First Swallow Chicks

Alleluia Chorus!

The first swallows arrived around the 20th of April and started refurbishing their various nests in the stables. First ones to hatch are in a nest built over the light fitting in Marmite's stable. Today I managed to photograph five hungry chicks eager for feeding.

A glorious summers day after a week of cold and wet. Jenny, Becky & Claudia exercised three horses by going for a good hack out in the woods and on the heath. It is a welcome change for the horses to go out for an interesting ride with these lightweight able bodied riders once a week. The old adage "a change is as good as a rest" is very true.
Denise took Helen, Alex & Bradie out for a drive in the four wheeler with Marmite.

If you like horses you will love this:

Click Here to watch the Musical Freestyle Dressage competition at the World Equestrian Games.

This video is of Andreas Helgstrand and his 9 year-old mare, Matinee, and they pretty much wiped the floor with everyone else!

Turn up the sound and watch this mare dance.....she is AMAZING.......she KNOWS where the beat is.
In the last minute of her dance she literally floats. What a privilege to watch this!!