ribbons and bows

the more time i spend around horses, the more time i want to spend around horses. something about their presence, draws me to the now. even when i don't want to be there, even when i'm lost in worlds of my own. i have to be there. i have to reconnect with the linearness of time and space. to be still at the farm, in the paddock, before the horse.

i have missed them, it's been a long time, and my girl got to spend a week with her favorite (or one of her favorite horses), before this show and i think that was good for her.

she was poised, focused, and proud.

they even pronounced our name right. can't beat that.

the whole point was not winning, nor even where she landed in the line up. the point was, aiming for a goal and doing your best.

she did, she was strong and beautiful. a sight to behold.

and i will have pictures in the near future, i even took a few myself. i couldn't let this pass by. it was better than christmas or some shmaltzy holiday. it was something we worked up to. something she earned by her desire to pursue her bliss.

and i got to be a part of it, however small.

now before i rush off to work, i thought i'd tell you.

in her first class, at her first show, she won the blue ribbon.

though that wasn't the point. i'm grateful she did.

due to some newbieness, she placed fifth for the pink riboon in her second class. then finished off with the second place red ribbon in her third class. (or is it accurately called a division?).

i don't know. i have so much to learn.

but i smell like a barn, and i have to go to work. so i must to the showers with me. and then, i must away.

and the hawk was regal and with me today, as all days.

peace. out.