Animals of the outside world. Raincoast Rider: Pony vs Tree Update. X-rays of horse’s head. Horse is fine.
~~~
My trip to Tennessee in photos and other media. Numbered to prevent me from getting hopelessly tangled. [Trip to Tennessee, Show Report, Southeast Academy Championship 2025]
1 Windshield. And I’m off. When we bought the house, the first thing we did is let the front area grown up so that you can’t see the house from the road.
2 Food. Bring on the horse show. Stopped at grocery store on the way out. Wrong drink brand by mistake.
3 Turtle. Tennessee says hello with a turtle. Tennessee Welcome Center. Also a brief drive through a corner of Georgia.
4 At hotel. Checking in before the evening session.
5 Sign. Slow Down You Are Now Entering A Horse Area.
6 At show.
7 SFF sign. Ringside seating on Friday evening.
8 Blank. Saturday morning. In no state to think about pix.
9 First Ribbons. [repost]
10 Hotel window. Because the window photo is a thing, apparently. Light because it is afternoon and I am at the hotel for the institutionalized nap break. [Hudson Valley Horses]
11 M&M Factory in Cleveland TN. No factory tour. Big smell. I wonder if one gets tired of smelling the chocolate or if it smells like money.
12 Boots. Still weird. “It messes with my head to see people in tall boots walking around saddle seat shows.” [The Red Queen Returns]
13 Travel bag. Gotta love a road trip. Take the bigger bag. Toss in the heavy book. I do apprecaite useful loot. [Achievement Unlocked]
14 Second Ribbons. [repost]
15 Start.
16-17 Gas. Treats. Fuel for truck & driver. My first convenience store purchase of trip. Anything to keep me perky for the drive. The bag marked Chocolate is an insulated lunch bag.
18 Blank. Taking a break at the state border. Nothing I wanted to take pictures of. Do I have a bad attitude? Yes. Thank you for noticing. In my defense, the Alabama Welcome Center was a bouquet of red state tropes.
🙂 🐴 🐱
19 Home!
Onwards!
Katherine
Virtual Brush Box 
I like the picture story.
That was a lot of trip on your own.
Joan
I enjoyed seeing a trip to – from a horse show in photos. The blue ribbons with matching ball caps look really, really nice!
What about that M&M display? The M&M candy company, owned by the Mars family, is based in Hackettstown, NJ, so I thought their factory were there too. Maybe they have factories all over the country? When I was in journalism school (eons ago), one of the first questions we got in a graphics and design class, was “How do they print the M&M on the candies?” MM (not an M&M).