Meet Barb & Ki

This is my dear friend Barb and her horse Ki. Barb bought Ki in March and she came to live on the farm and keep Cowboy company.

Since then, we have had quite the adventures to include wee hour of the morning escapes, bucking bronc rodeos, etc. :-)

I think my favorite story about Ki was a few weeks ago. The dogs woke me up around 2 a.m. barking. I looked out my bedroom window and could barely make out the image of Cowboy pacing the fence.

I got up, put my shoes on and headed outside to see what was going on. As I was stooping trying to see through the trees, I could see Cowboy, but I couldn't see Ki.

All of the sudden I heard foot steps behind me. When I turned to see who it was, I was startled to see this big horse head right in my face. It was Ki. She had gone through the fence we had just put up the week prior. She was standing behind me looking as well as if to say "What are we looking at??"

I told her to stay right there (I was afraid if I showed her I was mad she would run off) and I ran to the barn to get her halter and lead.

When I came through the barn door, I almost fell on my butt as I was startled to open the door and find that Ki had followed me to the barn for a treat and was standing at the door waiting for me!

I got her halter on and put her back in the corral. Needless to say, I spent the next two hours putting up the temporary electric fence to keep the brats in!

It seems every time Barb comes out to see her horse, we end up working on the farm. One very hot day, we were sweating our butts off putting up yet more fence, and Barb asked me "What the hell are we doing???" I replied with a smile, "Living the dream, man!" :-)