{"id":1999,"date":"2017-06-03T23:38:11","date_gmt":"2017-06-03T23:38:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pumpkinvinefarms.com\/?p=1999"},"modified":"2017-06-03T23:38:11","modified_gmt":"2017-06-03T23:38:11","slug":"i-did-work-rusty-today-but","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pumpkinvinefarms.com\/?p=1999","title":{"rendered":"I Did Work Rusty Today, But&#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/pumpkinvinefarms.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2017\/06\/20170603_114404.jpg\" data-rel=\"lightbox-image-0\" data-rl_title=\"\" data-rl_caption=\"\" title=\"\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-2000\" src=\"http:\/\/pumpkinvinefarms.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2017\/06\/20170603_114404-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pumpkinvinefarms.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2017\/06\/20170603_114404-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/pumpkinvinefarms.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2017\/06\/20170603_114404-330x330.jpg 330w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>It wasn&#8217;t a good working. There are times when things go well. I come back to the house giddy and bursting at the seams with a joy that carry&#8217;s on for the rest of the day. Not today.<\/p>\n<p>I wasn&#8217;t Rusty&#8217;s fault. He was great. A little pushy and frantic. It&#8217;s been weeks, a month maybe? since I&#8217;ve done anything with him. I&#8217;ve come for Coyote many times. I nearly got my finger bit off from careless feeding when I offered him a consolation award as I closed the gate behind Coyote. Mostly though I&#8217;ve let him out to graze and brought him back in.<\/p>\n<p>Today one child was off with his father in the tractor, the other was outside playing, ignoring her beloved cousin who was here to play. I left the cousin watching TV and thought I would sneak out and play with my horse! I was excited and things were going well. I had brought along some dirty socks and was rewarding him for finding them. Then I was found. What fun is playing by yourself when you could follow your mother around, talking nonstop?<\/p>\n<p>I wouldn&#8217;t mind so much, don&#8217;t usually mind, but my horse was frantic for his treats and clicking at the exact right moment really does take some concentration. I ended up shrieking at her. Afterwards I felt awful but there&#8217;s no taking it back, and I really did want her to leave me alone. A couple of minutes with my horse doesn&#8217;t seem like that much to ask. Of course it&#8217;s way too much to ask and I gave up on playing with him.<\/p>\n<p>After putting him away I tried to follow her around and be a kind loving mother. It was too late, I was already too grouchy. It was nap time anyway so I sent her off to bed, which would have been the perfect time to work with Rusty but the whole grouchy thing, so I cleaned house. Cleaning resolves grouchy better than anything. My house is clean, cleaner that is, and my horse unworked. Maybe tomorrow.<\/p>\n\n\t\t<style>\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 {\n\t\t\t\tmargin: auto;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 .gallery-item {\n\t\t\t\tfloat: left;\n\t\t\t\tmargin-top: 10px;\n\t\t\t\ttext-align: center;\n\t\t\t\twidth: 33%;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 img {\n\t\t\t\tborder: 2px solid #cfcfcf;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 .gallery-caption {\n\t\t\t\tmargin-left: 0;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t\/* see gallery_shortcode() in wp-includes\/media.php *\/\n\t\t<\/style>\n\t\t<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-1999 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-thumbnail'><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/pumpkinvinefarms.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2017\/06\/20170603_114228.jpg' title=\"\" data-rl_title=\"\" class=\"rl-gallery-link\" data-rl_caption=\"\" data-rel=\"lightbox-gallery-1\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/pumpkinvinefarms.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2017\/06\/20170603_114228-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-2001\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pumpkinvinefarms.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2017\/06\/20170603_114228-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/pumpkinvinefarms.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2017\/06\/20170603_114228-330x330.jpg 330w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-2001'>\n\t\t\t\tThe horses are enjoying their pasture\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/pumpkinvinefarms.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2017\/06\/20170602_155537.jpg' title=\"\" data-rl_title=\"\" class=\"rl-gallery-link\" data-rl_caption=\"\" data-rel=\"lightbox-gallery-1\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/pumpkinvinefarms.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2017\/06\/20170602_155537-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-2002\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pumpkinvinefarms.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2017\/06\/20170602_155537-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/pumpkinvinefarms.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2017\/06\/20170602_155537-330x330.jpg 330w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-2002'>\n\t\t\t\tThey are proud of what they&#8217;ve done to their manes\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/pumpkinvinefarms.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2017\/06\/20170602_155517.jpg' title=\"\" data-rl_title=\"\" class=\"rl-gallery-link\" data-rl_caption=\"\" data-rel=\"lightbox-gallery-1\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/pumpkinvinefarms.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2017\/06\/20170602_155517-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-2003\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pumpkinvinefarms.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2017\/06\/20170602_155517-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/pumpkinvinefarms.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2017\/06\/20170602_155517-330x330.jpg 330w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-2003'>\n\t\t\t\tI am not.\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It wasn&#8217;t a good working. 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