Lunch At The Barn!

 I finally got to meet Wisteria, my nieces wild mustang, as well as the farm where she is boarded!

What a great place!  The owner is very personable, friendly and seems accommodating, a nice person.  The barn, the grounds and all the other animals he has, e.g. horses, sheep, pig, quineafowl, geese, ducks, chickens, pigeons, dogs and cats, is super nice and a relaxing place to visit and get away from the daily hustle and bustle.

My niece, Alyssa, has done a remarkable job with Wisteria!  Taking her from a wild (literally) animal; one scared, petrified, confused and wild to one that is now the complete opposite!  She is calm, relaxed, trusting and smart as a whip.  You can now saddle and ride her, well Alyssa can.  She's trained and responds as a dog would to many commands, e.g. does 'fist bumps' with her front legs for treats, will lay down when commanded AND is infatuated with my niece! Alyssa has a unique gift when it comes to animals.  She connects with them unlike most and they all respond in kind, it's wonderful to see.

We stopped at Publix supermarket on the drive over on Saturday to pick up lunch, some delicious subs and chips, and ate with a menagerie of critters, both next to AND on the table, GRRR -

Now, if we can just get my brother to stop killing flies, which were incessant, with the noisy, high pitched  handheld electric fly swatter. Oh, it needed to be done but Wisteria wasn't too pleased with the high pitched zapping noise the tennis-type racket was making when a fly would get stuck and sizzle away.

All in all I enjoyed the two days I got to spend at the barn!  Getting to finally meet Wisteria, interacting with the animals, YES, I even road a horse named Blue, but more importantly getting to spend the time with my brother and my niece and seeing just how happy they both were in that environment -

Agalloping Alyssa and Giddyup "Gassy" Gus

#Blessed