Fire Pit

Sorry to get out of order in the Houston Chronicles.  I couldn't resist.  Houston & I  recently both moved to new homes as we continue our adult lives.  Houston has been at this home before while I was in college so it was a reunion for him.  Sunday a very scary Fire Pit appeared next to the riding arena.  Apparently this was an unforeseen object that Houston had never encountered prior.  Houston is a horse that hates for things to move or not be in the same place he thinks they should be or were the day before.  We sniffed the fire pit, walked around it, even watched Jason pick the lid up and move it around.  Nothing calmed the fears that were associated with this huge black object.

We experienced lots of side passes and random leaps into the air during Sunday's ride thanks to the pit.  I decided we would face the pit again last night but a lovely man at the farm went out and removed the threat when I mentioned Houston's dislike for it.  Houston was so thankful for the removal of the threating object that he happily went on the bit and behaved the entire time. Although he did give several glances around to assure the pit had not returned.