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5/12/2010

I was able to do a short ride here in Elfin Forest after a dressage lesson yesterday. Wow, what a difference a few days made with the wildflowers! The wild wheat has grown at least a foot in the sunny meadows which Jazzi could not ignore. Who needs to life weights when you have a hungry horse? Also in the sunny areas I saw a new addition - bright yellow button flowers made up of very small flowers that nod in the breeze. I do not know their name.

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5/9/2010

It is a very strange and well, grown up Mother’s Day here at the Lazy J Ranch. I received an early morning call from my very good non-horse friend, Suzie who has been at a spiritual retreat in the Rockies for the past week. Suzie and I have been friends and co-workers for many years working on birth injury and catastrophic injury cases (we have seen a lot of trauma together). Suzie is on a new path of spiritual awakening and finding light in an often dark world. Her words of

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Dani's lab, Zak got kicked by one of the horses 3 weeks ago and popped a huge seroma (fluid filled tumor) that was removed yesterday. I have been stuck in the house, keeping and eye on her and making sure she does not pull out the 2 drains that are in her side. This is somewhat OK as it has been raining all day and is COLD. Yes, it is snowing in our mountains...all this and we are literally days away from the first of May!!!! And they are saying that this storm is staying for all of tomorrow too… Continue

4/5/2010
Yesterday was Easter Sunday, a day that is supposed to be a BIG Christian holiday. At my house it was a non starter or so I thought.
I went for a ride on Jazzi in the mid afternoon. Jazzi had been resting for almost 3 weeks since her shoes had been pulled. I had just received her sparkling new copper Renegades boots that match her copper bay coat the day before. I still needed to adjust the cables on the boots so they would fit correctly – stay on and not cause any damage to her… Continue

I had Jazzi's shoes pulled yesterday! I had been thinking about it for a long time, but had all the usual concerns and well, I was not looking forward to the transition. My daughter's mare, Lyric has been bare foot for about 4 years and is (now) doing really well. But it took a really long time to get to this point. Jazzi also moves very different from Lyric; she wares her hind shoes to the point of breaking in two. Jazzi also has high/low syndrome which had been getting better with special frog… Continue