New Barn
In early December, Brenda and I moved barns. We moved back to the barn where we were boarding last year. I haven't blogged much about it because our decision just made sense to us. Not much to say about that really.
There are six horses there currently, including our two. All the boarders are super nice. It truly is like a family and we missed it. The biggest drawback for me is that we went from full board to partial ---we have to clean our own stalls. We devised a stall cleaning sharing arrangement with one of the other boarders so we don't have to go every day. Its still hard getting used to it since we didn't have the think about it at the other place.
The plusses make up for the minuses though as the horses get great care and are watched over by everyone. Not that our old barn was bad...just not the personal attention or the connection with the other boarders. The other boarders at the old barn were...well....just plain crabby.
Party Fun
We had our barn Christmas party yesterday. We lucked out as it wasn't that cold..rainy and windy but we were inside so that didn't matter much. We started our party with "reindeer games"...fun stuff on horseback. Jane was so generous and had "valuable" prizes for all of the winners. We started out w/egg and spoon and progressed to the dollar bill ride with fake 100's. After that we did a version of musical stalls and an obstacle course. Rio and I came home with some very nice prizes!
We had a gift exchange and then pigged out on all the great food everyone had brought.
I didn't take one picture as I was too busy stuffing my face or opening presents.
New Camera
I have a NEW CAMERA and I have been busy trying to figure out how to use it. It is a Canon Rebel xSI. Lots of controls and technical stuff. So far, my pics have come out okay but I have a long way to go to really figure out what I am doing with it.
I am hoping to get some good equine shots and be able to take better action photos. I am hoping Santa brings me a really cool new lense.
Stay tuned for lots of picture posts as I figure things out~
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2 comments:
Oh, it sounds like the new/old barn is wonderful. IT's nice to get that personal touch. And those games sound like a lot of fun!!
And congrats on the new camera!! I will be watching for some new pictures!!
I may be able to help you out with that new camera! Make sure you read the manual that comes with it. (I know, lots of fun there.)
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