Killer Avocados!

The avocados are out to get us.

J. and I were having our weekly lesson with R. this morning. It's supposed to be a jumping lesson, but J. was having issues with her brakes so instead we were doing a lot of canter circles, canter-trot-walk transition, walk-canter transitions...all the stuff you do when it is mostly about getting your horse to listen to you instead of the gremlins. All going pretty well...until a gust of wind brought down about a half-dozen avocados all around us. None of them actually hit us. But it was a scary moment. These are big avocados, and they do have the equivalent of a golf ball in the middle after all.

So then it was time to dance a little.

I'm sure J. got her own back later today and ate them all.

We're thinking about entering the Agricultural Society of Kenya horse show, the weekend of Oct. 1 to Oct. 4. This is one I have never entered before. Because it takes place in conjunction with the annual ASK agricultural fair, it has a reputation of being a bit chaotic.

After all, not every horse can keep his or her head while the Kenyan police are doing their sharpshooting demonstration within earshot. On the other hand, we're getting good practice with the avocado attacks.