Josiane est finalement arrivee
After several months of emails and pictures we finally got to meet Josiane, our working student for the summer. One could not ask for a nicer girl and family. We are just settling down into a routine whereby we balance horses and work, after the first hectic week.
Josiane arrived while we were away at the Wild Rose Welsh Show. Her Aunt Lynne had a ball showing her West Edmonton Mall and other Edmonton attractions. Unfortunately, the long plane ride and her “exuberant” farewell caused her to get sick almost immediately. Then she was off to Wainwright and her Aunt Chantal and Uncle Robin and young cousins. There she took in the Wainwright Stampede. She arrived at Marsh Haven a week ago Wednesday. Since then we have made two trips to Calgary with horses and had Illusion in a show at Amberlea.
Having never had a daughter, I have to admit I spoiled her horribly the first few days. She now has a full range of both E nglish and Western clothing; the chaps she bought herself. But it’s so hard not to. She looks awesome in everything she puts on. I now know what a size 1/2 looks like; I always thought it was a ploy of designers to make the rest of the world feel fat.
…And she is a good rider and great worker. She is doing amazingly well on my green horses. Amy is the big surprise, having only been ridden a handful of times, had a wreck during harness training and then joining the broodmare band, goes like a broke horse for her. We’ve even been on a 9km trail ride.
Her English is progressing a much faster rate than my resurrected high school and cereal box French, but I am trying. The summer is going to go by all too fast.
We’ll snap some photos to accompany this post with some pictures of her and some of her mounts.