Today was a perfect day The weather was just right. I got off work early. I went to see my horses.

I rode my 8-yr old and he did well, then I took out the old man and we had a nice slow walk. He's 21 and bowed a tendon last year. I got special tendon boots for him and did a lot of rehab stuff on him, but he'll never be up to trail riding again. Nowadays we just walk up to the front lawn and mow the grass for a bit, then we walk back.

I take him out coz if I don't he gets depressed. He sees me taking the kid out while he gets left behind. He hated that all winter when I didn't ride him at all. When I brought out his bridle this spring and put it on him, he was so excited he was trembling. Then I spent the next three weeks telling him "Walk Goddamnit!" coz he wanted to go go go they way we used to.

Maybe later this month he'll be up to a short ride up to the upper hayfield. We'll see. But I couldn't have asked for a better day. I need lots more just like it. Preferably when my husband is home.