Chapter Twenty Seven

The next morning Smudge decided to wake Joshua and Tamara up early

 Tamara and Jo offered to give Joshua a hand in the garden, which he accepted gratefully

 Once they were done they ate breakfast, after which Jo began to read the French recipe books and Tamara phoned her parents to catch up

 She then drove Joshua down to the consignment store

Where he sold some more produce 

 Before the two of them went up to the small lake by the waterfall and spent some time together fishing

 As night fell, the wild horse arrived to drink from the lake

 Poor Smudge had been relegated to the sofa now that Joshua and Tamara were sharing the double bed 

 *Smudge spam*

 

Jo made pancakes for breakfast 

 And the family ate together while Smudge practiced hunting his toy mouse

Tamara and Jo again helped Joshua with the garden during the morning 

 Tamara was lucky enough that afternoon to find a whole herd of wild horses

 While Joshua spent the afternoon fishing in the lake

 Before heading over to the gym for a short workout

  Jo fixed the bath

And cleaned up the resultant mess 

 Next morning Joshua got a head start on the garden

Before Jo and Tamara came out to join him 

Tamara complimented her mother-in-law over breakfast 

And spent some time making friends with Smudge 

 Before continuing her efforts to make friends with the beautiful wild stallion that evening 

 She finally managed to get the horse to trust her enough to come home with her and join the household and she named him Midnight

 Mounting him proved to be trickier than she'd expected

But she was eventually able to ride him (if not very well) 

 On getting home, she set up a small stable outside for Midnight and forked some hay out for him to eat