Walter amogst the purple sage

Today is trash day so I was up early and went to check on Walter.  Surprisingly someone had given him some hay but I had my doubts if his water barrel was really full.

Last night we had a heavy shower that lasted all of four minutes but I knew that was enough to add more misery to his already wet corral.  Since he was eating I left him alone.

I needed to drive into town and was going to take him some water but I saw his owner by the corral and hoped he would do the honors.  At the corner stop sign there were a couple of cars ahead of me, so I got to see him pulling weeds. He saw me but he ignored me and I did the same.  Did notice he had finally filled his water barrel...it was about darn time!
 

I have noticed that since his corral is wet he has been spending a lot of time at this corner where it is drier.

I wanted him to pose by the flowering purple sage but I couldn't get a good shot of him.

Second try...

Third try...oh well, maybe tomorrow :)

Not much has changed

Haven't written a post because not much has changed.  He is still eating his own feces, he is watered one day and then goes a couple without.  Some days he is fed in the morning and some he is fed at night.

At least he can look at the blooming purple sage :(

Last night he was not fed at all.  We had to go out of town so went to check up on him this morning. I finally saw the lazy teenager by the corral when I was with the propane guy.

He was given some hay. The sun was not shining on his water barrel so I could not tell if it was full or not.  I had a gallon jug with me but when I called out to him and showed him...he ignored me, so I am hoping that means he had some.

Out of convenience?

I went to visit Mr. Walter this afternoon and he actually came to the fence line that separates our properties and he let me pet him!

However,  I think he only did so because no one had fed him this afternoon.  So I guess he did it out of convenience?  That just goes to prove how smart horses really are!

The horse flies were really bothering him so the above picture was taken when he was trying to shake them off.