三月二十七日でシャル君は19才になります。七歳の時から一緒にいるので今年で13年目にはいります。去年一年無事にすごせたこととてもありがたく思っています。今年も元気に、シャル君の一番弱い夏の暑さにも負けないで、平和に過ごしてほしいと思います。
先日蹄鉄の交換の日に蹄鉄師の先生に、最近シャル君がいい子になってきたといわれました。以前は蹄鉄の交換の時、ちょっと持て余すことがあったようです。
年をとっていくほど馬も色々学習していくようです。
これからだんだん落ち着いて優しい馬になってほしいです。元気なので時々じゃれて私を甘噛みしますが、それはいけないことだと自覚させなければと思っています。(噛んでいい人とそうでない人を決めているようです)
March 27 is my beloved horse Charle's Birthday.
I am very grateful for last year’s good health and he was free from injury and hurt.
I wish he will continue to be fine and have peaceful days onwards.
If I compare Charle to human age, he must be 50 years old. But horses get old faster compared to human beings.
Charle has been with us for more than 12 years and we will still be together in the future.
I always wish to live longer than Charle, cause I don’t want to leave him alone.
For this I am keeping myself healthy and in good condition.
On another note, there is a cherry tree beside the riding ground. It will be in full bloom soon. We always admire its beauty every spring. It never fails to make us happy whenever spring comes.
After one week or so all blossom with fall and be blown by the wind.
But if it rains, those petals will be stuck to the ground and stay for a while. Charle is reluctant to walk on these ground full of petals. He totally dislikes this no matter how beautifully it appears. This is my spring concern. The beauty of spring and my beloved horse.