Spring Things

Well, it seems like posting is becoming a monthly occurence around here, which I guess is better than never! Although being busy is not a good excuse, it is at least true - since Luke and I hit the ground running here on April 1st I worked 28 out of the past 30 days (working the last two Sundays at horse shows) and Luke not only headed back to his part-time carpentry work and his own farrier practice but also took on several clients from a fellow farrier who pinched a nerve in his back and is still recuperating from surgery! April and May are definitely some of the busiest months around here, what with horses getting spring tune-ups to be show-ready by summer (both training-wise and shoeing-wise!), our annual HGF Open House which we had on Apr. 20th, spring cleaning both at the barn and at home and continuing with all the "regular" stuff like keeping food in the cupboards, routine maintenance on the vehicles and rotating clothes through the washer and dryer on a somewhat regular basis. :)

While our bodies are weary at the moment - Luke's from doing every type of carpentry work imaginable in addition to doing 6-8 horses in a day on his "days off," mine from jumping over 200 jumps the weekend of Apr. 19-20th and regularly working 4-7 horses per day - we are very happy to have mostly warm temperatures and mostly sunshine finally permeating our northern outpost. ;) We are looking at more rain this week but can't really complain since most of April was brilliantly sunny (several time the forcast was for "abundant sunshine!") and unseasonably warm.

This month we are also looking forward to reconnecting with family and friends. Luke is travelling out to Montana May 13-19 to visit his hometown and attend a friend's wedding, while I am headed to Boston on the 16th and 17th for Jonathan's graduation from Gordon. Afterwards the Pinckney clan will be returning to our home for a much anticipated 4 days of visiting before they head back down south. So in case we don't get around to posting on the blog, you'll know where we are. ;)

Enjoy the spring weather, wherever you are!