Monday, February 9, 2009

Quiet Days

The past few days with Kachina have been quiet and uneventful. The rain's made it cold and gloomy, and most of the time it's enough to go out, clean up after the horses, groom Kachina and watch her eat.

As Kachina sheds her winter coat, I'm discovering new, subtle markings that weren't there before. Cobwebbing is starting to appear where her forelock sprouts, and she's got shoulder and leg bars now. I haven't noticed much of a difference in her color, but she's still shedding and I anticipate her darkening a bit by summertime. It's really exciting to watch them appear. I love primitive horse markings; they're one of the reasons why I love dun, buckskin and grullo horses.

I still haven't received the signed paperwork from The Son, so there's no progress on her registration. I except them sometime this week, but that's only if he signed and sent them off promptly, which may not be the case.

If it isn't raining today, I'll drag a few thick branches and tires up from the side of the road for her to step over. My plan is to have her fully desensitized to almost everything I can think of by Spring.

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