Of course, we were still doctoring my horse, Badges, from his bad accident. The Sunday before we were supposed to start exercising him he bit his wrap and ginched it up real bad. At first, we thought he just bowed a tendon, which we were pretty frustrated about.

As it turned out, he created tourniquet around his leg and crushed all the blood vessels. The lower half of his leg was getting no blood. We tried to doctor it, but soon it was evident it would not heal. We went from being one day away from his recovery starting in earnest to having to put down our great horse and great friend.

It was a sad day.

My friend and neighbor let me bury him on his place. I’m forever in his debt. I found a nice northwest-facing slope and the vet did her thing. Old Badges found a few sprigs of green grass and was peaceful and content until the end. I also owe a debt of gratitude to the fellas with the backhoe, they did a great job.

At any rate, I haven’t been in the mood to blog, so I didn’t. Sorry.

San Antonio was great and it looks like Houston’s going to be awesome, too. That’s all for now, I’ll get back on track from here forward, thanks for your understanding and enjoy your good horse while you got him.