A Book of Narnians By C.S. Lewis Illustrated by Pauline Baynes Text Compiled by James Riordan HarperCollins 1995 As with Tenniel‘s Wonderland, to me, Baynes is Narnia. Lewis on Rodney’s Saga [Off Topic: LEGO for Lent] [On the Second Day Of Christmas: 2 Talking Steeds] [Fantasy Cover Art: Horse & His Boy] [A Fool ButContinue reading “Letter Art, AlphaBooks: L is for Lewis”
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State of the Blog: Status Haiku
Nearing two thousand. No fame; no money; no trolls. My subway car art. ~~~ Previous SotB posts [list] Thank you for reading, Katherine Walcott
Foto Friday: Spotted at Oak Mountain State Park
My photo teacher [Meet Meg] is leading classes in nature photography at Oak Mountain State Park (details). The first class was about photographing water. Thank you for reading, Katherine Walcott
With Great Bit Comes Great Responsibility
Driving Thursday Coach Courtney wanted more whoa, so we borrowed Lyricc’s driving bit from Coach Kate. After an initial protest, Milton was fine with it. Turns out Milton doesn’t care what hardware he has in his mouth. He cares about total volume. Loud bit? Your hands better be quiet. Soft bit? Yak away. Thank youContinue reading “With Great Bit Comes Great Responsibility”
The Cone Theory of Interdisciplinary Riding
Saddle Seat Wednesday I think of dressage and saddle seat as a Venn diagram. For a low value of x, both are English-style horseback activities that do not involve jumping. The ultimate dispensation of x will require those more knowledgeable that I. The distance between the two is so small relative to how far awayContinue reading “The Cone Theory of Interdisciplinary Riding”
Milton at SSF
We shipped Milton over to Stepping Stone Farm for a second lesson [First]. I’m tickled with everyone. Coach Courtney has the flexibility to work with us on driving skills without insisting that the horse go like a Saddlebred. Greg is learning from the lessons and from the opportunity to work in an enclosed space. MiltonContinue reading “Milton at SSF”
Dressage June 2017: We Leg Yield, Who Knew?
Rodney and I had our third dressage lesson with Mr. E. [March, May]. We went for the full 45 minutes. No quitting early for us. We trotted. A lot. Probably as much as we have trotted for the rest of phase II combined. We did leg yields. I would not have said that I knewContinue reading “Dressage June 2017: We Leg Yield, Who Knew?”
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