Virtual Brush Box

Turn ‘Em On

Adventures in Standardbreds Enjoy the ride drive. Continuing my tour of the breed barn [Western Counterfactual]. I have no experience with Standardbreds. Be fun to try. We’ve thought it would be interesting to remake an ex-trotter as a driving horse. Can it be done? I don’t see why not. Could we do it? WhoContinue reading “Turn ‘Em On”

Home Again, Home Again

Training Journal If you’re riding driving a horse, you’ve already won. Phone is imitating a very thin doorstop – a door shim? – , so visuals will be scarce for a while. ~~~ Brought the cart [Wife Points] home so that Milton can practice his proto-hitching [Holiday Rides]. For illustration, I took a pictureContinue reading “Home Again, Home Again”

The Horse Is Not The Only One With Issues In The Sandbox

Training Journal If you’re riding a horse, you’ve already won. I’m skipping Mood on Monday this week. Right now is all about reopening in the US. Impossible to talking about without resorting to politics. First, this is not harmonious. Second, I have nothing to add that you don’t already know. As for what IContinue reading “The Horse Is Not The Only One With Issues In The Sandbox”

An HTML Color Factory

Celebrating Art Coloring a gray landscape. What if color where produced in a factory? Not the coloring agents, the colors themselves. Illustration of Sloss Furnaces using the original HTML colors. Free download from Yellowhammer Creative Coloring Book by Codey Richards. Random tidbit. Goggle says Houston and NYC have museums called Color Factory. IContinue reading “An HTML Color Factory”

The Sloth’s Pawprint, Fiction

I have a magic To Do list. It’s not as much fun as it sounds. The discovery was everything one could have wished for in a magical adventure. I was traveling in the appropriately exotic foreign country. I went for a walk. Got lost. Stumbled on the archetypical small shop in a small alley. IContinue reading “The Sloth’s Pawprint, Fiction”

Milton’s Foot Diagnosis Develops

Horsekeeping Lucky enough to have a horse. Remember Milton’s lameness/abscess saga? [Milton Behind Bars] March 31 [An Alternate Explanation] April 7 [Shoeing at a Social Distance] April 13 There’s more. In addition to starting at the bottom of his foot and erupting out the top, looks like the abscess pushed through theContinue reading “Milton’s Foot Diagnosis Develops”

Strolling Around and Around and Around, Walk Report, Cellcom Green Bay Virtual 5k 2020

Fit To Ride Cellcom Green Bay Marathon Virtual 5k Chez Moi, 9 laps around the pasture Bib # – 10308. Dunno why it matters. Got one; recording it. Either they had huge numbers of entries, or they allocated certain numerical runs to various races. Sunday May 17, 2020 Time – 1:17:53, reported byContinue reading “Strolling Around and Around and Around, Walk Report, Cellcom Green Bay Virtual 5k 2020”