Walking and Remembering

I was going to write in here earlier but I got distracted with other things (like cleaning, etc.).  I took the dogs outside this morning and it just felt so good.  I decided to finally just go and walk and see how it would feel.  It was really great!  I felt like I had just walked out of a dark lonely place.  I was amazed how my thoughts just cleared away.  I smelled the fresh air, watched the leaves blow and listened to the birds.  There was just enough bite in the air to make you feel awake and ready to take on the world!  I was also amazed that I could really look at things with out labeling them.  That felt pretty good too.  As I walked along I started to remember days like this in the past.  I remember watching the horses at the Farm throw their heads up in the air, raise their tails and just run.  They're so beautiful!!  Someone use to say that when the air was so brisk and there was a slight breeze, it would just get under their tails and set them off.  I have those visions in my mind all of the time and I love it.  Then I started thinking about where I'm living right now and I am very, very grateful for being here.  I remember so many wonderful things that happened after I moved here from Geneseo.  (I have wonderful memories from Geneseo too.)  One of my fondest memories is the very first time I got to go foxhunting!!!  It was one of the most exhilarating experience I've ever had!!  It was a beautiful cool breezy day and we hacked to where the hounds were going to go out.  I felt as if I was dreaming.  I was riding one of the extra horses my employer owned and he was a sweetheart.  The only problem we had was the fact that he had his mouth ranked so many times that he wanted to stop as we came to the fences.  I'd been warned, but I wanted to see for myself.  That horse taught me so much about myself and horses, I will never ever forget him.  About three quarters of the way through the hunting day, Bay and I clicked and he began taking the fences the way I knew he could!  He has a lot of heart and, yes, he is very sweet.  We were out for most of the afternoon and I know that I will never hear anything as beautiful as the cry of those foxhounds, ever.  By the end of the day everyone was exhausted.  We had chased three different foxes over quite a distance, but what I soon found out was that foxes like to go in circles sometimes.  We had a couple of those.  Again, it was truly one of the most wonderful experiences I have ever had!!!!  I hope I never forget the sites and sounds of those days.  There were a few and they were all wonderful!  There's something so calming and relaxing about riding home slowly on a loose rein, knowing I would give these guys (sometimes two, sometimes three) a quick brush, rub their legs, put on light blanks and serve up a warm mash and fresh hay.  I loved them all and I feel like I am one of the luckiest people in the world.  There really isn't anything better then being around horses.  I think one of my biggest fears is loosing the memories of that part of my life that I was so lucky to have.  There are so many good memories.  I'm going to try to get as many as I can down on paper.
Well, I've put enough down for now and I started late again.  There are so many more things I wanted to put down.  Another day.