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Jul. 21, 2008
Flying by...
I know. I know...My plans were to come here regularly, but life had other plans. I suppose I had other plans more important than this plan since it's been such a long time since I've been here. It's summer time and life is quite busy. As you may know I live on a horse ranch. This year, since I am a certified riding coach, we've decided to try something new. We are providing riding lessons for the kids at the local summer camp. They are week camps and the kids who want to ride come here for 2 hours 2 days in a row.
When we started this venture, it sounded simple. But, things aren't always as they seem and it ballooned in to a bit more than what I had expected. It was a lot of stress and work to ensure that the horses met the criteria set by the camping association and my standards. Then, of course, there is the paper work. But now I think we've got the hang of it. This week will be our third week. We have kids aged 13-15 coming and if all goes well on the first day, we are taking them on a trail ride on the second day.
Aside from the camps, life is pretty steady, I did put a garden in this year for the first time since we've been here (that's 4 years now). It wasn't the best year to decide to add more work to my list but, I think it will be nice to reap the rewards this fall. We are enjoying the lettuce and I loved the radishes, my family not so much, they don't like radishes it seems. We should be getting tomatoes soon and then carrots and lots of potatoes. My flower beds are doing fine, but they do need to be weeded this week. I have a hollyhock that is taller than my garage. Not by much, but still taller. Do hollyhocks only flower every two years? This is the second year they've been in and last year they didn't do good at all.
Well that's it for my time on the computer this morning. I have horses to feed.
As I said summer is flying by....
Make it a great wonderful that, you can do that if you set your mind to it.
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