photos from days reciently past

man. what a day. an easy one, not too much riding, but everything took 3x longer than it should have, however, it ended with a black cat waiting outside of the inn for us.... slinking around my ankles. nothing better in the whole world that a beautiful black cat appearing to show you that things are going your way.


 i never have been one to assume negative after such an encounter, adn you figure that when the rest of the world thinks witches are bad alng with their black cats, then wehn you are one, well. then. you see where this is going.

i have been feeling a little out of touch with my other side lately, needing to get in touch with the world around, and then the black cat, the peacocks parading around the property where the horses are stabled, and the beauty of the woods around there, the ground covered in moss, the trees tall and strong, mostly evergreens, growing to the sun defying gravity and the sand they root down in.

it is a beautiful place here. i really is. a lesson in adjustments, letting your eye figure out where the differences are, and appreciating what is around you for what it is. i hope to beable to post some photos of the beautiful little scenes creating themselves around the farm and around this inn we are staying win, which has all the charm. all the charm. it's lovely.

anyway

    let me preface this photo entry with the note that it is a crazy mash up of the last few days.... there are a dozen or so photos that i will also put up at some point that have little anecdotes to go along with them about the little things that slipped through the framework of "the bigger picture"

this first photo is one of those... on the way to hunting with Live Oak for the second time, this store caught my eye, as i was the back seat commentary provider and let me tell you. this one certainly got some squeals from Missy and Jen. although its not the greatest photo i've ever taken, it certainly has some nice qualities :)

after the second huge rainstorm we had, with tornado warnings and all, the grass suddenly grew like crazy, and turned the landscape into huge swaths of greish brown, and neon green. this is the view out of the back of the barn the horses stayed in.

keeping the horses fully drugged happy and pain free. happy is of course referring to the treats

our two doggie roomates in ocala. jamie and riley

using classic suitcase -closing-style

this is the inn we are staying at in Aiken. it's incredibly old, and has quite a bit of charm including a few doors that dont stay closed and a number of original architectural details.

to dinner to dinner to eat like a hog.(both of us obviously)

home again home again to fall asleep like a baby in a bog. or something. the rhyming needs a little work i suppose.

a dessert menu i pan to sample from every day we are here

the road into the farm where the horses are stabled while in Aiken.

it pains springer to give kisses.

the bog on the side of the drive into the farm, across from the riding arena

riding arena with pony sized jumps just out of view.

on our morning walk

i really love wyntons troll doll hair style. its so effortless.

a pasture i would retire in

two of many peacocks roaming the property

afternoon nap time

lunch brought these into our lives. jen received the top one, and i the bottom. hmmm.

a nice finish to another long day. thanks c&c.

and now, yet again, the clock has crept by without me realizing how much time has pasted.
hunting tomorrow with whiskey road.
hoping to have a fun day with four of our horses out. a black cat was waiting outside for jen and i when we went to finish at the barn this  evening, so i think things should go our way tomorrow. mmmm good luck omens.