Hive expansion

The hives picked today to start really spreading. Both the left and right side of his neck had the few medium sized ones, that have now deflated, but look like moon craters.
And now his body has numerous small speckled hives.
So it's not hay, not cob, and not ulcers.

Also, it is much, much harder than I thought to get good video and photos of Willig in motion. Tom used a tripod, but with all the light that our arena gets, the video will have 5 seconds of excellent focus, then we go past one of the light walls so we go completely dark, then it adjusts, but by then we're in front of the open door, so we go completely dark again, so then it adjusts, but then we're back in the corner without natural light, so then when it adjusts, we're perfect for 5 seconds, and then back in front of light. I guess next we'll try videoing at night, when there's no pesky sun ruining it.
And of course, Willig was super well behaved and peppy today.

That being said, we did video me schooling test 1-2, and while we're still pretty small for most of the test (except for when we loom right past the camera), at least it's not shaking or with a fence rail blocking most of the view:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W7LRwzIejLk
I oscillate between being thrilled with how great he looks, and how much my riding has improved, and being heartbroken at how much I still suck.