Yesterday I rode the mare. She had more than a few days off since she had gotten her feet trimmed, so it was time to get back to work. I'm still taking things easy with her, building up the foundation to get her fit again. Still mostly walking, but now I'm upping the ante by adding more bending and yielding of different body parts - which means there is also a considerable amount of bending and yielding of my own body parts. I didn't realize my right leg adductors were so much weaker than the left side. Introduced some trot work, did lots of stretching and balance work in the stirrups, and even added in some big steps up and down off of the little rise in the pasture.
Today it was the upper-body workout. It started with lifting up my riding lawn mower, not once but twice, so I could take the blade in for sharpening (more like replacement) and reach all of the grease fittings. I borrowed a pole saw from a coworker to finally take care of some tree limbs that were just out of the reach of my step ladder. Helpful hint for anyone considering a similar feat - wear work gloves. Two hours later, my hands are covered in blisters from the pull rope, I have a large bruise forming under my left arm where I wedged the pole for some leverage while I was sawing, and my neck and shoulders are aching from leaning my head back to see what I'm trimming. Then it was on to using the pruning blade on the reciprocating saw to cut away some lower limbs that were too big for the pole saw. On the upside, I do have several impressive piles of dead tree limbs scattered around the property. Now to just collect them all and add to the burn piles.
As for tomorrow, the rose bushes are in need of their spring fertilization and refreshing the mulch. That is if I'll be able to move.
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