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More Filler, More Adorableness

Home Team I’m still irked with Milton for phoning it in at our grand finale for the year. Rodney is being Rodney, blending glacial progress with frustration. So, have some more kittens. 21 weeks as of Saturday, October 20, 2018. Photos in chronological order unrelated to text. They have reached the age of adventurousContinue reading “More Filler, More Adorableness”

AlphaBooks, F & E are for Farley & Ebony

Graphic Design The Island Stallion (Flame) Walter Farley 1948 Random House 2003 The Ebony Horse Adapted by Anne Terry White Garrard 1969 Even though “Flame & Ebony” is poetic, I put Farley in the title. Fire and horses are not a good mix. I also toned down the color to basic orange.Continue reading “AlphaBooks, F & E are for Farley & Ebony”

This Is Why I Don’t Set Goals

Home Team Back in the heady days of starting to ride Milton [Milton’s Show Schedule], the original plan for last weekend’s show [For This I Cleaned My Tack?] was to do the small three-phase. Ha. Okay, it wasn’t so much a plan as a hope. Lots of stars needed to align for that toContinue reading “This Is Why I Don’t Set Goals”

So It Continues, Show Photos, Dressage at Full Circle Horse Park, October 2018

Photography Dressage October 13, 2018 [Show Report, For This I Cleaned My Tack?] Poetry in motion we were not. These are from our second test. The one that rode better but scored worse. 2015 USDF Intro Test B (Walk-Trot) Between K&A, Medium Walk. I picked one photo that showed what we might look likeContinue reading “So It Continues, Show Photos, Dressage at Full Circle Horse Park, October 2018”

We Say Goodbye to Driving Posts, For Now

Blogging, Combined Driving, ASB Pleasure Driving Driving On The Blog I have one more driving post coming shortly. After that, I will be retiring Driving Thursday for a while. Neither us been in a cart since September [Husband Greg, Katherine]. Milton hasn’t been hitched since June. None of us has done serious schooling sinceContinue reading “We Say Goodbye to Driving Posts, For Now”

This Is Why You Can’t Do It All

Adventures in Saddle Seat, or Not For the first time since I starting showing saddle seat in 2012, I did not ride at the Alabama Charity Championship show. This is our big fall show. The association runs it. Everybody goes. Except me. I had two shows this month. They occurred on the same day, atContinue reading “This Is Why You Can’t Do It All”

For This I Cleaned My Tack? Show Report, Dressage at Full Circle Horse Park, October 2018

Home Team Dressage, CT, 3-Phase Full Circle Horse Park Pell City AL, USA October 13, 2018 With Milton, aka Moonlight Rainbow Class 3 – 2015 USDF Intro Test A (Walk-Trot) – Adult, 2nd of 2, 60% Class 4 – 2015 USDF Intro Test B (Walk-Trot) – Adult, 5th of 5, 58.875% Highest score: 7.5,Continue reading “For This I Cleaned My Tack? Show Report, Dressage at Full Circle Horse Park, October 2018”