This message is from: saskia <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Hi Lisa!
nice to hear from you!!! If you knew how many times I have planned to get out of bed at 3 a.m. and then... (well, you can imagine what followed...). Sybren had *growing pains* again this last month. He is 18 months old now and some months ago, I was worrying because he seemed to have stopped growing. For the *worse*, I had been to an evaluation in Holland and all the yearlings seemed so much bigger than him. Well, one evening I was hugging him and thinking that it didn't matter how small he would remain... the following morning, I went to feed them and he came trotting to me from the back of the pasture... I really called out: "What happened to you!!!" - he really seemed to have grown tremendously in a few hours time! And he went on and on, every day he seemed bigger than the day before. His face is changing too, though he can still pull 'foal-faces' very well, when Kitty is chasing him! Of course it really doesn't matter how big or small he is, but it is so amazing to watch that growth! Do other people with yearlings remark this too, or do they grow in a more steady way? As for our farm, we will be moving in March at last!!! (Time goes slowly when you're impatient!!!). And Flor is coming with us, but right now he is still at the riding school. I really don't dare putting him in the mud here and the stable here is too small for four. So, he must wait to move until we all move. But I'm going to pay him off soon, and then pay for his lodgings, so he will be a "private" horse which means I can put him in the pasture of the school whenever I want (the school's horses never are). And ride him (which I still never have done, but I've watched beginning kids ride him... a reassuring sight!!!). >Yea Yea, its nice, but we have Earthquakes, Fires, Floods, El Nino, LA Riots, >Scorching Heat in the summer, and 2 and 1/2 hour commutes to drive 16 miles >every weekday, which 100,000 more people line up to do each year, and now we >get to pay tolls 2 X's for the benifit of THAT ! hm! sounds nice!!! :-) We have had rain, rain and rain and then some rain too. Everything is mud, the earth is over-saturated... even after a few dry days (like now), you still have to wade through water and mud... :-( Steve, I joined the clicker-list some time ago! It is really fascinating! I ordered the book, but it seems to take some time to get it... I love Tanks picture with the ball (voted for him, of course! he's at 73 % of the votes!!!). Does anybody know Gail Ivey? I am thinking of doing a clinic of hers (with Sybren), but never saw her at work, only heard that she was very interesting... Happy Fjording to all! And a very Happy New Year!!! Saskia (from Belgium, waterland) + Zipje (new nick-name for Sybren!), Kiddo & Janosch. ps Lisa, see you tonight! It's a promise! (BTW almost every movie I see these last weeks has or the Dairy Queen in it, or a Blizzard or a Sundae or how do you call it?)
