I admit it. This couch-surfer is an Olympics-watching junkie, and I am enjoying every minute. I turn on the television when I awaken and turn it off well after midnight. It is amazing to watch the very best athletes in the world perform, whether in kayaks or at ping-pong tables, on parallel bars or in swimming pools.
This morning the cross-country dressage event was televised, the second of the three-day contest. The horses were not as colorful as those on merry-go-rounds, but they were beautiful, athletic specimens in shades of chestnut, brown, black, and gray. Each dynamic duo of rider and horse jumped various obstacles proceeding uphill and down, through water and sand, hopefully completing the course in about ten minutes.
One of the most amazing jumps was over the bottom of a crescent moon with the city of London in the background. Others included a rattan chessboard, a train, a castle, a bed of logs being pulled by a tractor, Saturn, an outdoor market, a tribute to Big Ben, and so on. Large trees providing dappled shade and charming beds of flowers added to the beauty of the course. I was mesmerized by it all.
Well, time for the evening segment. Signing off.
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