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October 18, 2005
Hay is for horses
When my Dad and Jamie go out on their morning excursions, they often go visit the horses. Sometimes they have something to feed them, or they just go to say hi.
The horses are in two pastures. The fat, gain-weight-breathing horses are in a acrappy pasture, trying to lose weight and failing miserably. The old, skinny horses are in the better pasture, and they're gaining weight, but not quite fast enough. My dad stuck a trash can of feed and two pans out in their pasture, so we can feed them up a little for winter. Thhey set this up over a weekend, and he let me know that it was out there so we could help out and have something nice to do outside. He told me all I have to do is open the fence, and Jamie takes care of the rest.
It's the cutest thing. I open the fence. Jamie walks into the pasture, checks each of the pans and dumps the water out if necessary. Then she walks over to me at the trash can, and I hand her a scoop of feed. She loads one pan up, and comes back for the second scoop. After she brings the scoop back to me, she starts calling for the horses.
It's neat to see her doing these little chores. She enjoys doing it, and she's so confident and grown up. I don't really know how to describe it.
She laid down on top of me today, and I marveled again that I grew this *person* in my own body.
Posted by me at October 18, 2005 9:38 PM