Well, I’ve visited Lily about once/month since she went up the hill to TDR and her foaling of a lovely little carbon copy of herself… Several times before and after she foaled, I hopped up on her sans tack (once with no neck rope at all).
This was last Sunday.
She always takes care of me well. And when I come home, I am sad that she is there and I am here. Then when I’ve ridden Paisano out on trails, I am really thinking about how it’s not the same connection and utter trust that I have with Lily. I do trust him. With Lily it is a joyful partnership in trust. Paisano it is more of a supportive feeling. I have to remind him sometimes that I am there and that he needs to take care of me as well as himself. I guess this equine angst of mine is one reason that my blog has been rather neglected of late. I didn’t quite know what to say…
I love having Paisano at Three Cedars in full care. But what I am looking forward to is having Lily there. Now I just need to make a plan to find him a home, be it permanent (selling) or temporary (leasing). Either way, I need to find him another situation. And I would like to do that by January, when Lily will be ready to wean Rita, I’m sure!
I’ve been battling with the uneasy feeling of things being “not quite right” for a while. And not really knowing quite what to do about it. I don’t really want to sell Paisano. He’s a great little guy, fun, sweet, a gentleman, kind, sensitive, etc. etc. But my heart really lies with Lily. I would love to see Paisano placed with someone who would build him into the show pony that I know he could be. And I think that he would enjoy it too, in the right hands. He likes to show off. He could be a great exhibition horse or an eventer or dressage pony. Where is his person? I need to make a plan to present him in the places where that person might be. First off will be getting someone to ride him, all spiffed up, so that I can get updated photos and maybe some video. It’s a marketing project really. And if anyone out there has any leads, I’m all ears…
After it’s all done, Lily and I will continue our journey.
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Lily misses you, too. She is looking forward to Margarita being weaned and returning to her human soul mate. She wants to get back into the woods with you and ride. I think this is the “not right” feeling I have been feeling with Lily. She just wants to return to her relationship with you.
I stopped on my way out to measure her and Vinnie with the saddle fitting cards. Once she saw that they weren’t going to hurt her, she stood very happily with me while I stuck tape to her back, drew on it and otherwise fiddled around. She looked relaxed and happy.
Vinnie, on the other hand, was a busy body, getting into things! And he was less interested in standing there, after Lily returned to the herd. Still he was good. I was surprised at how his back is different than both Paisano and Lily. I thought that he would be closer to Lily than he is. Maybe part of that is that he’s still got some growing to do. Time will tell.