I can hardly believe it's fall already! I have so much on my mind  from the last few months of work. First, I will start with how the work is going with Lucy, our Suffolk Punch draft horse. This whole experience with farming with a horse has exceeded my expectations in so many ways.  Lester Courtney, who has been guiding us along with his knowledge of working with draft horses, first, had me build a sled for Lucy to pull. Meanwhile, I borrowed his and learned how to drive Lucy around our pasture etc. In the begining, Lucy would not stand still so I could hook up her to the sled. Lucy was just too anxious.  I am pretty sure her anxiousness was coming from  her not knowing what I wanted from her, her haven't been worked in awhile, and I was just begining (I was a little anxious). After I built my sled and gave Lester his back, it wasn't long and  Lester had brought over a disc to work the fields down.  It didn't take long for Lucy to get used to the disc and finally, she was standing still while I hooked her up. I was feeling confident that Lucy now knew what I wanted and all the anxiousness had subsided. I felt like we had hit a huge turning point...something had clicked.  It was amazing. Lucy and I were working together as a unit and it was awesome. I would give her a rest at one end of the field and after a while, without words (just the thought in my head), I could get Lucy