Thanks to the kindness of barnmate Carol, my bride Trudy has a pony to ride on the weekends - a gorgeous Morgan mare named Josephine.
Josephine - 23 July, 2000.
Josephine has a bit too many groceries on her. Going out on the trail with Taylor should turn that around after a few months. I'm including this rather unflattering picture of Josephine and her cellulite rump to serve as a future "before" picture. I rode her bareback today. She was super. She's a lot more comfortable than "skinnie Minnie" Taylor... more like riding on a gelpack than balancing on steep roof.
It hit 100 degrees today. After doing some work toward developing a collected canter in the arena, I figured it was as good a day as any for Taylor's first bath of the new millenium. I used some purple shampoo that brings out whiter whites to see if that would bring back his other two socks that he showed up with back in August. The highlights in his mane and tail glistened as well.
Taylor (after his first bath in 2000)