Massive blizzard!

Yesterday the weather reporters had predicted there would be a massive blizzard today. And they where right. There was warnings on TV and on the radio that you shouldn't drive unless it was very important. Well, I thought, my horses are very important! And it didn't look so bad. But as I drove, I could see it was pretty serious. On the way out to the stable three people had a car accident. Fortunately no one was hurt.

Luckily, I'm half Finnish, so snow doesn't scare me ;-)

When I got to the farm I decided to muck the boxes immediately. Whew, it was hard work! When I have to get rid of all the horse dung I have to go up a really steep hill. And the hill was filled with snow. I think I'll soon get bigger muscles than my boyfriend with all the stable work I'm doing these days! :-D

Later I chose to ride Giga. Wow, I'm proud of that horse. She's just my dearest possession! There's great progress with me and Giga. She was just perfect today. She was beautiful and had a great posture. It may well be I don't always agree with my teacher's methods and approach to handling horses, but 2-3 hours of instruction each week has paid off. And I just love Kronplets indoor arena, it makes everything much easier when the weather is so bad and cold.

It is hard to see it in the picture but behind all horse dung there's a steep hill which I had to drive up and down with my wheelbarrow 5 times!

Poor Victor, he almost looks like a yeti :-D

A tough day

Yesterday I was so tired and exhausted that I just had to forget all about writing on my blog. I had two stables shifts yesterday. The first was at the stable where my horses are. I had to feed all the horses, give them hay on the fields, provide water and let them out. It was quite nice actually and I had the shift with a really sweet woman. I was a little excited to handle the stallions, you never know if they can be aggressive or fiery, but they were just so well-behaved that I completely forgot it was stallions I walked with!

After I had mucked my own boxes I had to drive to Roskilde where my school is located. There I also had  a weekend shift. I had to muck 9 boxes, give them breakfast, lunch and dinner hay and then I had to let the horses in from the feilds.

So I was active since 7 am until 5 pm. It's a long day, especially when you are sick and there are half a meter snow and -6 degrees.

Christmas waves a magic wand

 

Christmas waves a magic wand over this world, and behold, everything is softer and more beautiful. - ~ Norman Vincent Peale

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

How ready are you?

Looks like Sipe Equine Photography is getting ready for Christmas! How ready are you?

a) Completely ready!
b) Getting there
c) Not ready at all
d) Disastrous!

I'm a d!

 

 

That's so true!

Can you relate to it?

I can :-D

Glamorous day!

Today I have done notthing more glamorous all day, then I've mucked all the horses boxes and then I got all the horses from the feild and let them into the stable and fed them. Yay, exciting, huh? But it's also a part you have to take with you when you have a horse. It's not just about the riding, there is much more work to it than most people think. However, I love all aspects of having a horse!

I trained Giga very briefly, her concentration wasn't there today, and they had just gotten their food, so it wasn't the best time to demand anything of her. So we went for a walk inside the indoor arena. And then she got peace from me :-)

She is in turn become really good at standing still when I ask her to.

Beauty of the Day