Thrilled!

Finally got the horses moved!  It was uneventful and they seem to love the new place!

First sunrise

Breakfast!

Love Bridger's tail here, swish

Aero is doing great, his stubborn streak is subsiding, thank goodness.  There is still some resistance in his body at times so we are going to have some body work done to really get him up to snuff.  The vet was out yesterday to brand Aero's little sister and while he was there we did flexions on Aero and video'd it to send to potential buyers.  He was totally sound, sweet!

Complete with cheesy hearts

Seriously love this guy!

On the Diva front, her feet are great...but now she has cut herself and is sore on that.  OMG, seriously!

 I would say maybe she doesn't want sold, but I can't keep feeding so many horses:/

The races finished up; bittersweet.  So nice to have some time to myself, but husband has already left for another track with a few horses.  I would like some time for just the two of us...but this love affair with horses makes that difficult.  I don't think I would change anything, something about already having cake and eating it, asking for fresh strawberries on top may be a little much.

An escape

I am house sitting for a ranch that is a ways out of town.  It is incredible.  I look forward to the week or so I get to spend out here each year.  There is a wild tranquility about the place that makes for a distinct feeling of removal from town.  It is as though a scale from the mundane hardness of society falls away with each rise and fall of the landscape on the drive out.  It is a place for dreaming, a place for exploring, a place for gentle sunrises and smiling skies.  The house is nestled into the side of massive foothill and looks out over hundreds of acres of sage and grass, the landscape is dotted with the occasional horse, cow, deer, and coyote (these are more heard than seen).  Here with the cleaner air and sweeping vistas there is room for your soul to roam and steep in the scents of fresh dirt after rain and sweet searing sage.

From last fall in the smoke from the worst fires I've seen in a long time.

Smoke does make for a nice sunrise

Can just imagine a heard of cattle and their cowboys

Love Love Love this shot, I wish it was from a real camera and not just my phone.