things i love thursday

• tall grass, particularly blowing in the wind
• plant shopping
• feeling accomplished (especially when it involves getting my hands dirty in the yard!)
• a real horseback ride (Saturday after the Gold Cup, Evin and I went with my brother to his girlfriend's house, where several horses live, and we got to take a wonderful ride around pretty fields in beautiful afternoon weather.  So much more awesome than a trail ride at a horseback riding place, and it was Evin's first time riding a horse so that's awesome, and I am all around very grateful and hope to do it again!)
• when Finley mostly behaves himself...it's been a long process and we're not there yet, but he is so much better than he was, behavior-wise, and that makes me very happy (and relieved) indeed
• medium format :) so happy to have my Yashica back!
• this video of animals talking