{"id":18203,"date":"2020-12-17T04:00:59","date_gmt":"2020-12-17T11:00:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.changespell.com\/wordplay\/?p=18203"},"modified":"2020-12-17T06:27:36","modified_gmt":"2020-12-17T13:27:36","slug":"wintery-pre-winter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.changespell.com\/wordplay\/index.php\/2020\/12\/17\/wintery-pre-winter\/","title":{"rendered":"Wintery Pre-winter"},"content":{"rendered":"\r\n

By Patty Wilber<\/em><\/p>\r\n

This week<\/strong> has been a bit wintery pre-winter (since winter officially begins 12\/21).\u00a0 It has been cold (for us). Some days were not above freezing, others were barely above.<\/p>\r\n

There have been a few days<\/strong> without much riding, but mainly, it has been ok, so long as I was wearing the right number of layers– which means four or five, being the cold averse sort that I am!<\/p>\r\n

Here is a little run throug<\/strong>h of some of the fun we had!<\/p>\r\n

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Cold ride in the canyon next door with Jordyn on LT and Maddie on Leo! Jordyn was a popsicle.\u00a0 She says she is taking a vacation until it gets a little warmer! Not enough layers, obviously! LOL!<\/p><\/div>\r\n

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Kate on Amigo. Kate just moved to NM from S. Dakota, so, cold shmold for her!\u00a0 Kate’s hands were even a little too warm! I rode Jack, who belongs to Sheryl L. My feet were a little chilled, but other than that, I was ok.\u00a0 Facemasks actually felt nice–my nose did not get cold!<\/p><\/div>\r\n

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L to R: Breeze, Lucy, Sombra. Just a moment earlier LT (buckskin) and Cometa (light bay) were over there, too, and that was a lovely look, but as I came in to take the picture, those two got up and came over “whatcha doing?”. “Trying to take a picture of you all!”<\/p><\/div>\r\n

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Lucy doing a little work on her trot in the round pen!<\/p><\/div>\r\n

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Mary Ann and Sombra, with the doggie help, Lani and Coulson. Sombra was cracking us up earlier when Mary Ann was doing side passing over a log. She would barely get him set and he was already doing it, with a little, “i have totally got this!” vibe. What a charmer he is!<\/p><\/div>\r\n

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Jack practicing the bridge. The shadow was so pretty I just had to get a picture!<\/p><\/div>\r\n

All in all,<\/strong> a fine week.<\/p>\r\n

Lucy and I<\/strong> are going to see H this weekend, in Colorado, so I posted early.<\/p>\r\n

Next week will be<\/strong> the annual Christmas Hats blog and then the always interesting (due to the random rhymes) Year in Review!!<\/p>\r\n

Happy Thursday!<\/strong><\/p>\r\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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