Yesterday morning, around 5 am, we got to experience the lunar eclipse. It went pretty quickly but was neat to see. It was the second total lunar eclipse of this year.

A few weeks ago, I received an e-mail from a fairly local woman who was in the process of purchasing a Curly gelding from the Barre area. She was interested in finding a barn that did some short term boarding and training. When she contacted me, she was unaware that the horse she was trying to purchase was born here. Michelle is this horse's fourth owner.. hopefully his last. He is here now and picking up his past training quickly. He is the handsome Golden Dream and it has been fun to see him after 11 or so years since he was originally sold. As I say on my web site .. every horse has its destiny-- and Golden Dream traveled a circuitous path to return "home". I think Michelle is going to be happy with this guy and I feel he has found his "destiny" at last.

During this week, the younger geldings- 3 and 4 year olds-- were out on the trail a couple of times getting exposure to dirt roads and brush, maybe a stream crossing here and there. Tiger went out on the day the town trucks were watering down the dirt roads, which they do at this time of year to keep the dust down. This was his first time out and the trucks did not even slow down... Tiger was a champ-- no reaction what-so-ever !!

The little 11.2 hand curly pony gelding, OYY Arcus, started up his training again. It's been since summer/fall of 2006 that he has been hitched to a cart but he remembered his training and went trotting in circles in the big ring like he never had any time off. What a good looking pony !!

He's going to be an easy horse to start under saddle and will make an adorable mount. His dam, who is a grade chunky pony is a FUN little pony to ride-- very comfortable forward gaits. She has had a few Curly foals for us- all of them smart and trainable. nothing cuter than a Curly pony !!

Enjoy the day ~