Have you ever seen a horse wearing this funny looking thing on their face and wondered, "What is that!"
That is a fly mask! Our horses LOVE them! They work like sunglasses so our horses don't have to squint in the sun, and also keep the flies out of the horses' eyes and faces. When they see me coming with the masks, they all trot up and try to be the first to get their mask on. They can see through the masks just like you can see through sunglasses, and there is a nice, woolly padding where their ears poke through and where it goes around their nose. They are super, super comfortable and light weight. I might want one - my sunglasses squeeze my face sometimes!
Our horses have been silly the last couple of days. With all of the renovations to the arena, they've been moved down to a pen near the cows for a while, and there are trees and all sorts of shrubs nearby. Horses (especially our crazy guys) love shrubs! Big Ben, our retired racehorse, was playing with a branch that someone had knocked down. I went to take it away from him and he pulled back - he didn't want me to take his branch away! I pulled a little harder and that's when he decided to let go, and make me stumble backward. He pulled his lip back and trotted away shaking his head - he thought he was being funny! Crazy horses... :)
