We went to Bastrop, TX yesterday and the wild flowers are just beautiful up there!! They also have lots of green grass with all the rain they have been getting. We feel so lucky to live in the beautiful Texas Hill Country.
The reason we were in Bastrop was because Jereny, Donna, Jackie, and Stephanie participated in Cowgirl Weekend and we went to support their team. All these women bring their living quarters trailers and camp on Friday night and then do the rodeo Saturday and Sunday. They have a great time visiting with the rest of the women and then participating in the rodeo on Saturday.
They all did pretty good. Jereny rode Junior, who is about twenty years old. He is a horse who believes you shouldn’t hurt yourself by running or putting out extra effort. Donna rode her husband’s mustang “the famous Shasta”. Stephanie rode a rescue horse she adopted named Sunkist, who has had very little riding and did quite well. Jackie rode her horse Harley. We had beautiful weather and lots of sunshine and had a very good time visiting with friends.
When people who practice Natural Horsemanship watch people who do more traditional horsemanship, sometimes there are questions, shock, and down right hostility. We had a lot of questions about why people were doing things. As Natural Horseman, we want to influence people our way. Here is what seems to work best for Jere and I to handle the controversy. We don’t want to make people mad at us, or turn them away, and we want them to figure out that there is a better way than make and force. It does no good to argue or confront. The only thing that works is to go ahead and do our own thing, do our ground exercises and riding warm ups and then go compete and do well. Then people will be asking if maybe our methods will work for them.
Hope you have time this week to enjoy this nice weather!
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