We are back from our week long vacation at the beach and have settled back into out regular (summertime) routine. Yesterday after having my coffee on the porch and sending my Hubby off to the airport with his little sister I promptly took 211 photographs. Well I did not take them all at once, but that is how many pictures I took yesterday.
We headed out to the barn so Miss H could ride Tempest and we needed to go visit Arial. She left while we were away and I needed to get my fix.
As we walked up the hill to her paddock I called her name and she whinnied and came trotting over the hill. She was so happy to see us.
The fact that Little E had a bag of carrots had nothing to do with it.
I really miss having her here. I still look out of my bathroom window every morning to check on her even though she is not there. I guess it is just habit. She went on a little ride with her new little girls yesterday, and did very well. I think she will have a wonderful summer, enjoying the girls and riding everyday. The farm is truly a beautiful place.
The girls got some scratches and kisses in before we left.
Arial's face in this picture speaks volumes. She loves little girls.
We had a little shadow while we were visiting the barn. This is Jasper, he likes to fetch. He likes to fetch anything, at the barn they hide his ball. So he finds other things to fetch, one of his favorite stand-ins is a walnut.
We headed back over to Tempest's stall to see how she was doing with getting tacked up for her ride. Miss H has been away for two weeks and has not ridden her. She really missed her rides with her best buddy.
She got ridden everyday while she was gone, so she was not too full of beans when Miss H went out.
Jasper made sure everything was done correctly in the barnyard.
While Miss H went out on her ride we sat in the car and kept busy. It is not very hard to keep busy, I kept my hands busy taking pictures and twitting.
I just love this fence post. It has so many textures and things to look at. I must have taken about 20 pictures of it.
It was the perfect day back to real life and regular routine. I have about 75 more pictures to edit of my flowers and garden. I will be sharing them tomorrow.
Arial's sunflowers have really taken off in the past week!
There's just no place like home.
Nice photos of Arial's snout... it looks so soft.
Di
The Blue Ridge Gal
Posted by: Di | June 29, 2009 at 10:52 AM
Oh, Arial is so precious! I love your pictures, Sarah! Keep in rolling in :)
Posted by: Virginia | June 29, 2009 at 03:33 PM
Love looking at your pics!
Posted by: Jen | June 29, 2009 at 04:26 PM
Love the horses and dogs! They're so sweet!
Posted by: chocolate and whine | June 29, 2009 at 10:41 PM
Arial looks so sweet in her pictures! She looks like she really misses you, as much as you miss her!
Very cute dog!
Posted by: Paint Girl | June 30, 2009 at 03:45 AM