For several Sundays, one of the students from the horseshoeing school has been coming over to ride Logan. He sometimes brings others with him. We've been ending the riding time with a "trail ride" around the hayfield and down the access road to John's gate, and back to the horses' pasture. It takes about 45 minutes. I've taken Ella on both rides.
I haven't taken my camera on either of these rides, but the first week I noticed that the wild roses had begun to bloom and that we had a big patch of Indian blanket. I walked back the next night to take pictures. The second ride I noticed a plant with an unusual and unfamiliar blue flower in the hayfield. I thought it might be passion flower. The next evening I trekked out there and found the plant again, and took photos with my phone. It turned out to be wild bergamot.
6/12 - Devon came with Erin, who came the week before as well. She rode July bareback (he had a sore on his belly from flies and she didn't want to put a cinch on him), Devon rode Logan, I rode Dakota. This was the first time I've ridden Dakota "cross country", ie no trail. He wasn't real pleased. As soon as we turned around to go back, he and July doubled their speed, and it was a quicker ride than usual. LOL
