Ribbon colors first through fifth. Brown border represents Fabulous Show Horse. (Although Sam is an awesome lesson horse and Academy mount, he gets offended if people refer to him as such.) Post originally planned for Sunday of the National Academy Championship Horse Show. Didn’t get to it. Had to rely on emergency llamas. This shouldContinue reading “Text Art: Nationals”
Monthly Archives: November 2014
Repost, BTE 5 of 9: Buying the Horse is Only the Beginning
In time for the holiday shopping season, a holiday shopping repost. This was back when I still thought I might use all of this stuff. Continuing to repost the entries from my previous monthly blogs Back To Eventing and Back To Riding. This was originally posted on the USEA website 2010-12-17, archived here.The photo overContinue reading “Repost, BTE 5 of 9: Buying the Horse is Only the Beginning”
Art Foto Friday: Pasture Flare
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Hay Bale Art: Thanksgiving 2014
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Show Report & Tweets: Georgia Fall Classic 2014
Georgia Fall Classic Horse Show [Facebook] Georgia National Fairgrounds and Agricenter Perry, GA November 22 & 23 (Two days of Academy!) Academy WTC Adult with Sultan’s Miracle Man (Sam) 1 of 4 in four classes. A sweep. That never gets old. Thank you to the Donovan family. Ending the year the way we began: me,Continue reading “Show Report & Tweets: Georgia Fall Classic 2014”
Spotted Working Out
Last scale encounter was 148.8 lbs. Goal weight of 150 pounds achieved. Unfortunately that means the squishy midsection is flab not fat. Winter Quest: the search for those elusive core muscles. BTW, the outdoor pool at my local YMCA is bubbled over in the winter. There is a gap between the door to the bubbleContinue reading “Spotted Working Out”
Quotes on Writing and Blogging
[List of previous monthly State of the Blog posts] “Our innate desire to control our world by means of satisfying narratives.” The Folklore of Discworld by Terry Pratchett & Jacqueline Simpson [Corgi (or possibly Doubleday UK, online sources differ) 2008] page 10, taken from the online extract here. My copy has gone walkabout. ~~~ “AddContinue reading “Quotes on Writing and Blogging”
Virtual Brush Box 