Well, an entire week of rain is getting me down. The horses are tired of it, too, I'm sure. We got drenched again tonight. (I'm not seriously complaining---too many people have had much worse weather recently; I can put up with our rain.) Tomorrow is supposed to be better though, so if I can find a dry-ish place to park I will finally get Riyah out for a ride!

(Lest anyone think I have been moping around inside waiting for sunshine, I want you to know that besides planting a garden (soaked and hail-pocked now!) and working feverishly in my studio, I have been playing games with the horses. Riyah can load in the trailer with me standing way back! She still doesn't like the slant panel closed--she starts fretting and pawing, but she loads great! We have been doing the seven games regularly.

Keno has tender feet again, poor boy. This is his yearly "seasonal laminitis" I believe. The only fresh grass he gets is what tiny bit he nibbles through the fence line where he can squeeze his lips through--not much at all! He is eating the same hay I have fed him all winter. He is not terribly over weight. He does this every spring. Sigh. Double sigh. Wearing boots he is comfortable, but when I remove them, he is quite ouchy. I have been keeping him booted in his old Old Macs most of the time. I rode him booted in his Gloves for 30 minutes at a walk on Saturday. He puzzles me. I am going to call a couple of experts tomorrow. Before I ride.