An autumn stroll through the woods
Nov. 2nd, 2010 10:02 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
redroanchroniclesThe acreage surrounding our house is beautiful this time of year -- or, I suspect, any time of year. I've taken to sitting on our deck with the dog (we have a deck!) and looking out over the surrounding woodland while I drink my tea or eat my lunch or... whatever. I mostly like to find excuses to sit outside and survey our rental kingdom. Today my roommate and I let our horses out for the first time into one of the pastures, a large-ish stretch of woodland that wraps around and behind our house. It was great to watch them picking their way between the trees and exploring, and they certainly make for attractive scenery; we could sit on the deck and watch them watching us back.
I've been pretty amazed lately to find that my horse will come to meet me most of the time, and on those occasions when I go to join her and hang out in the field, she'll even leave friends, food and interesting diversions to come and visit me. It's incredible to be able to see our relationship grow, from where we started out to what it is today, and know that it can get even better.
Of course, having horses isn't all sublime moments of connection with nature. Today I also got a little adventurous and let my dog Trudeau off his leash a few feet outside the door when we were on our way in, and he took this as an opportunity to chase the horses. And then an unlatched gate led to our horses being discovered out on the road by the neighbors, who shepherded them back inside and closed our front gate; the horses were subsequently discovered by our landlady, who got them put away in their paddock again. After hearing this news, I nearly suffered a massive panic-related coronary. I'm fine now, I just hope that my roommate finds my new intense paranoia bearable. (She probably will. I suspect she shares it.) I'm probably going to have nightmares about horses in the road for the next oh say forever.
I've been pretty amazed lately to find that my horse will come to meet me most of the time, and on those occasions when I go to join her and hang out in the field, she'll even leave friends, food and interesting diversions to come and visit me. It's incredible to be able to see our relationship grow, from where we started out to what it is today, and know that it can get even better.
Of course, having horses isn't all sublime moments of connection with nature. Today I also got a little adventurous and let my dog Trudeau off his leash a few feet outside the door when we were on our way in, and he took this as an opportunity to chase the horses. And then an unlatched gate led to our horses being discovered out on the road by the neighbors, who shepherded them back inside and closed our front gate; the horses were subsequently discovered by our landlady, who got them put away in their paddock again. After hearing this news, I nearly suffered a massive panic-related coronary. I'm fine now, I just hope that my roommate finds my new intense paranoia bearable. (She probably will. I suspect she shares it.) I'm probably going to have nightmares about horses in the road for the next oh say forever.
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Date: 2010-11-03 07:24 am (UTC)She looks like she's putting on some serious winter coat. Who's her friend? Is it just the two of them?
Also: Need house pics. Deck! Deck pics with Trudeaus in them. *nodnodnod*
ETA: Hey, does this mean you have internet at home? COOLNESS!
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Date: 2010-11-03 03:55 pm (UTC)I'll definitely be getting more and better pics... dunno about house pictures because I'm still slightly paranoid about identifying information on the Internet, but I'll email you some privately. :D
We do have Internet at home right now; the previous tenant (the owner) hasn't turned hers off yet. We're going to get ourselves an account so we can keep our Internet, but I don't know if that'll be right away or not. I'm broke, so my roommate would have to pick up the tab. ;D
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Date: 2010-11-04 09:55 pm (UTC)Those two really are cute together, and I can just imagine what went on that day...
Sienna - "hey Juno, the gate's open"
Juno - "Yeah but we'd better stay in here or my mum will freak out"
Sienna - "My mum will too, but it will be a great adventure so come on"
Juno - "No we really shouldn't"
Sienna - "Well I'm going, you can stay here if you want"
Juno - "go ahead, I'm staying here....Sienna...........Sienna.......oh crap!, I don't want to stay here by myself................wait for meeeeeeeeee"
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Date: 2010-11-04 11:41 pm (UTC)And I'm not sure Juno would care if I'd be mad, but she'd probably be pretty skeptical about going anywhere because they might miss supper. :D
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Date: 2010-11-04 03:12 am (UTC)Horses in the field!!!