学骑马🐴

Xia 霞（USA）

每年5月最后一个星期一，设为美国的Memories Day 阵亡将士纪念日，全国放长周末假日。

The last Monday in May every year is Memorial Day in the United States, a long weekend holiday across the country



今天周六，开始全美国Memories Day 假期长周末。一早，我约好到我的西裔护士助理Sylvia 💕家的马场学骑马。她16岁的儿子David 💕做我的老师😁

Today Saturday, begins the Memories Day holiday weekend. Early in the morning, I have an appointment with one of my dental assistant Sylvia💕 , to her horse farm to learn horse riding . Her 16-year-old son David 💕will be my teacher😁







西裔孩子们（男孩，也有不少女孩），从小就学骑马，还会训练Rodeo (西部牛仔竞技表演)，David 💕就是从小训练。👍

Quite bit some Hispanic kids (mostly boys, and some girls) learn to ride horses since they were young, and also train for Rodeo. David 💕 has been training since he was younger 👍



David 💕为我选的这匹漂亮的棕白毛色马，是3岁大的小公马”Pancho “（西班牙语意为平静，沉着… 是西裔男孩子的常用名字）它对我很友好，十分配合听话🌷🌷

David 💕 chose this beautiful brown and white horse for me is a 3-year-old stallion "Pancho" (Spanish means calm, peaceful ...a common name for Spanish boys). Pancho is very friendly and obedient to me 🌷🌷





David 💕是我看着出生长大的孩子，他也是我的“病人”🌻🌻

David 💕 is the child I know him since he was born and he is also one of my "patient" 🌻🌻



牵Pancho 🐴到练习场

Take Pancho 🐴 to the practice range





一早，David 💕要先给Pancho 热身一下。

David 💕 try to warm up Pancho first.





别看David 💕才16岁，他也很沉着老练，第一课，学习上下马背，和拉疆绳配合夾腿让马儿🐎转方向😁

Even though David 💕 is only 16 years old, he is also very calm and experienced. The first lesson is to learn to get on and off the horse back , and use the rope to guide and clamp my legs to make the horse 🐎 turn in the direction 😁





十分喜欢Pancho 🐴 , 我也可以感觉Pancho也对我很好，第一课完成很顺利👍👍

I like Pancho very much 🐴, and I can also feel that Pancho is very good to me. That makes the first lesson completed very smoothly 👍👍









“裤垫” ，其实是Gary💕给我买的骑单车用的，骑马也可以用👍

"Pant pads" are actually bought by Gary💕 for me to use when riding a bicycle. It can also be used for riding horses👍







“德国帽” ，是骑摩托车用的，我也用在骑马上😁

The “German hat" is for riding motorcycles, I also can use it for riding horses😁







“背背佳” 是Jen💕小时候用支持保护背腰，现在我练骑马也利用上了😁

“背背佳” was Jen💕 used to be for supporting her back and waist . Now I can use it for practicing horse riding😁







其实我很早就想学骑马了， 一直没去做，这次总算定下时间去做。 随着年龄的增长，想一下，有些想做的事，再不做，可能就来不及做了⏰

我家附近的邻居们，也有不少养了马，看他们（她们）常常遛马，经过我家，与她们打招呼聊天，觉得她们挺好玩👍，等我学会骑马，也许可以参加她们一起遛马逛山😁

In fact, I have wanted to learn horse riding for some time, but I have never done it. This time I finally made time to do it. As you get older, think about it, if you don’t do some of the things you want to do, it may be too late to do it ⏰

Some of the neighbors near my house also have horses. Saw them riding their horses passing by my house, I would chat with them. I think that’s very fun . When I learn how to ride a horse, I may be able to join them in riding horses around . 😁

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