CB's New Adventure, Etc.

 

It's a baby Queen's Mantle, and it's oh so pretty as are any plants that show us that spring has arrived.

In the next few weeks the yard will be alive with this plants and all  its friends which form an attractive and always spreading border wherever they grow. 

CB has spent his first night in his new temporary boarding school. 

We were pleased with how calmly he made the trip, riding all by himself in my sisters' horse trailer, to the stable near the Washington border.  

He'll be living for the next month at Post Falls Training Stable, a horse facility located in a picturesque rural community of rolling hills and fancy white plastic fences south of I-90 at State Line. 

CB's next-door neighbor in the turn-out pens at the barn is a Palomino Arabian that its beginnings in the same place where CB was born---Ravenwood Arabians in Ronan, Mont. 

He'll also have the experience of getting to know the resident kitty cats constantly slinking their way through the barn and the pens. 

And, he will work .  . .  hard. 

From what I've heard, Monty is a taskmaster and horses under his tutelage put in some strenuous educational time under saddle. 

Since he's trained my other two horses, I'm excited that he'll be working with CB. 

This Arabian stallion belongs to Sarah Marienau Mitchell who was also in the 4-H club long ago with Barbara, Laurie and Monty.  

Monty is training the young horse. 

When you make a horse delivery, there's always some time for visiting.  

These three, Barbara, Laurie and Monty, have known each other since their early years of participating in the 4-H horse program. 

All have ridden Arabians to national championships. 

So, it's safe to say that there is a lot of horse knowledge and horse stories among the trio.  

Plus, over the decades, lots of aspiring equestrians have benefitted from their teaching. 

Below:  I'm guessing this cat at the stable is on at least the second of its nine lives. 

I heard it was run over by a car a week or so ago.  Miraculously, it bounced back as if nothing had happened. 

While I was gone for the day with my sisters and CB, Bonfire Bill was at work, eliminating the pile south of the house.  

His work at cleaning up several years of debris has lasted for at least a week, but he's starting to see the end of the project. 

Plus, the beautiful spruce tree that has grown in spite of the rubble around it will get to show off. 

We're supposed to get some more rain today, but as the week rolls on, the weather is supposed to improve again with temps into the 60s by the weekend. 

Yes, we'll take it. 

Happy Tuesday.