Hitching Post vs Wash Rack

All summer Francis has watched Marina and I struggle to shower the horses after they have been worked and are all hot and sweaty. You see the challenge is getting them to stand still while we spray them with the hose-- it is rather like washing hair on a 2 year old ( or at least my boys when they were 2). So we came out one day to find the previous day while I was at work he had solved our problem. He has built us a hitching post/wash stand right next to where the hose is! He repurposed an old telephone pole that was lying along one of the fence lines... they certainly won't be able to break it if they pull on it. It even has a sprinkling of moss along the top....looks like its been there for years which is so important ( esthetics you see, I have a vision..... the cozy quaint old-fashioned  style barn-- but of course with modern amenities lol). Lately, with the nice fall weather I have been using it as an old fashioned hitching post when I tack and untack before riding. My saddle fits perfectly on it and my bridle can hang on the hooks in behind where the sweat scrapers are kept. It also works great for rinsing off the saddle pads after each ride and letting them dry in the sun.

He says that it is not finished and he wants to put down paving stones so the grass will grow in between and it will "look nice and the grass won't get churned up or get too muddy". He says he needs it to be done with something that he can go over with the lawnmower-- yes he mows the whole area around the barn with the lawnmower; he does the field with the "bush hog" but the barn area, around the round pen and shed are all done with the lawn mower!

Marina and I hope to get burgundy Hollyhocks growing around the barn next year- not sure Pippa won't eat them but we will try. Marina has already given me the seeds...

Inaugural use of the wash stand- or should we say Christening with all that water flowing lol