Anna has been DREAMING of owning and taking care of a horse for many years.
Our friend Robyn is leasing Georgio from his owner, and invited us to meet him a couple of Sundays ago.
These are just snapshots mostly, but I had to share. They were just too cute together.
This is her first glance – I think he was a lot bigger than she imagined. (Her jeans were WAY too big for her.)
I have an unfortunate allergy to horses – I just brush them with my skin and I will break out in hives. I just smell them and have an allergy attack. So, I had to stay very hands off while Robyn walked us around.
Here, Anna shows us how she learned to hold the reigns properly.
And how to look reeeeeeeally cute on the back of a horse.
She was delighted, although a bit shy at first. I was so proud of her for overcoming her fears of getting on a horse much bigger than she expected. She was afraid to kick his sides – I am sure she thought she would hurt him. And her meek little tongue clicks and “whoa’s” were not at all stern enough to do the trick.
After a short while, she seemed a lot more comfortable on him. And giggled every time one of her commands would actually work.
Georgie was very patient with all of us. Even when I wanted to take this silly photo of his ears.
I think she is in love. Georgie, I’m not so sure.
Perhaps the best of all was when she got to groom him after the ride. This was no plastic My Pretty Pony! THIS WAS REAL HORSE HAIR! OMG OMG OMG OMG SQUEEEEEE! I could just hear the inside of her brain making all kinds of glittery rainbow noises.
xo
Tara
by Tara Whitney
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