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Lessons, Theory Vs. Reality

Adventures in Saddle Seat Home, 100% Potential Energy So many options at Stepping Stone Farm. A barn full of horses to ride. Maybe I’ll see if one of the fancy horses wants to go slumming. Or, the barn has a lot of green horses who need mileage. Or, they have ventured into ASB huntContinue reading “Lessons, Theory Vs. Reality”

Yellow Associations

Graphic Design Czech Republic & Germany: 1st place US, New Zealand, Sweden, &UK: 3rd place Canada: 4th place Australia & Norway: 5th place Wiki: Horse Show Palominos. Yellow Labs. Bees (with black). Yellow-bellied Sapsucker. Sun. Daffodils. Yellow River (Huang He), China. Yellow Pine, Alabama, USA. Yellow Springs, Kentucky, USA. Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming, Montana,Continue reading “Yellow Associations”

Best Laid Plans, Writing Accountability, August 2019

Writing About Writing Crossposted [Will Write For Feed Blog: Best Laid Plans, Writing Accountability, August 2019] I need a new plan. In August, I signed up with 750 Words, an online writing site. Does one need a computer site to write? No. Does it help me? Yes. I talked about it earlier [A PlaceContinue reading “Best Laid Plans, Writing Accountability, August 2019”

Cycle Of Life

Random Images Overnight, a small spider built a web in the back of our truck. It caught a dragonfly as large as itself. Out of consideration for readers who might not be amused by spiders or snuff pictures, I have put the photos behind the jump [Spider Captures Dragonfly]. Thank you for reading, KatherineContinue reading “Cycle Of Life”

Advice Sought, Kid Wants Horse

Horsekeeping A friend has a child who is interesting in getting a horse. They asked my advice. I gave it. I then asked for permission to fuzz the details and post the exchange in order to see what the hive mind had to say. Do you agree with my advice? Disagree? Have anything toContinue reading “Advice Sought, Kid Wants Horse”

Looking Back, Awards SESHA 2014

Adventures in Saddle Seat Found a draft from 2014 that I had never posted. as I am not one to let text go to waste, here it is. I am in the third photo, with Alvin. One of the original aims of the post was to illustrate the range of classes at saddle seatContinue reading “Looking Back, Awards SESHA 2014”

That Fresh Stall Smell

Horsekeeping Our horses live out. Milton is the one who mostly uses the stall: for a few minutes at mealtimes and when Rodney is working in the pasture or away on a trip. So, the stall is only occupied a handful of hours each week. Since Milton prefers not to pee in hisContinue reading “That Fresh Stall Smell”