Add two, minus one and bowing to forces beyond your control.

I'm playing with two new horses now, and no longer playing with Indy. Why? The awful Florida Summer has finally shown is eternally-boiling face. Its too hot to play with the poor drafts. All that muscle and strength that makes them magnificent has to take its toll somewhere. That somewhere is their endurance during hot weather. Fortunately Susan has another horse, a TWH named Kip who I can play with, and one of Susan's friends is letting me play with her cross-bred 3 year old gelding. Although I am dissapointed I no longer have a chance to play with one of my favorite breeds, I am thankful I had the short experience I did, and I am VERY happy that Susan didn't toss me out to the cold(er- heat as it were) because I could no longer work with Indy. I am really loveing Kip, the TWH mare. She is ten years old, an estimated 16.2 and a LBI that switches to RBE even quicker than Indy. I think she is exactly fifty fifty-half LBI, half RBE. Whereas Indy was more three quarters LBI, one quarter RBE. She was very insensitive and dominant our first session, but on the second session she was so angelic...it was like she had thought over our last session in her mind and really understood. The little gelding is named Blue. He is a LBE, high spirited, frisky, and immature as befits his age. He is one of the CUTEST horses I have ever come across. I believe he is a blue dun, and he is around 13-14 hands. Its such a joy working with these horses. It gives me a sense of fufillment that I am helping somebody-no matter if that somebody is human or horse. I like to think that Susan is happy I am "training" her horses, but in reality she is doing me a favor as currently most of her horses are pets and pasture ornaments.

Now with Diamond...well, our last couple play sessions have left something to be desired. Lets just say there were a lot of Right Brain moments, a lot of argument on tasks and other less-than-pleasant things. I'm hoping tomorrows play session will be better. Everyone has their bad days, and as discourage as it is, I have to face the fact that EVERYONE wakes up on the wrong side of the bed(pasture) every once in a while. Including myself and my horse.