Rainy Day - No Friday Ride

Normally, Friday is one of the days we try to ride, but not today. It was a rainy day which we needed so no complaints here.

So, not much to talk about today.

I'll close with this poem which spoke to me as we just fed the horses and I love to watch my gelding, Morgunn, when he eats.

I Smile

I smile.
A slight grin crawls across my face,
And a glimmer shines within my eye.
As I look at him, I smile.
Munching, munching. happy and content..
Perfectly consistent with every chew.
I wonder..
What makes him so special?
What about him makes me so happy?

A ray of sun dances across his dusty coat,
Two stepping on the chilly breeze,
Waltzing with the strand of hay entwined in his ebony mane.
Tasseled are his ears, and long whiskers,
But ever so much longer are his gentle inquisitive gazes.
The gazes that see right through you and back.
Way past your soul and straight to the core of your heart.

His sudden pause terminates my dreaming,
But now it's just a momentary halt of chewing,
Couples with a wistful glance to the field.
Wrangle ambling, he continues to graze.
I breath in his soft scent and find myself happy,
Much happier than before I knew those hairy ears and adoring gazes.
I know not why, but still..
I smile.


Today is March 13 and if today is your Birthday then RUN, IT'S FRIDAY THE 13TH! (Just kidding) - Rachael Bella (actress, "A Little Princess"), Will Clark (professional ball player), Adam Clayton (bass player for U2), Dana Delaney (actress, "Desperate Housewives"), William H. Macy (actor, "Wild Hogs"), Neil Sedaka (singer, "Breaking Up Is Hard To Do"), William Casey (former CIA Director), L. Ron Hubbard (founder of Scientology - nut case), and Percival Lowell (astronomer who discovered Mars canals).

On this day in 1462 the Gutenberg Bible was printed. In 1519 Cortez lands in Mexico. In 1639 Harvard University was named for clergyman John Harvard. In 1793 Eli Whitney patents the cotton gin. In 1852 the New York Lantern publishes the first cartoon showing the character "Uncle Sam," based on a real U.S. officer who served in the war of 1812, Samuel Wilson. In 1878 the first collegiate golf match was played as Oxford defeated Cambridge. In 1923 a great improvement in radio receivers was advertised on this day. The new models had a concealed speaker and eliminated the need for headphones, which were considered a nuisance because they were so heavy to wear and messed up women's hairdos. And in 1970 Digital Equipment Corp introduces the PDP-11 minicomputer.