As I stay at home recovering. I begin to think of time lost…you know time I could be teaching Summer. I remind myself that I have to be 100%. I can’t have tubes sticking out that can get caught and really mess things up. Sucky to be sure but, I know I need to be 100% so summer and I can go on. I miss her sassy self. That’s to be expected. I go back to the books about the old ways of the Alta California and Vaqueros. They would turn the horses out for the winter. Then gather them up in the spring. Interesting thing. I think. When they had a full in the bridle horse they had worked cattle with a lot and they felt it’s was getting dull. Before they turned him (they rode geldings or stallions) they would use a ring bit to soften him back up. Interesting that the little time in the ring bit then all winter off and you get back a soft finger light horse.

Posted by copelandk.gk1 at 2023-11-04 13:48:13 UTC