I worked second shift today, which I almost never do, and now I’m remembering why.
It’s.
So.
BORING.
I mean, at least at night I get to watch movies when there’s not much going on. But I’ve just spent the past four hours killing time on the internet in every way possible (well…not every way), and my shift is barely halfway done.
Waaaah.
Hannah rode a different horse during her lesson this week, a beautiful and extremely rare American Indian horse named Adriana. She’s a lot bigger than Gary, and a bit feistier too.
She’s earned the affectionate nickname, “Adriana the ADD Horse”. To say she’s a bit easily distracted would be an understatement. During the lesson she stopped repeatedly to chew grass, to sniff the fence post, to watch a bird and to nibble on the plastic barrels in the middle of the arena.
Speaking of easily distracted, did I mention I love horse noses? ‘Cause I do, I really do…
We pass by his pond on our way to the Post Office. I’m not sure if he’s a domestic goose or a wild goose, or maybe something in between, but he’s lived there seemingly on his own for a few years now, and my sister has dubbed him “Jeffrey”. I know even less about sexing geese than I do about goose species, so we’re taking it on faith that he’s a Jeffrey and not, say, a Jennifer.
We’ve made those kind of mistakes before, of course. Just this spring I was using my zoom lens to take photos of Buttons, our resident (and presumed male) red squirrel, when I spotted some very pronounced, concentric and evenly spaced spots on Button’s belly. Whadya know? Buttons was a mom.
Anyway, back to Jeffrey…
Lately he’s taken to crossing the street and hanging out in the cow field, so trying to spot him when we drive by has become something of a hobby. And I think the cows are equally as curious about him as we are…
