The Ol' Garden Hose

Remember hot summer days and getting cool, refreshing drinks out of the garden hose? And then maybe messing around with it, just a little bit? A big part of summer fun when I was a kid.

Seems as though horses enjoy their own version of playing with the garden hose. I was adding water to the trough tonight, when a pretty brown muzzle thrust itself into view. Yep, Hokey had arrived!

 He seemed quite interested in the running water, and reached over and nibbled the spigot.

 And then he began lapping the water like a dog!

 Next, Hokey put his muzzle in the running water and took a few big gulps.

 But he didn't swallow.

 Nope, he just stood there and held the water inside his mouth for a while. (Horses often do that, and that's why, when I hand out the carrots, I sometimes get doused - the horse has been walking around with a mouthful of water only to lose it all over me when grabbing for the carrot!)

 Looks like he even did a little swishing of the water around in his mouth!

 And.... SWALLOW.

And then Hokey proceeded to put his head into the water and splash around.

He may be twelve, but he's still just a big kid!