Another wet and miserable day.

I'm ashamed to say that I've done nothing with the horses for five days. I could blame the weather and it really hasn't been very agreeable, but, to be honest, I've not had much motivation. Anyway, I'm sure it will return with brighter weather. On a positive note Anky seems to be feeling good at the moment. Yesterday they were all having a good play in the field and she was leading them a merry dance, rearing and spinning, and looking pretty much like a normal healthy horse (touching wood).

After our breakthrough with Tiger we didn't see him for 24 hours and thought we might have scared him off. But,I think, having thought it over, he's decided he's onto a good thing and he's back twice as friendly and spent last evening cuddled up on the sofa with me.
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Tiger in the house.

I just had to blog this. Our lodger in the barn is at this moment sitting on our sofa. He's been hanging around since April and we've been feeding him in the barn. When he first came he was dirty and skinny, but he's now a very beautiful healthy boy. He's been appearing on the window sill for a few weeks, just looking in, and a few days ago he allowed me to stroke him whilst I fed him some ham ( I know, it's only cupboard love, but I really do think he wants to be part of the family. I don't know what's happened to him in the past, he's very wary). Since then he's been back every night and about half an hour ago, as I was stroking him I picked him up and brought him in. It took him a few minutes to settle but he's now lying on the sofa watching the tv.

A couple of hours later.........

Kick up your Heels Guys!

I had a good day today when Trudi came over for a visit. It really cheered me up, thanks Trudi. An added bonus was that we got to see the horses in the field, playing and kicking up their heels and Anky looked full of energy and life.
It's a bit nippy tonight and I'm wondering if the horses need their rugs. Oh dear, winter's on its way. We've had a stray cat in the barn for a few months now, we've called him Tiger and he's lovely, we feed him every day. He nearly came through the kitchen window tonight - bribery is a powerful tool! Isn't he beautiful!