RE: New family member

In the fall, there is a great roundup (look under events) at Big South
Forks http://www.bigsouthforkinfo.com/
...a national Park that spans Tennessee & Kentucky).  It is plateau
country, not anything like the Smoky's, with all sorts of riding trails. 
Several of our neighbors who are into riding go up there frequently. 


> [Original Message]
> From: Bonnie & Bill Morgan <wmorgan972@ameritech.net>
> To: <gardenchat@hort.net>
> Date: 7/31/2006 1:42:54 PM
> Subject: RE: [CHAT] New family member
>
> Well Cyndi, congratulations!  I'm sure it will cut into some of your time
to
> do other things you love, but it might also give you an additional means
of
> relaxation and time with your DH.  The horse lovers I know probably could
> not be happy without one around.  The animal and the rider seem to form
this
> deep bond.  Maybe it will work that way for you, too.
>
> You CAN buy new plants that are less labor intensive, too!  And the manure
> (I'd compost it for a while first) will be wonderful for the garden.  Bill
> jokes about me walking into a room of manure and unlike the little girl
> wanting the pony saying "Oh, boy!  With this much manure, there must be a
> pony somewhere!" that I'd be saying "Oh, boy!  I need to plant more flower
> beds with this much manure!" 
>
> Blessings,
> Bonnie (SW OH - zone 5)
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-gardenchat@hort.net [o*@hort.net] On
Behalf
> Of Johnson Cyndi D Civ 95 CG/SCSRT
> Sent: Monday, July 31, 2006 12:15 PM
> To: 'gardenchat@hort.net'
> Subject: [CHAT] New family member
>
> We are now the pleased and somewhat apprehensive owners of a horse, a very
> handsome paint gelding we bought yesterday. My husband decided some months
> ago he would like to learn to ride, started lessons, and liked it enough
> that he wants to own.  My sister, who lives to ride, is ecstatic. She has
> major plans for all the places we're going to go. Horse camping, heaven
help
> us...  Anyway I hadn't ever considered owning horses before because if I
> wanted to ride, I'd call her - much less work! But here we are.  We went
all
> the way out to Palm Springs to test drive him yesterday; my sister had
been
> out there last week to evaluate him as a beginner's horse. He has been
> getting away with laziness for quite some time so that will take a bit of
> work but he is very calm and relaxed, good when you're starting out. And
she
> did a few quick things with him, he's very accepting of being trained once
> he knows he can't slack off. 
> So we're getting horse accomodations built out back next to the sheep
pens,
> and then he'll come home; we'll get familiar with everything involved,
then
> in a few months we'll be looking for one for me. 
> Obviously this means I will not have the kind of time I used to put into
the
> vegetable garden. Or the cottage garden for that matter, but mostly the
> veggies. Well, everything changes...and maybe I was getting into a rut.
Last
> summer I was sure griping about the time it took, wasn't I, seems a little
> funny to be sitting here now mourning that! I can't say I'm a logical
> person.  I should probably give some thought to slowly transitioning my
> ornamental garden to less effort-intensive plants, more like the Japanese
> garden. Oh boy...now I can buy new plants!! I am not going to give up
> gardening by any means but I will have to change things. 
> Pictures later, he is living at my sister's house now so it may be a week
or
> so before we have time to take any.  Well...deep breath...into the new!
>
> Cyndi 
>
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