Good morning sunshine!

Finally after a week's worth of unseasonable cool temperatures and rain, rain, rain we are finally getting some real summer weather again. I'm not sure about the whole state but we may have rivaled Hawaii for the number of rainbows in the past few days. I sure have seen more than I would have expected for New England.

The silver lining of constant downpours.

'Dea worked well on Friday aside from a slight disagreement about mounting. Hard to tell if it was part of the huge cold front about to come in or normal mare selective tendencies. I wish I could have gotten a picture of the pea-sized hail that fell at our house that evening but the deluge of rain immediately following washed it away. Bummer. At any rate once mounted she was much more business-like and continued her work towards bettering the contact and making a real horse canter.

Yesterday, Saturday, I stopped by United Shoe Repair in Concord to pick up my boots. Thankfully they were able to repair the worn stitching and not alter the fit and/or zipper. My boots were beautifully cleaned and repaired in a short time-frame for the purse-breaking price for all of $10.00. My boots will live to see another day!

I then made it over to Foster Meadow to do a light ride with 'Dea. I definitely felt her tired in the neck at the trot, which is to be expected with stepping up her expectations. I did just a little bit of canter both directions. There was an obvious difference in adjust-ability and shoulder lift. I felt it best to just enjoy that little bit and then leave it alone until our lesson on Monday. The outdoor arena is just gorgeous with the majority of the views out a large field to mountains on the long side. I didn't have much trouble looking up and ahead out there!

Hopefully 'Dea rests up well today on her day off and is ready to start all over again on Monday. In just two short weeks we will be heading over to UNH to do our best at their June Dressage Show. I'll be working on finishing up our freestyle music in the next couple of days.

In a twist of fate, last night's fortune cookie read as follows I thought it quite fitting.

So far so good!