Back from NY

My trip to the AHA conference was great. It was 8am to midnight every day, with analysis, discussion and debate in between. We trimmed, observed, learned. I personally learned so much from everyone there! One of the members, a woman named Sue from Vermont, really drove home the point of being intensely observant. When I got home I had an epiphany that observing something that intently requires one to be in the moment. Being in the moment in this case means not thinking about where the horse was, what his feet used to look like, what I want them to look like, what the owners think, etc. It means being in the now. When you are observant and in the now, you really SEE things, and this leads to gratitude. Living in gratitude is bliss. :) See, trimming horse feet just like anything else can be a spiritual way of being.

I took these pics of these plants growing near one of the places where I trimmed on Monday after getting back from NY. I thought these looked like little fairy cups! The stripey plant was a huge weed with a cool pattern. The purple flowers were teeny, but everywhere, very pretty. Who knew I would be so into plant photography?? ;-)

I've been trimming and dealing with all kinds of *stuff* since I got back. Frustrating clients, exciting changes for some horses. Bills and organization (or lack of). I've been preparing my horses for the move this weekend by trying to get them used to each other. I somehow have to fit in all my trimming, phone calls, ordering boots and misc items, emails to clients, promises to ship things out and explain things and blah blah with buying hay and a storage unit for it of some kind and actually moving them by Sunday.

Hope everyone out there is doing well. I see my fellow bloggers are busy doing non-computer things as well! ;-) To anyone I owe an email - I will get to it eventually I promise!