Author Archives: Virtual Brush Box

Images Awareness of the outside world. “Dayofthedead.holiday is dedicated to celebrating all things Dia De Muertos … Our goal is to build the world’s most authoritative website for the Day of the Dead … All of the content on the site comes from professional writers based in Mexico that have experienced the holiday first-hand.” DOTD.H:Continue reading “Dia de los Muertos Festival”

Riding, Or Not Awareness of the outside world. My consolation prize for the weekend is ordering The Illustrated Etymologicon by the Inky Fool. * * *~~~ Historically, this has not been a good weekend for containing my inner brat. [Stomping My Feet] This year is no exception. I’ve even added more to be grumpy about.Continue reading “Where I Am Not, Again”

Horsekeeping Awareness of the outside world. Nutrena: Feed It Forward™.~~~ We have switched Rodney to Nutrena SafeChoice Senior. He is doing well. Shiny. Happy. Maybe adding a bit more weight. Image from website. The problem is the feed bag. Again. [Arguing With My Feed Bag] When I see the word SafeChoice, I hear the jingle fromContinue reading “More Feedback From Feedbags”

Horsekeeping Awareness of the outside world. “The first artificial leg was patented by Benjamin Franklin Palmer of Meredith, New Hampshire.” Today I Found Out: November 4. More info, Nineteenth-Century Disability: Cultures and Contexts: The Palmer Patent Leg.~~~ Set alfalfa cubes to soak. Use hot water to speed up process. [Feed Change II] Wait. 👣 ToContinue reading “Feeding Protocol”

Horsekeeping Awareness of the outside world. I got nothing. The news seems both horrible and boring.~~~ You know you are a horsey family when this is the text your send your husband while he is at work … and he is happy to get it. No Hunter Barn lesson last week. Milton decide to haveContinue reading “Milton’s Monday, Pardon The Poop Pix”

Riding Awareness of the outside world. “75 percent of eligible Americans have received at least one shot, and 70 percent support mask mandates in schools … a strong majority of Americans support requiring proof of vaccination to travel by airplane … parents who plan on vaccinating their kids has climbed to nearly 70 percent.” PressContinue reading “Speaking of Stirrups, Up They Go”

Riding Awareness of the outside world. The ears! The stripey knees! The cuteness! Marwell Zoo: Marwell Zoo visitors treated to the birth of a rare Grevy’s zebra foal. YouTube video. Hat tip to Equine Ink: Grevy’s Zebra Foal Born in UK Zoo, who keeps coming up with good stuff and who I should probably putContinue reading “No Stirrup November Begins”