Promises of Spring

Even though it has been bone-chillingly cold down here in New Zealand we have had such beautiful cloudless days for the last couple of days. And looking out my window it seems today is going to be another. here are some photos from my brothers day yesterday, he went on a trek with our friend, I wish I could have gone too!

 It's a beautiful day!

That's his new horse, Chiquita, he loves her like he's never loved any other! :)

Isn't she beautiful!

I have a new horse too! Simba

He has been given to me and my friend for free. She is going to pay for his grass and I will work him and get him going well and then we will find a good home for him. He is quite skinny at the moment, but with a rest and good care he should turn into a stunner!

And there's my darling Tigger-boy! He was jealous because I gave Simba a feed and he thinks anything in a bucket is him personal property! 

Beach Ride

These photos were taken last year at the same beach on the same ride. We went down this big sand dune again!  Fun and scary, especially when your horse wants to gallop down!

  Today my brother, Pete, took me and Tigger up to the beach to ride with the pony club. It began to pour with rain just after we got there. We were the first to arrive and thought it might have been cancelled as it poured all day yesterday and we had a terrific lightening and thunder storm last night to lull us to sleep! The thunder is very loud here because of the hills, one peal goes on and on bouncing up the valleys then back down until it has growled itself out before the next blinding flash and boom. But I am parting from the theme. The sun did come out after a long while and the people and horses gradually arrived and we rode off up the long beach.

   It was all great fun and Tigger's crazy Thoroughbred side came out for the day. I went for a gallop with Peter after everyone else had finished and we didn't have to go slow for everyone. That was the best part of the day!
  On a sad note there were allot of dead birds washed up on the beach from the Pacific Ocean. Apparently allot of birds are starving because the fish are dying because some cold current from Antarctica hasn't come.   We saw a couple of dead puffer fish too. And almost galloped through a fishing wire going down the beach to the sea! Ah, but it was all good and that's all I have to say.

   P. S. Here is something of interest because I'm sure 'all my readers' love The Lady of Shallot