RIP Holly.

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I'm in a sad mood today, for reasons I'll explain later, so I thought I'd do a sad post. As many of you know, my horse girlfriend (literally, my horse) passed away four or so years ago after 23 years together. She lived to be 35. I am a Faithful Horse, and I decided not to date (get another horse) for awhile. But then I met Holly. She was my music buddy Howie's girlfriend's horse up in Paradise CA. We chatted, there was mutual attraction, I haltered her up and brushed her and cleaned her feet, but I never did hop on her back. She survived the Paradise Fire (the "Camp Fire") and I as ecstatic. I thought she could be at least a "late life relationship." But apparently her back problems got too bad, and my friends decided to put her down several months ago. I didn't know her well enough to be "devastated," but I was very sad to hear the news. So now I'm sitting here, thinking about loss and separation, and I felt like writing about it. You get to "suffer the consequences." Or maybe you can relate to my feelings and feel "validated." On the brighter side, it's a hot and sunny day here, and I will visit the pool later. How is your day going?