Easter has come and gone but this year Mother Nature gave us a little surprise. This year we got hard freezes for Easter. Luckily we managed to bring all our seedlings into the dining room(our little greenhouse has not heating system); but we couldn't bring in the Tulips, the peach and plum trees, the rose bushes, the lilacs and all the other plants that had begun to bloom or had bloomed. The English Walnut trees are hung with blackened blooms. Even the maple leaves look limp and sad. When Katrina came along and destroyed New Orleans someone said to me "Mother's  pi---d." I am beginning to believe that this is true. Mother Earth has cradled and fed man and the other creatures for millions of years and how have we repaid her? We had polluted her waters and blown up her mountains. We have cut down her forests and dug up her prairies. Perhaps she has a right to be angry, very angry. We might want to think about giving back to Mother. Without her we would not exist.

On Saturday we went to see the Lippizan Stallions perform.  It was a wonderful experience. I watched the horses and LT watch the riders. He was trying to see the cues they gave the horses. They were very subtle. No matter how you view the show it is well worth the money if you are a horse lover even if you are not into Dressage. I came away determined to teach Shunka at least one or two of their moves. I love the Spanish Walk and the trotting in place. Those I want to teach my Shunka.

The cold has kept training to a minimum this week but our grandson was here to visit on Spring break and he did get to play with Shunka and Pony a little a couple of days. Shunka likes him and will do  almost all his moves at Taz's cue.All but trot with him along side him. Shunka would not "hustle" for Taz, only for me.  Pony showed Taz how much he has learned in the last two weeks. He stayed the arms length away I taught him, lead beautifully and yielded on the fore and on the haunches just fine. Pony came to us with some training but with some bad habits also. He kicked when he felt threatened. He never kicked one of us but he kicked the other mustangs and kicked at us. He has stopped the kicking out at us completely and has stopped a lot of it with the other msutangs. He has also stopped crowding up on us. He is nearly ready to wear a saddle for us. I think he has been saddled before and perhaps even ridden. I hope to saddle him this week then we will know a little more about what he did before he came to us.

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