Author Archives: Virtual Brush Box

Notes from North Georgia, Us

Home Team, Combined Driving   Another showcation, this time sans show. Stepping Stone Farm only brought suit horses to the Northeast Georgia Charity Horse Show & the Mid-Summer Classic Horse Show , at the Chicopee Woods Agricultural Center, Gainesville, GA. Husband Greg and I brought Milton along for more away-from-home experience before summer closed in.Continue reading “Notes from North Georgia, Us”

Notes from North Georgia, Milton

Home Team, Combined Driving Another trip on the rattly box. Another home away from home. (Gainesville GA, ed.) Trailers is scary. Not mine. Mine is fine. Other trailers, with other horses on them. Motorcycles is scary. Don’t like loud vroomy noises. Other horses is scary. Sometimes. Other times, I look at them and laugh. WhyContinue reading “Notes from North Georgia, Milton”

Road to the World Cup, Rail Work vs Patterns, Guest Post

Adventures in Saddle Seat   Stepping Stone Farm rider Reagan Upton is on the U.S. Saddle Seat World Cup Team. She is sharing her story. Welcome Reagan. Part 1 [Have Saddle, Will Travel] Part 2 [First Team Practice] Part 3 [Three-Gaited & Five-Gaited] Part 4 [Do I Miss Equitation?] Part 5 [Traveling for the Team]Continue reading “Road to the World Cup, Rail Work vs Patterns, Guest Post”

Mr. Excitement Regards His Future

Home Team   We took Milton to Full Circle Horse Park to walk over the teeny, tiny Amoeba-level jumps. Despite my snarky title and the half-mast ears in the photo, Milton’s attitude was the perfect combination of stepping quietly over the little logs and marching happily around the field. He paused in front of oneContinue reading “Mr. Excitement Regards His Future”