This evening I was supposed to go to my horseback riding lesson but it's currently 92 degrees. I just don't have the heart to put that heavy western saddle on the Horse during weather like this. You can tell by looking at the horse with their lowered heads and their eyes half open that they would rather be grazing in the pasture under the shade of the trees. Not to mention that I don't find the extreme heat comfortable either.On a more upbeat note, I'm very pleased with how my Custer Trail Horse painting is coming. After much trail and error I figured out a way to create a realistic dapple gray. At this point I have completed the horse's head, neck, chest and front legs. The horse's barrel, or mid-section is blocked in and hopefully I'll finish the dappling at some point tomorrow. I still haven't decided whether or not to add a fence behind him. If I do it will be the typical wire fence. That shouldn't detract from the subject of the painting.