Puzzle boxes

Us ponies just love the new puzzle boxes that the lady brought out here for us. I thought it was going to be hard to get the hay out of them, and we would all just be fighting and biting each other (okay, so actually biting other ponies is fun, it is only not fun when other ponies bite me) when she first brought hay out and put it in the boxes. But it turns out, the objective is to remove the net thing that is keeping us from grabbing mouthfuls of hay. See, the box is wooden and then it has this heavy net stretched on a metal frame that goes inside and lays on top of the hay. Last year, we would just grab that stupid net and drag it out of the box and stomp on it. So now there is an extra wooden frame that sits over top of the box. It is tied down to the top or has some kind of metal snaps on it. We discovered we can slide that frame over a little and by grabbing the net with our teeth and pulling it many many times, we can get part of it to stick up and then we can stick our heads under it and eat the hay. It makes a lot of noise banging around. We think it is so much fun, that even after the hay is gone, we pull out that nasty net thing until we can get it on the ground and stomp on it. Last night, the lady brought a different kind of net that she hung on the fence where it is solid boards. It is green on the back and has the net on the front. The hay goes on the inside. Ha! I am pretty sure we can tear that thing up in no time. The lady is definitely finding fun stuff for us to do!

new hill

So the happy man showed up in the morning and then more men came too. Then the lady came by in the little green truck thing and they gave her some gloves and they all went over to the metal hoops and grabbed ropes that were hanging off the sides. They started pulling on the ropes and the white stuff that was laying on the ground on the other side of the hoops started climbing up the wall! It climbed right over the little fence and up the hoops. Then some of it stopped and was all bunched up, but one of the men got a board and poked it and then it behaved and started climbing back up again. It climbed right up to the top and then slid right down toward us! It wasn't noisy or jumping around or anything, so we were very brave and stood and watched it. Next thing we knew, the metal hoops were gone and there was a giant white hill there that, obviously, ate the hoops. All the men were happy and they left the main happy man to stick straps in metal things with handles that he pulled up and down. Then the happy man left too. And now we have a new white hill next to our pasture.

Fiesta time

So all us ponies came over to watch the happy man dig the holes, but there were no more holes. Instead of holes, there were big posts sticking up out of the ground, that he cut off with a loud machine. Then he made them flat all along the top with boards, instead of the normal way of making fence so that we could go out there and eat grass. We don't have any idea what he is doing. So while we were watching, who comes along but that so-called fancy "Fiesta" filly, who is only a year old and lives next door in the rustic paddock. I think she is trying to take my place as the most glamorous pony. She was strutting around over there with her little Elf friend, all "Look at me!" and trotting back and forth and acting like her spots make her better than everyone else. Well, let me tell you, no one cares about big white spots on ponies. They are just hard to keep clean. And anyway, her mane is all in her eyes and flying everywhere. So there. Just because she is young and silly isn't going to make her glamorous. Right?

Ponies!!!!

Okay, so the ponies. I need to tell you about the ponies. First, I should say that there are ponies and horses both here at the farm. In case you don't know the difference between horses and ponies, ponies are smart and gorgeous and cute and hardy and handy and friendly, while horses are big doofuses. Well, no, that's not fair. Some horses are not all that big. And actually, some of my pasture-mates (and even my brother) are part horse. So I guess horses can't be all that bad. Anyway, I live with 12 other ponies. I am related to most of the ponies, because we have the same dad. His name is Bob. But my brother Harley's dad is a big horse named Lafleur. He is an old horse and lives in the pasture next to us. He is always keeping an eye on us, and if he hears any commotion, he comes trotting over to the fence with his tail all up and pawing and acting like a hot shot, wanting to know what the deal is. He feels he has to keep his mares and baby safe. Of course, there is not usually much commotion in our pasture, because we all get along pretty well. Billy thinks he is in charge of the bunch. Billy's mom is "Aunt" Taca, who lives with my dad Bob and my mom. Billy looks just like a horse, even tho he is a pony. His dad is Tustin's Bandoleer, who was the Grand Champion at Devon some years back. But Billy doesn't brag about it or anything. He is bossy tho, and sometimes he tries to tell the rest of us what to do. He is BFF with my brother Harley, cause they were just born a couple of days apart and they grew up together.
Well, it looks like hay is arriving, so I have to go. More later....