Microcosm

The last few days have been filled with activity at Fields Quarter Horses. We've had guests and visitors, family and friends, comings and goings- and that's just the staff! If the microcosm of our farm is reflective of our world- we have truly become a mobile society.

On Friday, Dean, Amber's long-time boyfriend a la extraordinairre, flew from Boston to Cincinnati for a weekend visit. On the same day, Wayne and I embarked on a ten hour commute to Arkansas to visit the U.S.AirForce- and our son, daughter-in-law Amanda, and grandchild supreme Shelby.  Rachel and Tara deftly assumed barn duty in our absence.

Monday found Wayne and I back in a car for the 10 hour return to Kentucky. The kidnapping plot we had planned for Shelby was foiled at the last moment by her mother. Amber was also unsuccessful at keeping Dean in Kentucky. At last report, he had broken free of his restraints and was headed back to Boston via airplane. Meanwhile, our daughter Brittney remained untethered at Morehead State University. She reports that she studied all weekend, wrote two papers, and did not go out with friends at all. There will be an investigation into this matter.True to the mobility of our lives, the Crew stayed connected by cell phones, internet, and smoke signals and the horses never experienced a bump in their daily routines.

That covers the guests and visitors of this blog- now on the the family and friends- the horses, of course. On Saturday, the blue roan mare Lexi Davenport returned to Fields Quarter Horses to prepare for the 2010 breeding season. Since Lexi left Kentucky in June, she has acquired a new last name and will now be known as Lexi Spork of the New Jersey Sporks.

Also on Saturday, a new student arrived to attend Amber University for Horses. She is a loudly colored palomino paint mare. She is 4 years old and her name is Daisy. Daisy attended FQH orientation sessions over the weekend and began Fall classes today. A steady tank-like 7 year old gelding named Merle arrived on Saturday as well. Merle is enrolled in Amber's Finishing School for Gentleman Horses Course. He will be sold in the near future- most likely to a young person or a first time horse owner.

We said au revoir to Zoe- who is the mother of Chase and Maria- for a short time. She returned to her home in West Virginia and will return to Kentucky again next Spring to foal again. Zoe has lived at our farm 4 of the last 5 years. The mares who return each year to breed and foal here become like relatives who come for extended visits.

They are an example of how mobile the Quarter Horse industry has become. Breeding, showing, training: these horses traverse the United States and become seasoned travellers at young ages. As friends and family, human and animal, become spread more widely apart, it is even easier to stay connected with one another. Horses and their people hit the road often. The next time you see a horse trailer during past on with highway- think of us. Maybe, just maybe, they are coming going from Fields Quarter Horses.