Happy Spring

According to the calender, Spring starts on March 20th. In Oakham, MA it certainly doesn't feel like Spring. The morning temperature has been in the 20's, there is still snow on the ground, and ice on the water buckets if I don't keep them plugged into the water heaters. Worcester, which is 15 miles from us, was even declared "the snowiest city in the US for the 2012/2013 season. We had a warm spell a couple of weeks ago, at which time I was able to get a great photo of our current herd with some family members. So, in spite of the cold weather--HAPPY SPRING

"A" is for ?

" The Wrong Horse" by William Murray is an odyssey through the American horse racing scene. It is part observation, and part memoir. In the chapter entitled '"Venus on Horseback", Mr Murray describes his experience with his horse crazy daughter. He writes: " It took me a while to warm up to it, mainly because, like most love affairs, the romance proved to be expensive. Horses eat almost all of the time and not only hay, which is relatively cheap. They munch on grains and guzzle noxious elixirs guaranteed to make their coats shine and keep them frisky. And they need equipment--bedding, boots, breeches, bridles, brooms, buckets, bits, and endless items from other letters of the alphabet, none of them cheap"  I had some fun coming up with my own silly lists of horse related words using letters in the alphabet. A horse health alphabet might start with "A is for ailments, arthritis, abscess, allergy and ascarids. From a horse crazy girl, or horse crazy adult like myself, I think of words like "A" is for awesome; "B" is for beautiful; "C" is for cute; "D" is for dreamy; "E" is for exciting or elegant; "F" is for freedom; "G" is for gorgeous; "H" is for handsome; "I" is for intelligent; "J" is for joy; "K" is for kind; ect, ect.   Notice the difference? What is your horse alphabet? What does it say about you and your special relationship with your equine companion?