Wednesday, July 30, 2008

Appendectomy Ride

Betty was told by the doctor that she shouldn't ride for three weeks after her emergency appendectomy while we were in Ohio. That should be tomorrow, Thursday, but we cheated one day and went riding this morning. We did a short ride around our neighborhood and Betty did great, but it did wear her out. She's still regaining her strength after recovering from the surgery.

Here are a couple of pictures from this morning.

Betty getting Gletta ready to go.

Morgunn decked out in his riding fly mask. This is the worse time of the year for flies and these riding masks make their rides a lot more enjoyable.


Hopefully, things will get more back to normal and we can ride two or three times a week.

Today is July 30 and if today is your Birthday then you share your day with: Hillary Swank (actress - "Million Dollar Baby"), Vivica Fox (actress - "Independence Day"), Lisa Kudrow (comedian - Phoebe on "Friends"), Delta Burke (actress - "Designing Women"), Arnold Schwarzenegger (actor/politician - "Terminator" Governor of California), Paul Anka (singer - "Put Your Head On My Shoulder"), Peter Bogdanovich (director - "The Last Picture Show"), Edd "Kookie" Burns (actor - "77 Sunset Strip"), Thomas Sowell (columnist), Casey Stengel (manager New York Yankees and noted speaker), Henry Ford (founder Ford Motor Company), and Emily Bronte (author - "Wuthering Heights").

1 comment:

Laughing Orca Ranch said...

Looks like they're wearing their Dr. Cook's bitless bridles, right?
Are they still working out well for you?

Baby Doll is doing pretty good in hers, too. She is sensitive to it now and it only takes a very light hand for her to follow through.

I never noticed those stripes before on Gletta. Is that typical for Icelandics?
Gletta is so pretty.

The flies are so bad right now even up here in the mountains. I can hardly stand hanging out in the barn because the flies bite so painfully. Poor animals :(

I'm glad to see you back out and riding again.

Lisa