A blue hedge and a mane trim

I visited with Baasha today - no time to ride, but I managed to spend 4 hours with him just fussing. It appears shedding season has begun. Not in earnest, just a little foreshadowing. I got out the grooma and massaged lots of it out. I came home looking like I own a husky, with such long white hair all over me. I thought of Flying Lily's John - "Soon, it will be all over you and your car too." Right! The little birds love making nests from it, I'll just have to be careful it doesn't billow over to the neighbors' house and make them wish we had canaries instead of an Arabian.

Oh, how I'd love to have canaries again...

Anyway! I worked on his feet, trimmed his mane (it tends to tangle when it gets longer than 12 inches) and washed his tail. I noted he has about half the tail he had on arrival in Europe, thanks to Ronni. Grr. I doused it with Anti-Bite spray. I don't think it's working, that is one wimpy tail.

He fretted a bit on separation, and even called one long plaintive whinny from the barn to Ronni. I slapped his belly and told him to shut up. He was especially lovey though, putting his head on me and leaning his muzzle on me.

The vet called - the Strongid is in, I just have to drive by and get it. Whew, I'm so glad I can get wormers I'm familiar with here. Not that there could possibly be any worms after months of snow and ice, but perhaps.

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I got my blue hedge! It was on my list of things to do from when I first saw the house, plant a nice evergreen hedge along the fence at the street. The chainlink fence is kind of crappy looking, and a well kept hedge is so classy and permanent. I don't care if it reduces the sunlight on the front lawn, a visual closure there is more important. When I saw a local gardening store was having a sale on cypress, I drove there right away. I didn't even know they were the exact ones I was hoping for - those bluish ones. So pretty! Now I only have to sit back and wait about 10 years, til it grows! (Is that how long it takes?)

Here is the "before" photo. Note that this is the front of our yard, right next to the street, and this is where the awful eyesore of a kiddy slide used to stand. Although my man is disappointed that I only asked for 10 Euros for that thing, I'm relieved and happy everytime I look at that spot on the lawn, that it's gone. Bye bye ugly slide!

Grow, my lovelies. I let them know how special they are. The next door neighbor kid walked by, and I said, "I have a question for you - are they green or blue?" and he replied, "Blue-green!" Good answer: )



Tomorrow we have lots to do - we have to pick out flooring cuz the flooring guy comes on Monday. That's gonna make a real difference in that house - we didn't really need floors, but once I'd done all that painting, the floors kind of looked shabby. Not for long!

I ordered curtains today, those roman blinds I was advised to get (no debating it, although I wanted something kind of girly and sheer, they're right - plain and opaque is more fitting for such small windows).

Bad news for me - the fencing company can't do the work until end of March. AGH. That's gonna be a painful wait. But in the end, it's gonna be an awesome fence. Peace of mind is expensive, but good.

Sorry no horsey picture today, but I did take one on a ride recently that I found very very strange. I saw this in back of someone's house. You simply don't see that in Germany. A strange feeling swept through me. Odd how this symbol of home affects me.