Nova is a Blessing

Snow in Missouri.  Stacks and stacks of it.  My truck and trailer have been buried.  I forgot how to ride a horse in six weeks.

This was a big day.  I got the truck and trailer out of the snow drifts.  Now to get the horse out of the barn.  There’s still a foot of snow out there and it’s hard to walk thru.

I tried to open the barn door. Drat, the cord that hangs on the door was buried in 3″ of ice.  I hacked and hacked with a shovel to get that cord loose.  I raised up the barn door only to find another door piece stuck under the ice.

I gave that up.

I led Nova into the tack room and out the human door.  Dripping water was making noises, but she was OK in tack room.  We found a bag of horse treats and had a good time with those.

Next out the door where my tractor is stuck. Well a hose broke and that hose is very important to forwards and backwards on the tractor.  Nova just took the tractor in stride.

I have a narrow path where I walk and we have to pass by the tractor with the round bale spike on the back.  Nova walked in the snow and I walked in the path.  Usually she gets somewhat excited to leave the other horses, but she was calm today.  That was good because my footing was tricky slick.   She was very interested in staying with me.  It might have been because we stopped every now and then and she got a treat!

We made it to a wider gravel path where I could walk freely.  We made it to the trailer.  It had some frozen spots of ice on the floor by the door, but that didn’t bother Nova at all.

She loaded and we left home.  I got to ride today in a lesson with Tony Vaught!  We learned a lot.  Nova and I have lots of homework. We have seven days of forecast without snow.  I’m going to be riding now!

The big arena at Pine Dell Farm has mirrors in the back now. When Nova and I were leaving, I decided she should “see herself” for the first time!

She was mighty interested too.  She fogged up the mirror trying to smell herself! Her conclusion was, “I am a beautiful horse!”

It was a wonderful day!