This message is from: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Hello everyone I such a funny outing today that I just had to share it! The Lord of the Fjords as I call him ( Ironwood Lordalen) and I went out on our first ground driving tour of the local neighborhoods. I have been ground driving him in the arena and on my property. He was doing so well that I thought it time for him to see the bigger world. I always take one of my assistants with me, to help with crossing the road as I can't see as well when I am behind ground driving. The road is all clear and we cross the street . Right across the street from me is a Palm tree grove (yes they grow them and people buy them to put in their yards in Western WA. Well they also have some very large pampas grass about 12 or 15 feet high growing in and along the ditch beside the propriety that leads into the neighborhood. Well Lordalen had never seen grass that big before, so just as we crossed the street he decide that we should take a slight detour and he was in that ditch in about 2 seconds! Of course with his head down eating that Giant Grass! I was still standing on the road and had my assistant get his head out of the grass and I got after him and out of the ditch he came, dragging about a dozen blades of 12' long grass with him! It looked so funny that we both could not stop laughing. So on we go. It just happens to also be trash day and all the garbage cans are out on the side of the street, so you know who thinks that we need to stop and open everyone and see what is in it! We finally make it past the first few cans and he is moving forward now (at least not dragging along a trash can too!) Then we come to the first batch of mail boxes ( my new word to him is now move it!). I think that he would have taken all the flags with him if I had let him! Now we round the corner and are free and clear of all the garbage cans. Now here comes the garbage truck from behind. Lordalen stops and watches as they pick up the cans and then they pass us. He now thinks that we should follow the garbage truck and inspect all the cans since the lids are now coming off! Just as we come around another turn out comes this little white all dolled up poodle, charging out like she owns the place! Under him she goes and out the other side, up to his face they sniff noses! And now he wants to catch the poodle! So I tell him to move it and down the road we go with poodle in tow. So I decide to take him up the hill to the Mansion with the water wheel (this usually scares all the horse the first time including Fjords) . We get to the top of the hill and I walk him up to it and stop. He yawns and looks at me as if to say boring! Let's go after the garbage truck. Absolutely nothing bothered him. He has the funniest personality and just loves get into anything and everything! Well it is almost his first birthday. I suppose he will want a special cake too! Bonnie Morris Hot and sunny in Western Wa and Lordie of the Fjordie's still keeping an eye out for more trash cans! Here are a few pictures of some of the kids at the summer camps painting horses! And giving Lordalen a bath.
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