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Is Your Horse A Dog Or A Sailboat?

On My Mind, Miscellaneous Thoughts Is your horse a companion animal or a piece of athletic equipment? Or a mix of both? DOG? Yes, some dogs still work. They herd, sniff for drugs, search for cadavers. These days, most dogs are employed as companion animals. (Most? I have no data, I’m guessing. Certainly inContinue reading “Is Your Horse A Dog Or A Sailboat?”

Getting A Boost, Jumping Lesson at FHF

Jumping Diary To start the process of remembering how to jump before we teach Milton, I had a lesson on Kory, a 10yo Hungarian Warmblood, courtesy of Coach Molly, at Falcon Hill Farm. First jump. I automatically gave a Milton-appropriate squeeze before the fence. Whereupon Kory LEAPED over it. I got left. AtContinue reading “Getting A Boost, Jumping Lesson at FHF”

Lootapalooza, Part the Second, Winter Tournament Banquet 2019, Driving

Adventures in Pleasure Driving 2018-2019 Awards Banquet Alabama Winter Tournament Association Noccalula Falls Gadsen, AL USA Sunday, March 3, 2019 [Part the First] Champion Academy Driving Whiskey, 2 of 3 classes Chappie, 1 class My Haul Because love me some swag. Also because the Winter Tournament organizers worked hard to come up with interestingContinue reading “Lootapalooza, Part the Second, Winter Tournament Banquet 2019, Driving”

Lootapalooza, Part the First, Winter Tournament Banquet 2019, Riding

Adventures in Saddle Seat 2018-2019 Awards Banquet Alabama Winter Tournament Association Noccalula Falls Gadsen, AL, USA Sunday, March 3, 2019 Champion Advance Horsemanship WTC Adult Champion Advanced Equitation WTC Adult (Pattern) Champion Pleasure Horse or Pony WTC Adult High Point Adult, Stepping Stone Farm While I’ve won each of these divisions before, this is theContinue reading “Lootapalooza, Part the First, Winter Tournament Banquet 2019, Riding”

Throw Me Something, Ma’am, Guest Photos

Blog Contributor Michelle Duplichien [Archives] is a sister of the Mystic Krewe of Nyx, a New Orleans Mardi Gras organization. Their parade throw is purses, or more accurately sculptural objects that started life as purses. This year, one of Michelle’s purses was inspired by Stepping Stone Farm and the American Saddlebred. Michelle painted and decoratedContinue reading “Throw Me Something, Ma’am, Guest Photos”

Scoring Serious Wife/Navigator Points

View From The Back Seat 655 miles12H 45min We found a cart. In North Carolina. We tried to find a shipper. No luck. The easiest way was to get it ourselves. We considered stopping here. Staying there. Combining trips. No luck. The easiest way was to get in the truck and go. We went. HardwickContinue reading “Scoring Serious Wife/Navigator Points”

Rain, Pool Noodles, and a Monty Python Quote, Instagram February 2019

On My Mind, Miscellaneous Visuals Instagram posts from December 2018 through February 2019 for @myvirtualbrushbox. Previous [Does My Instagram Reflect My Life?]. Nine posts, plus one that got posted to my personal account by mistake. I keep a second account to follow friends, family, and random accounts that have no relation to theContinue reading “Rain, Pool Noodles, and a Monty Python Quote, Instagram February 2019”