Temporary loss of enthusiasm

I awoke to a bright day, but it was Cold, very, very cold and the ground was rock solid. I'm now getting to that stage where if spring doesn't come soon I'm really going to get grumpy!!
I could have done something with the horses, but I'm ashamed to say that my enthusiasm was sadly lacking.
We did have a constructive day though, we played with the pups, took them for a long walk down the field and through the wood. They have so much energy! Then I played my sax for a couple of hourse, absolute bliss, lost in the music.
We've been missing the taste of home recently, so this afternoon, I made some crumpets. I made my first batch a week or so ago, and they were ok - they're not as easy as you might think - but this batch look very tasty indeed.

More pics of the girls...

Its been a strange week or so.
We've been teased by the weather, a few lovely days, sunny and warm which really made me believe that we were there - spring had come at last. But no, we've now had some very cold weather and more snow. The cold weather really came as a shock, an icy wind straight from Siberia, I think.
Anyway I got a couple of lovely rides in with Bonbon, going nicely out on a hack with company, and a good session in the school with Remy.
More pics here of the girls, Izzy and Scarlett, it's been just over a week since we got them and they're really settling in. It took Elfin a few days to accept them, but now she's treating them like her own, it's lovely to see.

                                                    
                                                                   Scarlett

 

Izzy

                                                              Playing ball with Elfin                                            

                                                            Izzy and Scarlett

                                             Uh oh...... Frankie getting a little too much attention.        

Better news, and even better news.

The better news it that we now have two little rescue pups to keep Elfin company. Our Jypp went to live with my parents about a month ago (he's having a wonderful time) and with losing Obi, she was left on her own. She's a very maternal dog, so we thought that she'd be great with a puppy.
I contacted several animal refuge centres as to the availability of a puppy, and within about 30 minutes received an email from one of them saying that they had two puppies that had been found dumped on the road the week before. They were about 9 weeks old and as luck would have it, they were in a foster home only 25 mins up the road.
We had to go and look at them, and as Jim said, we can't take just the one......so we have them both!
They're called Scarlett and Izzy, the vet thinks that they're probably beauceron x lab and they're absolutely gorgeous.
This is the pic they sent me, how could we resist!

Once we'd got them home,they started to settle in immediately.

The even better news is that today I rode out on Bonbon with my friend on her horse, and Bonbon was brilliant. I'm hoping for many more rides like today and if she carries on she'll really start to get fit and we can go farther afield! :-)

Obi

We lost Obi yesterday.  It was all over very quickly, he didn't suffer, and three days before he started getting ill, he was playing with me and Elfin in the field, a very happy boy.  The vet diagnosed leukemia. He was nearly 10.
We're devastated, and I can't say how much I'm going to miss him. I love my boy so much.