Here's a January photo of Renny and I'm writing this entry in January too. He and I have had lots of fun, riding English and practicing different trots -- stretchy trot, hunter trot, extended trot, collected trot. But at our last lesson, he was so interested in putting his head long and low that yesterday I decided to just pull out Snowflakes Princess' western saddle and tack Renny up for some ol' cowboy time. We had a hoot riding over a jumping course of ground poles. He is such a sensible guy. The funny thing he is doing lately is that he's so comfortable with riding now that he's "checking things out." Every once in awhile, he will lift his head up and reflect on something up in the rafters. He looks so pensive, it's hilarious and sweet!