The past few days have seen temperatures soar above 30˚. Too hot for horses – yesterday Cira and Laika were put straight out to pasture and I called the RSVG lessons off before 11:00. The strawberries have kept on coming – we have now picked some 8Kg in 16 days from a patch 2m². We [...]
Well, after a cool weekend, the temperature has shown a marked rise following the summer solstice. Yesterday we hit 29 degrees and the forecast for this weekend is even higher. We did get to go riding at the riding school on Tuesday – it was still only around 22 degrees – but the horseflies were [...]
So, back into the old routine. Riding school this evening and Roy and Sander on their best behaviour. Tom a little less. Still, everything back under control. Kyra had a minor panic last week when Pien called in sick but after a number of SMSes we managed to get things sorted and in the end [...]
Jun 022010
So, the first day of June also appears to be the first day of summer… Yesterday was not bad weatherwise, temperature in the high teens and a reasonable amount of sun. This morning was glorious, clear skies and sunshine, just a little haze. It is now 20 degrees and, out of the wind, hot (well, [...]
…the past three days and today. Unbelievable. Even yesterday was a pleasant warm sunny day. Anike asked if I could walk with her and Zula to the riding school in Havert because she is having trouble with Zula – she has angst problems when riding away from the stable and this communicates to Zula. Zula [...]
