My sister and I took our little horses to an antique tractor show and heritage days on Thursday. Luckily, the temperature happened to be in the 80's. We started about 9 am and worked till 2, with about 45 mintues to rest at lunch, and one other short break. The boys were pretty tired at the end of the day, but they did great. I was told there were at least 800 school children, as the Club ran out of candy. I would say 99% of the children, ages 4-13--just sat in the cart smiling, and saying nothing. I only had too little ruffians that wanted to make them go faster; most thought the trot was fast enough! While resting, the horses got lots of pets and rubs. Dapper Dan did a few of his little tricks. My sister has a line back dun stallion. He is such a gentleman!
Unfortunately, the person I asked to use my camera to take pictures was not camera-adept so we got no good photos. But I am sure we will be in the paper, as the reporters took photos and got our names.
There was hay baling, corn shelling, water pumping, clothes washing, a lady with a violin and harmonica, a chuck wagon that served beans and cobbler cooked over a fire in iron pots, an Indian who set up a tipi and showed Indian children's games, and two blackmith/farriers.
One nice thing I saw while the children were waiting for turns in the cart, or waiting after their ride, was one teacher had the children do stretches and little calisthenics excercises to keep them from horsing around and getting bored.
I did take out the special event insurance for the day with State Farm for $50. Fortunately, I didn't need it!
Unfortunately, the person I asked to use my camera to take pictures was not camera-adept so we got no good photos. But I am sure we will be in the paper, as the reporters took photos and got our names.
There was hay baling, corn shelling, water pumping, clothes washing, a lady with a violin and harmonica, a chuck wagon that served beans and cobbler cooked over a fire in iron pots, an Indian who set up a tipi and showed Indian children's games, and two blackmith/farriers.
One nice thing I saw while the children were waiting for turns in the cart, or waiting after their ride, was one teacher had the children do stretches and little calisthenics excercises to keep them from horsing around and getting bored.
I did take out the special event insurance for the day with State Farm for $50. Fortunately, I didn't need it!
