Meandering with Marilyn

MO that is…it was so good to see her. She was glad to see Can Can and ME, too. It was wind chill of about 15 below, so she was striding right along.

One thing about our place, it’s never boring. MO is very careful to place her feet correctly on the ground/snow and is also very particular that I place my feet just how she wants them. She helps me watch for ice patches when we ride in the spring and for holes when we ride in the summer time. Her help has been useful a time or two.

Anyway, she was striding along in a most purposeful way watching the ground as she does for bad footing, patches of ice, trails in the snow, and dodging hard clumps of horse poop and she walked into the overhead brace of one of our gates. Boom! Down on the ground flat on her back. MO is just like a Mexican jumping bean; she was back up on her feet and going again. This time she ducked her head for the gate….Normally, she has plenty of clearance over her head at the gate, and we don’t use this gate often. With our extra snowfall this year, she no longer had adequate clearance.

MO is a positive thinker…she said it was a good thing she had on a hoodie, a thinsulate cap, and a headband/ear warmer to cushion the blow.

Can Can was so excited to see MO she wanted to play her favorite game which is called “Chase Marilyn around the pens.” I wasn’t really in favor of this, but I consented to play when she came after me with her mouth wide open. Of course, MO and Her Husband were standing around so I tried to run over them as a short cut.

Can Can, even though she’s old, is interested in going a lot faster and turning a lot harder than I am. She tells me stories of how she was pretty good in barrel racing/pole bending in her younger years and I guess I would have to believe her as quickly as she can get around our round bale feeder when she is chasing me!

Welcome Home MO!!

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