Pearl, Mississippi ..... a suburb of Jackson, Mississippi ..... parked in front of a horsebarn at a horse training facility ..... where a friend of Charlie's has her horse (and volunteers here a lot). They have "about 30" horses here, some in training, some for boarding, some for recovery (rescued).... it's a wonderful place for me. I was raised on a farm with horses and love the sounds, sights, smells, etc. When I walked down the aisle between the horse stalls and said "ah-h-h, it smells good in here" --- you should have seen the expression on Vera and Charlie's faces. It's the same look when Vera says " when you've seen one lake, you've seen them all".
But for me it was great last nite (even though it rained)..... to be here in a country setting with the windows open, listening to the horse sounds, the crows calling, the train in the distance .... just about heaven (for me).
We can look out our front windshield at one of the training corrals, and watch the trainers; and see horses in the pastures beyond. One trainer is working "starting" a young horse, introducing it to the saddle blanket and saddle (lots of patience).
Of course our dogs have never been exposed to horses (that I know of)..... and they just think these things are extra big dogs.
Yesterday afternoon we had a wonderful outing in the park, which included watching some disc golfing. The setting was around the shores of a lake, but among the tall pine trees. Often a fairway would be through a narrow gap in trees..... we really were intrigued by it.
We'll stay another day and nite here.
More later,
Marilyn
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