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Foto Friday: Hitch

I would prefer to leave it here, but since I said something earlier [Umbrellas], I should follow-up. The installers-who-shall-not-be-named did an inadequate job. They they tried to pass it off as adequate. It took an hour of yelling to convince them to fix it. It took a week to fix it. We were treated likeContinue reading “Foto Friday: Hitch”

Lesson Success, Photo Fail

Driving Thursday The plan was to use Greg’s SSF driving lesson as a photo shoot to practice my long-neglected camera skills. Not so much. Turns out I can either take pictures or observe. Not both. Am I looking at light and photo angles or am I looking at the horse’s attitude and the driver’s thumbContinue reading “Lesson Success, Photo Fail”

I Get Gold

Saddle Seat Wednesday The gold version of the silver medal I earned last year [Loving the Loot: My Academy Award]. “A bronze medallion will be awarded for earning 15 points in the first year of competition, a silver medallion for 15 points in the second consecutive year, and a gold for 15 points in theContinue reading “I Get Gold”

Milton February 2017

As with Rodney yesterday [Feb 2017], an update on Milton, who is also on the calorie-boosting train. We have been wrestling with thrush all winter. I can’t believe I posted about it in November [Drought]. ?!? This is embarrassing. Thrush is a management disease. Their soles were fine. Their frogs were fine. The channels onContinue reading “Milton February 2017”

Rodney February 2017

Due to truck (yay! [Milton’s Chariot]), driving derby (yay!! [Show Report]), and several guest posts (yay!!! [Sights][Friendships][Why I Ride]), the home team was absent from the blog for most of February. The last Rodney post was on February 6 [Rodney Objects]. The last Milton post was at the end of January [Counterbalance], plus a mentionContinue reading “Rodney February 2017”

Letter Art, AlphaBooks: E is for Endicott

Taking Up The Reins: A Year in Germany with a Dressage Master Priscilla Endicott Trafalgar 1999 [Driven Dressage] ~~~ This Year [D is for Doty] [C is for Cooper] [B is for Brown] [A is for Anderson] This Letter Past Years [2016 Alphabet] [2015 Alphabet] Project explanation [AlphaBooks 2017]. Open to recommendationsContinue reading “Letter Art, AlphaBooks: E is for Endicott”

What I learned from Food Media South

Last Saturday, this was my world. Food Media South WorkPlay Birmingham, AL Southern Foodways Alliance Here are my take-aways. At least, I think this is what they said. Any errors of interpretation are mine. Duncan Hines was a real person. He wrote travel guides back in the days before restaurant inspections. He was more concernedContinue reading “What I learned from Food Media South”