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Another winter is fast approaching... A time when most of our riding will be done indoors.
As done in past winters, we will enjoy doing a lot of ground work with our horses, some light dressage work, jumping under saddle, and free jumping. We'll also be getting the youngsters well started under saddle. However, unlike our previous winters, this winter we'll enjoy a happy explosion of bright colors in our indoor arena with our brand new show jump poles!
Maybe we should designate Kearsarge Meadows as a Summer Dressage Training Center and a Winter Hunter Jumper Farm! :-)
The Courser Farm in Warner has tons of pumpkins for sale at their farm stand. Prices are low and the pumpkins are lovely. We've been purchasing lots of them, taking them home to split open for our turkeys and chickens to pick at. They really enjoy the seeds and the flesh.
Today, just as a goof, we placed a pumpkin into one of the pastures. It quickly turned into a toy for the horses.
Piper, our black 12 year old gelding, went after it first, quickly finding the stem and using it to lift the pumpkin off the ground. Dropping it, it rolled away. He and 3 year old Big Ben worked together to investigate, following it, and pushing it around a bit.
Soon, Piper returned to nibbling on grass. But Ben, a youngster who loves to play, kept himself thoroughly amused for quite some time, moving the pumpkin around with his nose and his feet.
Tomorrow, more pumpkins will be purchased. But instead of thinking just in terms of tasty food for the birds, we'll be looking for pumpkins that roll really well and have strong stems.
October has arrived, bringing beautiful fall colors, crisp weather, and the end of the bug season. And for us horseback riders, it also means great riding weather! Now is when lots of riders hit the trails and roads.
This month's issue of the local "Warner's New Paper" contains an article entitled "Sharing the Roads of Warner". The aim of the article, written by Kimberley, is to offer some advice to both equestrians and vehicle operators on how to safely share the road.
WNP owner, manager, and editor Richard Senor visited the farm to take a photo of Jeddien and Kimberley riding on the road. Unplanned, a neighbor drove by, passing slow and wide. It was a wonderful example of courtesy and safe road sharing on Kearsarge Mountain Road. The photo can be found in the paper.
The original article, as submitted to WNP, can be found on the Kearsarge Meadows website here, in PDF format. Feel free to share it with others.
Enjoy the great Autumn weather! And stay safe!
