atomicules UnDeRgRoUnD > Ponies > Summer --- Summer -------------------------------------------------------- Spring 2012 ----------- Cue much confusing questions and answers with the youngest (whose pony she was to be) along the lines of "When is Summer coming?", "Before summer", "Is Summer coming soon?", etc. Summer, affectionately known as Twinkle Toes, is an ideal little girl's pony. She is a rocking horse pony, but in real life: 11-12h Welsh Section A, grey, but with a dappled bum. The idea here hadn't changed from Bambi and Buttons. Things with Bailey had gone very well for the last half of 2011 and the eldest's ability had come on leaps and bounds. But having one pony meant that going out on hacks still meant sharing and one of the girls having to walk, etc. Of course, this meant stable number three for me. Although we didn't have room in the building I'd used for the other two stables so first this meant clearing out the upper level of one of the old barns from another deep matting of horse and pig muck (again because the previous users never mucked out, just chucked straw on top). I'd kind of blocked this from my memory until writing this. Building the actual stable (for the Shetlands) was easier in comparison. Summer came to us on loan with a view to buy and will be the first riding pony we actually own, although not until mid 2013 because she's a wee bit too much for us to get in one go. Plus, the money we had intended to use to buy Summer had to go on other pony related expenses in 2012, such as buying a horse trailer so we could actually get to shows and indoor schools. She's only young and therefore a bit of a nuisance, very cheeky, but luckily cute enough to get away with it. She is a lead rein pony, but the eldest has been riding her too and with the work she's put in she's come on a lot better in 2012 off the lead rein and is starting to jump less erratically, although Summer still needs a lot of work before she is jumping anywhere near gracefully. ------------------------------------------------------------------- atomicules UnDeRgRoUnD gopher://gopher.atomicules.co.uk/ atomicules Overground http://atomicules.co.uk ------------------------------------------------------------------- Powered by Floodgap's Bucktooth .