Inside all week...

Elizabeth, who took this video, had put her TB Sunny Emblem in the round pen to let her stretch her legs, and stretch them she did. I'd hopped on Tico, but he'd been so wired - especially watching Emma do her stuff - that I decided to get off him and lunge a bit first.

Elizabeth started this after the rearing, pawing the air, and more violent shenanigans were over, but he still had a bit of ye-haw! in him.

Round Pen 'Tude

I'd taken his blankets off to give him a chance to roll... this was actually a week before Valentines Day, and had been a bit warmer - not over freezing, but not under 10, either. Can I just say that this winter has been sucking more than usual?

Valentines Day 2015.

OnValentines Day, and in preparation for yet another snowstorm, there were a bunch of guys on the barn and indoor roofs, shoveling, pushing the snow already there off. There were only a couple of turnouts being used, and because under the snow was a thick layer of ice, only the horses with borium shoes were going outside.

The barn owner had plowed about fifteen feet into the outdoor ring, effectively creating a mountain of snow, but giving the less athletic horses some room to stretch their legs.  Tico had climbed over it and was hanging out at the other end, across the drive from Topaz in another turnout. The mini avalanches coming off the roof right next to the ring were probably why he'd gotten so ambitious - he isn't all that fond of Topaz, they usually pin their ears at each other when I walk him by her.

So I went out to play with him. He looks so cute when he runs in snow, channeling his inner arab...

I have to mention in my defense at the poor quality here... I couldn't actually see the screen so I was pointing it in the general direction. Needless to say, I missed a couple of times. :(