Making up for the absence

[KittySawrus]

I seem to only post when I have been to Strang now :P having not been at Ivesley for the past 4 weeks it's been my horsey life line!! So I was snapping away with my phone camera again, it was a busy ol' sunny day today - and there were good pics to be had!
Captions at the top!

First off, I was GOING to lead Tommy today, but the ride never turned up on time. During our 20-mins-of-waiting time, I convinced my instructor Rebecca to let me ride him next week :D so that's me on Tommy for the next lesson! Huzzah!!
http://photos-h.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc1/hs103.snc1/4885_108209498693_746398693_2740599_7048503_n.jpg

So with not much to do since the ride was cancelled and barely any mucking-out to be done...I snapped some pics of our yard in the sunshine!!
This is the aisle, from the top (the pony block end), the entrance to the indoor arena is at the bottom on the right.
http://www.baywindfarm.com/forum/picture.php?albumid=217&pictureid=11859

If we turn our back to the aisle, we face the pony block, which includes two double-stables housing two ponies each. There's also the tool shed! I usually muck out this block...dunno why, just habit I guess.
http://www.baywindfarm.com/forum/picture.php?albumid=217&pictureid=11857

Turning to the right, we face Nola's block, named after the horse occupying the first stable you come to. It's one of two sister blocks made of 6 stables. These stables all have concrete floors.
http://www.baywindfarm.com/forum/picture.php?albumid=217&pictureid=11858

In between the pony block and Nola's block is the hay barn! Do you love my awesome photomerge? :P
http://www.baywindfarm.com/forum/picture.php?albumid=217&pictureid=11856

If you walk along Nola's block a little you can see out to the outdoor arena and the far yard. Useful for shouting for people :)
http://www.baywindfarm.com/forum/picture.php?albumid=217&pictureid=11860

And this is the far yard! All these stables have rubber matting, dunno why. It also used to be a pure livery block, til Bramble got moved because he bites so much, and Inca & Aerial left so we moved Jazzy & Tommy in.
http://www.baywindfarm.com/forum/picture.php?albumid=217&pictureid=11861

And if you're looking for Tommy, he lives in the last stable on the far yard:
http://www.baywindfarm.com/forum/picture.php?albumid=217&pictureid=11862 (The stable is deceptively small here, it's actually fairly roomy)

So why was it a good photo day? Well, there was a seminar on I didn't know about - and was a little cotly for me atm - called "Painted muscles in motion". It looks really interesting, and after lunch we got 6 horses out and people were panting them with chalk to see where the muscles lay so they could then walk them and see how the muscles moved:
Tommy, 14.1hh Fjord pony:
http://photos-c.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc1/hs083.snc1/4885_108209518693_746398693_2740602_2581863_n.jpg

Jazzy, 15.3hh coloured:
http://photos-h.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc1/hs103.snc1/4885_108210963693_746398693_2740615_2456043_n.jpg

Dinky, 16.2hh mix:
http://photos-b.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc1/hs083.snc1/4885_108209513693_746398693_2740601_2972895_n.jpg
I never did post that video of him tanking off with me...

and Jack -who I think was best painted ;D - 12.2hh Welsh B:
http://photos-a.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc1/hs103.snc1/4885_108209503693_746398693_2740600_5448446_n.jpg


I've got one last picture to show you guys :) so last week I went out ona hack on Apollo. well, I say hack -it was about 10 minutes long, if that, we barely did owt but what we did do involved a gallop along a narrow track with the smallest (and fastest) pony in front and a close encounter w/ a hawthron bush. But here' me and Apollo PRE hack:
http://photos-g.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc1/hs103.snc1/4885_108209493693_746398693_2740598_4595100_n.jpg
Innee bootifuw???? What a goooooooooorgeous boyyy :D

So, that's yer lot. I will update you on my ride w/ Tommy, and, at last, my four-week-fast from Ivesley shall be broken! Huzzah :D :D :D :D

[PoniesRock101]

AWWW...look at Tommy! What a cutie! That painted muscle clinic thing sounds like it would be really interesting.

Looks like a fun day!
I never did post that video of him tanking off with me
LOL, Were you planning on posting it? I Must have missed that story.

[*Solo's Mum*]

oo sounds like a good day and prettty pictures :D
love the ponies drawn on :p
x

[Gypsy Rose]

Sounds like you had a very interesting day! I really love the muscle painting- that would have been something really interesting to sit in on!

I think Tommy's a little cutie!

Glad you'll be back at Ivesley again, too!

[mare]

Good job on the pics. Thanks for posting them.

[allie0]

Awesome pics =D The stables are SO nice! *drools*
What sorta phone do you have?

[vicklynn]

Sounds like a good day!!
Muscle painting sounds very interesting.

[KittySawrus]

Thanks for the interest guys :D

Ponies - Yeah, that was just me kind of thinking aloud, I was meaning to post the video where he just takes off from trot to canter/with a few bucks thrown in. It's not excellent quality so I don't know whether it's worth the post...
Gypsy - Also glad :D I can't wait!!
Rayenn - It's an LG Cookie, or KP500. The photos are like 1.2 megapixels or something, but there's no anti-shake so half of them come out all blurry :P

Muscle painting WAS fascinating, I wish I could've been on the actual talk. Next time it comes round I will, for sure. I'm keeping my eye on the "Livery Noticeboard" from now on ;)