Its been a really busy time here at the ranch, between our family guests and our Wwoofer guests our house is pretty much bursting at the seams. It's been a time for sharing, sharing stories, sharing experiences, sharing knowledge...... and sharing chores. Trish went back to Holland this morning, right now she will be in the air heading for Houston and hopefully not affected by the big freeze on the East Coast. Brother John went back last week and is cleaning up the flood damage in a wet and murky Wales. Both taking a well earned rest after 3 weeks "vacation" (holiday) with us ! thanks to you both, we will miss you, hurry back to us. Tom has had a few new experiences since I managed to take him on an unscheduled tour of the Pacific North West on his first hour with us ( got lost !!) Tom has never worked with horses, little horses or big horses...and our horses are VERY big. Tom was assigned to work with dear old Destiny and Trish was assigned to teach him everything he needed to know before we would allow him to get on her back. Unfortunately for Tom, horses eat copious amounts of hay and since what goes in must come out, horses produce copious amounts of poo. Horse care means top to tail maintenance, daily valeting and servicing and even little Destiny can make her stall look like Armagheddon has come. Tom has managed to keep smiling through it all but I feel that the Gentle Giant Meadows Ranch pace is going to drive him into a meltdown....or a feeding frienzy. My boys loved their food but Tom has them beat ! I guess that young man has hollow legs 'cause I can't see where it is all settling ! As a reward for all his efforts with Destiny, we saddled her up and Tom found himself in the saddle for the very first time. I'm not sure that his first impression was favourable....his "it's a long way down" seemed to imply a certain degree of uncertainty but Destiny soon put him right and before long his big smile returned. Trish and I had a high 5 moment when Tom poured his tea...and added milk !!! YES !!! I knew that the inner Brit in him ( if he has an inner Brit, thats a bit presumptious of me, smile) would win over ! Jodie arrived back from her Seattle, glass blowing course foray soaked to the skin after her bike ride from Bremmerton, I swear I don't know where she gets her energy from !! We were happy to have her safely home. Poor Lamb Chop, Greg is discussing castrating him, I'm not sure which is the better option from his point of view,...Macho the buck has decided that, since the doelings are not available to him, Lamb Chop is looking very desireable. Lamb Chop has been far from impressed at the unwanted attention and has taken to sitting on his assetts. Well, it's raining again, so I'll have to hunt out the plastic bag for my hair or I'll be a frizz ball. Take care, keep dry, M
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