Virtual Brush Box

The Write Start, Circle Lettering

On My Mind, Miscellaneous Visuals ~~~ The Write Start is a 21-day writing prompt program being run by See Jane Write. Hot Pink is the brand color for SJW. Process notes: 13 letters. 5 duplicates. 2 rotations, H -> I because H comes first, W -> E because I never get E right, butContinue reading “The Write Start, Circle Lettering”

Writing Utter Nonsense

On My Mind, Miscellaneous Thoughts More from The Write Start, a 21-day writing prompt program being run by See Jane Write. ~~~ I edit as I write. This is a useful skill if one is producing usable newspaper copy – where I started – or reproducing the substance of an interview – what IContinue reading “Writing Utter Nonsense”

Looking Back, Milton & Moonlight, Instagram Recap, April 2019

Visual Storytelling Posts through mid-April 2019 from my Instagram account, @myvirtualbrushbox. Previous [Rain, Pool Noodles, and a Monty Python Quote, Instagram February 2019]. Nine Posts Horses – 4, three Milton, one Parker ASB Horse-related – 2, Banquet [Lootapalooza] & course walk [Ther Jumps In Them Thar Hills] Cattens – 2, too big to beContinue reading “Looking Back, Milton & Moonlight, Instagram Recap, April 2019”

Looking Down One’s Snoot

View From The Back Seat I intercepted this comment in an email from Milton. He was discussing his preference for the new two-wheel cart rather than the heavier four-wheel. ~~~ I’m a thoroughbred, you stupid fool. I’m designed to move fast, not pull heavy things. Want to go fast on marathon? That I’ll do.Continue reading “Looking Down One’s Snoot”

Looking Goofy, Horse Show Outtakes

Milton at from dressage shows at Falcon Hill Farm [Show Report] & Full Circle Horse Park [Show Report]. Jeremy Villar Photography Villar on Milton at FHF, “Milton’s a funny horse – the first time I caught him with his tongue out it made me smile, but then he kept on doing it and I couldn’tContinue reading “Looking Goofy, Horse Show Outtakes”

Looking Around, Where’s Waldo?

Horsekeeping You may have noticed that the blog has been Milton-centric lately. Nothing nefarious. Rodney is fine. Rodney is out standing in his field. Rodney is taking foreeeeeeeeeeeeeeever to get over the world’s mildest lameness. Seriously, we once went to look at a sales horse who was more off than this. He was soldContinue reading “Looking Around, Where’s Waldo?”

Looking Forward, Aspirational XC

The Amoeba, i.e. lowest, level course from the show last weekend at Full Circle Horse Park [Show Report] . If I were a goal-setting sort of person, this would be our goal for November [This Is Why I Don’t Set Goals sidenote, just under 6 months later, we jumped the stadium course in the photo.Continue reading “Looking Forward, Aspirational XC”