Fall came to the slowly to Appaloosa Plains but one morning their was no more denying it for the trees had turned yellow and it was starting to get darker soon in the day.
After a quick shower my first order of business was to fix the toilet that I had broken the other day.
As soon as that was finished I headed outside. Standing on the balcony I couldn't help but be dismayed at seeing the trees. For even though fall was beautiful someone had to pick up all the leaves.
Once I had gotten over the trees I set out for the stables only to be almost run over by Denali. She was apparently starving and thought that the best way to solve this was to lick a salt lick.
Denali loves the salt lick more than any of my other horses. In fact I don't believe I have ever seen Acron licking them.
I first let out Diamond because I knew she would raise a fuss if I didn't let her out first. She wasn't to appreciative of that though for she was dying to get some of her pent up energy out.
Letting Acorn out of his stall I mounted him for my first attempt at bareback jumping.
Riding over to the jumping arena I steeled myself for what could happen. Though to my great surprise Acorn jumped the wooden fence cleanly on his first try.
The Stone fence on his first try.
He did not down the poles but I was so impressed that he actually tried to jump it.
He then refused the triple bar but I was too impressed with everything he had accomplished to get mad at him. I decide that for now I would call it a day and give Acorn a break before we tried again.
As Acorn and I were training Denali was racing around the pasture and Diamond was playing with the horse ball. I think it must be a pregnancy thing for Diamond has never played with the ball has much as she does now.
As I headed inside the house Acorn made another attempt on my garden but this time he was gunning for the grapevine.
His plan was foiled when I headed outside to get some apples for my saddle. So dejected he head back to the pasture.
Though that didn't stop him from telling Denali all about the juice grapevine I was keeping from them. So I know have to keep a closer eye on her.
Besides telling Denali all about the grapevine Acorn also told her about the ghost that keep ratted him out every time he got close to the plants.
Denali wasn't that interested in his ghost stories for all she had on her mind was the sweet salt lick block.
After washing my plate I headed back outside. I head a left over apple so I gave it to Denali so that I could start bonding with her.
Diamond and Acorn were keeping the romance alive between them. But I had to break up the sweet couple for it was time for mine and Acorn's training.
Training went pretty much as excepted we cleared the wooden fence, knocked down the stone fence, and refused the flaming stone fence.
Once training was over I headed out to my garden for I thought it would be a good deterrent for any of the horses.
As I was working on the garden Diamond came over and proceeded to have her foal. Boy was I surprised! I named the little guy Leaves after the season he was born in. Leaves was born with the quiet and genius traits and I couldn't help but be relieved that he hadn't inherited his fathers piggy trait. His base coat was exactly the same color as his fathers but he also had white areas from his mother. And he also got his fathers feathering.
Diamond being her usually self had no trouble telling me that I was blocking her from her new born foal. I decided it was probably safer for me in the house so I left the new family to their bonding.
Diamond was quite proud for her first foal was so handsome.
Leaves turned out to be quite a friendly foal for he instantly went over to meet Denali. Diamond probably would have been jealous but she was busy romancing Acorn once again.
Leaves made sure he meet his father before I put them into the stables.
As I feel asleep that night I thought of what a strange stallion I had. He eats newspapers and goes on daily spy missions to raid my garden.
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