Anna meeting mother Osk.

A Personal note:

As most of you know I am a totally ga ga grandmother! ( Thats what they call me now,ga ga) So it was really great fun to have them down this way for a few days and introduce them to the ponies. (Sorry Icelandics, I know I'm supposed to call you horses!)

Anna seems to be a natural animal lover and took to them right away. Alex is a little more cautious.

At the Farm:

Last weekends workshop went well despite a downpour of rain! The next workshop,August 7th-8th is a Special Weekend ( see WWW.mandalariding.com for details.). There are only one or two spaces left, so book now if you are interested.

Harriet has been able to come down on a more regular basis so the riding of the young horses is really coming along. Skotti, whose special person is Emily, is going like a pro and becoming a wonderful horse for Emily. He has been going out on the trails with Harriet for quite a while, but today was the first time Emily rode him out. We met them on our ride and Skotti looked wonderful and acted as though meeting horses tolting through the woods was an everyday occurrence!

Galsi has now been ridden five or six times and loves to go out on the trails alone with Harriet. He's sure not herd bound! Actually none of the Icelandics are. He takes water, mud, overhanging tree branches, and fallen logs all in stride, and is a wonderful natural tolter!

The roof goes on!

Summer and its busy schedule are upon us and too much time has passed since the last blog entry. The big news is that I am now on high speed internet so all of this should become much faster/easier. Please note that that also means my email address has changed. It is now olgacomeau@mandalariding.com
At the Farm:
This weekend will be the first Riding Weekend in July and we are hoping the weather will cooperate. The horses have found these weeks of high heat and humidity hard but being the troopers they are they have soldiered on and really enjoy the cool washdowns after each ride! they spend a lot of time in the shade of their shelter making it much more used in summer than winter.
Numbers are down as Heather has been able to take her three Icelandics home. I bet they are enjoying the cooler shore air! And the two Fiords, Captain and Lucy, have gone home for the summer, but will be returning to spend the winter at Mandala. They too live nearer the Bay so are escaping the heat.
There are two TTouch Clincs scheduled for August, one for dogs on the 14th. and one for horses on the 21st. Visit the website http://www.mandalariding.com/ for more details.
There are also a couple of spaces left in the Special Weekend on August 7&8.

The house/stable is having a new steel roof put on this month. So far it looks amazing. I am looking forward to a warm, cozy winter.

Despite the construction the gardens are managing to look quite lovely and colourful.