Theophany

Today is the Great Blessing of the Waters, and I stayed home to rest, catch up on chores, and generally have some time for myself. I went to the Vigil last night, and I'm going to church tomorrow, so I need time for myself today! I have found that if I neglect to have puttering time, I get very, very tired.

Tomorrow is Russian (Old Calendar) Christmas, so we are celebrating with friends. Note to people who haven't had many friends and kind of stay to yourself - it's very worth finding trustworthy people to hang around with. There are more of them than you think, maybe.

Friends!

The dogs are lying (laying?) quietly on the rug. They don't know that we are going out for a WALK soon. When they figure it out, it'll be all leaping and panting for joy! A walk! A walk!

We will go get cedar shavings for stall bedding (Abe the donkeysaurus really, really enjoys cedar shavings for bedding)and walk downtown, where there will be other people and dogs and boats to look at.

Time for a haircut, too.

We went for the group trail ride - it was interesting. Abe was too tall for one of us, so I rode him (yay!). Really comfy secure ride for me. Abe is a gentle giant, for sure. Here's Abe modeling his halter:














The fellas (donkeys Abe and Trooper) didn't want to cross a puddle that straddled the trail, though, so we had a shorter ride than we thought we would. I have to take them out when we can take our time with it so they can practice getting their footsies wet.

The issue really is that they can't see where their feet are landing when there's water, and then there is always the wetness on their footsies. Not a big deal, but we need to approach it in a friendly, safe, secure, encouraging way. The fellas are very sensitive!

Now I can relate to that!

Have a nice relaxing puttering kind of day some time, it's good for you!

Auriel