Welcome to Hickstead, home to both Seven Oak Stables, and Blue Acre - two rival stables. Both offer opportunities for their clients to reach the highest level of excellence. Each stable differs from the other, so choose wisely and never forget, loyalty is everything... Meanwhile as the stables battle it out, there's trouble brewing at the university. Be careful, if you don't pick a side you may get caught in the cross-fire...
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Taylor was about ready to burn her loom down. While she knew that warping her loom was a pain in the ass, today – it felt more pain than normal. Sensing a break, Taylor sat up and closed the door of her home studio. Almost to put it in time-out.
As she was starting the kettle for tea, Taylor heard the newly installed door knocker on her door. Who in the right mind? Oh! Right, duh. Taylor had invited Rory over for lunch since the house had been officially completed. It took a lot of time and trades, but the house was officially done and the second floor was decorated for the most part. Taylor could at least have her bedroom upstairs instead of the guest room on the first floor.
“Coming!” Taylor scurried to the front door and let her sister in. “Hey! I’m just making some tea, come on in!” she grinned, closing the door after Rory stepped in. “Having a good weekend so far?” she asked, making her way back into the kitchen.
With breeding season at Seven Oaks finally being over, Rory found her life to be settling down again. The young horses had been weaned off of their mothers, which still kept her busy enough. When she had heard that Taylor's home was finally finished with renovations and was excited when her twin had invited her for lunch. With Nic and Angel both busy with errands, she agreed - driving off to the home as soon as it was time.
She brought her sister a housewarming gift as well, carrying the gift bag with her after she parked the car in the driveway. The dark blonde woman walked up the path and rang the door bell. It didn't take long for her to hear her sister's voice, preparing for the door to open shortly. "Hey! Thanks for inviting me over. I'd love a cup of tea." She entered the home, sliding her shoes off and setting them neatly on the front door mat. "Good thanks, enjoying finally having a Saturday off. I brought you a little gift though for the new renos being done." She followed Taylor into the kitchen and set the bag on the counter. "What about you? Any yarn projects on the go during your time off?"
Taylor wasn’t surprised that Rory brought something. It seemed to be a theme for the two sisters. There usually wasn’t coming over with something in hand. They weren’t raised that way, but it was a habit both picked up separately in life.
The kettle whistled and Taylor turned off the burner, grabbing two mismatched handmade mugs someone made for her. Perks of being in the art department, Taylor got some interesting gifts from her students. “Oh, thank you! Yes, I’m sure it’s been busy for you,” Taylor smiled, taking out one of her wooden tea organizers. She picked out an orange vanilla for herself but left it open for Rory to choose whatever she wanted.
“Honestly, I don’t quite know what to do with myself. I was working on setting up a new loom before you came, but it’s in a time-out right now,” she admitted, with a bit of a laugh. Taylor swirled some honey in her cup, before pouring the hot water over the tea bag. “I’m only teaching one class this semester so that I will have more time for personal projects.”
Rory usually didn't bring much when she saw Taylor, but it was always something useful. She had stumbled across a new store recently and found exactly what she was looking for. "It has been, yes. Though now it's starting to settle down thankfully. A lot of the clients are deciding whether to give their mares a year off of being a Mama or if they want to breed again." And like anything else, the owners had some tough decisions to make. The decisions between breeding again or giving the mare the year off and bring them back to shape to compete again.
She followed her sister further inside, making sure her shoes were off and the front door was locked before she did. After allowing Taylor to choose her tea, she pulled out a bag of peppermint tea and put it in the empty mug - pouring the hot water in. "I don't think I've ever heard you say that. What's wrong with the new loom? Or having problems starting a project?" She didn't really have anything to compare it to - though it must be something similar to writers block. "Have a lot of people asked for you to make something for them?" She often wondered if her sister did commission work for people in town.
