects came to fruition in a most satisfying way, which meant more than the usual number of trips away from home for both of us.<\/p>\n
Because of all the excitement it’s been a bit harder than usual to keep up with a regular riding schedule<\/a>. I’ve been trying to get out every chance I can though, and this afternoon, riding bareback on a rather grumpy pony during duck shooting season (she hates the random gun shots sounding out from various neighbourhood properties), I rode through a spook that would have unseated me just a few months ago.<\/p>\n It’s so cool when practice starts to pay off<\/a> don’t you think? \u00a0I’m still a very novice rider.\u00a0Summer<\/a>, bless her,\u00a0kindly puts up with a whole lot of human error, but after every ride I figure a few more things out and \u2014 slowly, slowly \u2014 I\u2019m moving closer to being the rider I\u2019d one day like to be.<\/p>\n This is\u00a0my inspiration, Stacey Westfall and Whizard\u2019s Baby Doll<\/a> (aka Roxy) at the 2006 American Quarter Horse Congress \u2014 it makes me smile every time I watch it. If only\u00a0I had enough practice hours left in my lifetime!<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n