George (or "the before")

I spent the weekend in Melbourne - doing branch visits on Friday, having dinner with a friend from work and his wife Friday night (and meeting their adorable baby girl), and spending Saturday and Sunday with KM and KM2 (recall these are my very good friends from the first Australia trip).

KM and KM2 bought a horse a few months ago - George!! He is massive, but beautiful. We had a delicious brunch on Saturday (I can't believe I had forgotten how good Melbourne brunch is) and then drove out towards the Yarra Valley where he lives, bought some things for him, and then went to visit. I was going to watch them take turns riding him - they do stuff like dressage and jumping, and have been riding for ages so it promised to be a good show!

The weather wasn't great but the rain held off. Here are some pictures of them and their horse, and of Kirstin longeing him to give him a workout and get rid of his extra energy before riding him. I got some great action shots!

.... to be continued with "the after"