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Show Report Driving & Lessons

Driving Thursday Lots of driving lately. Katherine Alabama Charity Championship Horse Show, [Show Report, Riding] 96 Academy Driving with HB Whizbang – 2rd of 3 Thanks to the Alvis family for Mr. Snippy Snippy deeply objected to the big, soft, rubber, straight bar bit that went with a set of borrowed harness. Go figure [BitsContinue reading “Show Report Driving & Lessons”

Show Report: Alabama Charity Championship 2017

Saddle Seat Wednesday tldr: Good show. Not great. Needed to be great. ~~~ I’m going to Nationals. I don’t expect to win. I want to win. I will try to win. I will spend the next three weeks preparing to win. It seems to me that if one wants to win on the national level,Continue reading “Show Report: Alabama Charity Championship 2017”

Massage Day

Last week, both horses had massages from Molly Flora, who also works on humans at The Retreat Day Spa, Irondale, AL. Methodology As with Ms. Melnick [Massage Masterclass], Ms. Flora was all about direct muscle manipulation. She rubbed and pressed and lifted. She used her hands and forearms and weight. I am more about surfaceContinue reading “Massage Day”

More Heat Therapy

I have been heating Rodney’s neck with a sheepskin fleece under a neck rug. The massage therapist (more on this tomorrow) didn’t find anything specifically amiss, other than the generally weight of a horse’s head and neck assembly. Still, there is a bit of a muscle bump up on the left side that he certainlyContinue reading “More Heat Therapy”

Letter Art: Glitter Pens

Because life needs sparkle. Thank you for reading, Katherine Walcott

Nice Horses and Lesson Programs

In another comment from my return to saddle seat post [And We’re Back, 1st comment post ], buffy bourbon said that I like older Stepping Stone Farm horses because young, nice horses are priced out of lesson programs. (Full quote below.) I don’t want this to be true. I will grant the market angle. ItContinue reading “Nice Horses and Lesson Programs”

Foto Theory

At the first Oak Mountain State Park photo class [Spotted], one of the other attendees asked me about my photo experience. I managed to garble a few words and blink. Really, I’m getting terrible at any interaction not mediated by a keyboard. So, I came home and thought about why I photograph. Self-Improvement It’s goodContinue reading “Foto Theory”