It was truly BEAUTIFUL today!!! It got to about 25 degrees today and that is above zero! The sun was out for the majority of the day. Of course, our driveway is close to impassible because of all the dense drifts over the top of it. The weather has not been on our side, so we haven't been able to get the tractor on the semi and the semi back down here from Scobey. Maybe this freezing rain/snow storm we are supposed to get tonight will hold off another day? Probably not.
So I took the opportunity to work with Luna today and of course, Rio hung around and watched. He was probably laughing to himself about Luna having to do all the work. He was probably thrilled that he wasn't the one having to do the work.
Everything is so white, it just looks like an ocean of snow. All the ditches next to the roads are so full that they are even with the road. You wouldn't even know that there was a ditch. This picture is taken about 12 feet from the front of the house looking south west towards the highway.
This is a picture off my porch!
Jake is tolerating the winter pretty well. I think he's probably gained 5 lbs! He mostly stays in the barn though now. He's happier and I sleep better, without waking up to his ransacking the house.
This was before they knew I was coming out to work with them!
Luna stands so nicely tied! She's a pretty good girl. I have to add - most of the time. :o)
Rio keeping an eye on things.
Luna eating snow. Maybe this is how she froze her lips together.
Such a gorgeous boy!!!!
Whoops, we got some hay stuck in our mane.
Dang her, I probably took 20 pictures before I got one timed when she was looking right at me.
Picturesque!
I'm not that much taller than her. I was standing on one of the many thick drifts in their corral.
Luna did some good work today! Snow drifts work well, to teach her to slow down, think about where she puts her feet and trust me to not ask her to go somewhere unsafe. We worked on yielding the hindquarters and forequarters, backing when asked with a slight shake of the lead rope, giving to pressure, and picking up feet. Picking up feet has been going well, but she is not as willing to pick up her right front and back feet as she is her left feet. We'll keep working on it!! She is not scared of anything. This can work for me and against me. It will work to my advantage later, because she won't be scared of things that young horses usually are scared of. BUT, because she is not fearful, it makes it challenging to convince her that when I ask something of her, I mean business and I want it now. She is a smart cookie! She remembers lessons from time to time and her attention span is getting longer!
Look at that gentle, soft eye.
She has the cutest head! I don't think her head will get as big as Rio's. Let's hope so anyways! That might be highly unattractive for a girl. But, it won't matter how cute she is, if I don't do my part and to ensure she has a good mind.
I'm sure she is going to have a good mind, a big heart and be a hardy Montana horse.
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