July 2014 – Page 3 – Virtual Brush Box

Rodney’s Week: Jumping & After

Rodney has issues with jumping. Day 1 Rodney was a star. Our round pen is a 20m circle made from simple jump standards and plastic tape. Rodney motors around happily. He’ll even throw the occasional fuss without challenging the tape. If he freaks out and runs thru the tape, oh well. We do not toContinue reading “Rodney’s Week: Jumping & After”

Training Aids: Bzzzzzz!

When I look down at a horse … … my mind is elsewhere. I don’t even realize I’m doing it. So, I designed an exercise. I downloaded a buzzer app … … and gave the phone to my instructor. She tasked with buzzing each time I looked down. We both expected a lot of buzz.Continue reading “Training Aids: Bzzzzzz!”

Speciesism

I had a tall, dark, good-looking gentleman flirt with me a few days ago. Unfortunately, it was Rodney. He had worked three days in a row in the round pen at all three gaits. He was due for an easy day. So we did weave poles. He loves weave poles. He can do them. MoreContinue reading “Speciesism”

Equine Neologisms: Uncanter

In Shakespeare: The World as a Stage, Bill Bryson talks about the many words Shakespeare invented. I thought I’d give it a go. Uncanter: When a rider asks a horse to canter and the horse proceeds at an indeterminate gait that is neither a trot nor a canter nor a formal ASB gait. A horseContinue reading “Equine Neologisms: Uncanter”

Off Topic Text Art: Origin

I get bored easily. I get motion sick. Therefore, keeping young Katherine entertained in a car was of vital importance. My grandmother and I used to play The Alphabet Game. Starting with A, we would look for the letters of the alphabet on roadsigns, billboards, license plates, etc. I remember wanting to be the firstContinue reading “Off Topic Text Art: Origin”

#IHAD

Today is Riders4Helmets International Helmet Awareness Day 2014. I thought about putting up a long, ranting post on the subject &/or reposting my own Every Ride, Every Time story [Helmet Evangelism] from back in January of 2012. However, it seems to me that – short of a BNR incident or association ruling – people whoContinue reading “#IHAD”

Foto Friday: Models Rule

Inspiration: in honor of the first day of BreyerFest. Model: from my adopted herd [Surprise!]. Technical bits: Taken on auto. I tried to shoot on aperture priority [Recommitment, pages 54-55] for a shallow depth of field. The results made me want to heave the camera. The theory was that I pick the aperture and thenContinue reading “Foto Friday: Models Rule”