hoofbeats on my mind

Saul Stormbringer · 07-17-2011, 09:53 AM

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17th July . 2pm . Broken Arrow Ranch . Optime Form

The agouti males days were becoming busy, activity filled days. Between working on the house, getting the most urgent jobs out of the way first and then working on the smaller details, gathering the summers crops of medicinal herbs for the winter when they would no longer be around, and looking after everyone, including his two horses, Saul was beginning to sleep soundly through the night once more. The house still needed to eat and while there were four adults, there were still four semi-children that were not so good at hunting for their own food that they needed to feed. While they each had their own seperate 'pods' within Cerne Rise, it appeared more and more that they did things as a family, hunting and eating together was one of those things that gave them precious moments together every couple of days. The roof still needed to be tiled, but the male had managed to rip off some of the water proofing material from a house nearby to nail to the flat boards he'd already nailed to the A-beam they'd repaired. The front door was fixed, thanks to the packs Bensen Temo. The stairs needed serious work and this was his next job.

This afternoon however, was going to be spent with his horses. Hermes and Arete had been housed in the Broken Arrow Ranch, although Saul was sourly tempted to do something about the state that the barn was in. While the front was relatively sound, and therefore safe enough to house horses in, the back was unuseable, the roof caved in much the same as Cerne Rise. His horses had taken residence in the first two stalls on the left hand side of the barn, next to each other. Arete had been clingy since he'd first picked her up and each time he came back to the ranch, she would give the greatest whiny and try her hardest to get over the barrier. Hermes was a little more docile but he was always equally happy to see his savior when the male came around. Saul found it hard whenever he came to see his horses- he always felt as though he didnt have enough time to stretch himself thin over all of them.

He entered the ranch today with a long lead rope wound around his body. He'd already found all of Hermes' tack, scournging around the damaged outbuildings of the Ranch to find a saddle and a bridle that fit the large horse, as well as brushes and grooming kits that were very useful. He'd found a lunge rope however and good training was what the large horse needed. He was rideable- Eclipse had ridden him back from the Dampwoods were he was found. But Saul had yet to ride him with his tack on and the male was excited. A little bit of exercise would be needed however. Hooking the long rope onto Hermes' head collar the male led the large draft horse out into the daylight. Arete protested, but the male ignored her for now. Leading the black and white horse out into the pasture that was mostly flat, the male let the horse walk, using a long stick to gently tap his hind legs to keep a good, steady pace going.

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