Hot Shoes at Roxane's

I spent part of yesterday watching a horse shoer do his work at my neighbor and former student's horse farm.

Greg Hargadon kept threatening to send a photo to my farrier John Fuller who's spending the winter months in Mexico because, of course, nobody needs horses shod in February.

Well, usually, that's the case, but not this year.

Roxane Conrad was gracious enough to allow me to snap a few photos while Greg worked his craft.

I have to admit that, after a lifetime around horses, this was the first time I've ever seen the hot-shoeing process.

Watching horse shoers do their work has always been fascinating to me---especially cuz many of them are masters at talking about anything and everything while bent over, in often precarious positions, beneath a 1,000-plus pound animal and remaining focused paring out a hoof or nailing on a shoe.

With front shoes on some of her riding horses, Roxane plans to be out on the roads, riding and enjoying this wonderful weather.