The owner of the farm I ride at asked me earlier this week if I would be willing to feed the horses while her family went out of town over night. This was incredibly flattering, because I know how choosy I am about who cares for my dog. I also know how very particular I would be about who cared for my horse(s) if I had one. Carol and her family have five. It was also a momentous occasion, because Carol left me a message on FB saying she had thought perhaps she could trade me a ride on Pacman for this. My frequent readers and friends will know that I fell in love with Pacman the first day I saw him, and that riding him would fulfill a dream. It might sound silly to those of you who don’t ride, but this horse is simply amazing and I know I will never forget riding him if/when I do.
In any case, I was excited to take care of things while Carol and her family were out of town. My excitement increased ten-fold last night because of this…

If you click on the photo, you should be taken to the gallery containing all the images I shot last night.
Then this morning, I was given yet another gift. It looked a little like this:

If you click on that image you should be taken to the gallery containing all the butterfly goodness from this morning.
I need to live on a farm. Spending my evenings and mornings feeding horses and taking pictures is definitely OK with me.