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Milton’s Practice Cart

Driving Thursday Greg built practice shafts out of PVC pipes and a set of lawnmower wheels. It’s light, maneuverable, and doesn’t cost $100s of dollars if Milton declines be a driving horse with a violent hissy fit. So far, Milton has accepted all of the introductory exercises. We have not rolled the shaftsContinue reading “Milton’s Practice Cart”

New Equipment: Whip

Saddle Seat Wednesday Snowbee dressage whip from Carousel Tack Shoppe. Lost at show (I always bring two). Replaced. Amazed to see how worn the old one had gotten. I’m not beating horses with them, I promise. The whip is used lightly on the horse’s shoulder to indicate the canter depart: tip (the head)Continue reading “New Equipment: Whip”

Feed Adventures, Part 2 of 2

What do you do when it’s the Monday before Thanksgiving and you are on your last bag of feed? You panic and call every feed store in central Alabama. My bad. I let the supply get low. In my defense, we went through it faster than we had initially calculated and the store that promisedContinue reading “Feed Adventures, Part 2 of 2”

Feed Adventures, Part 1 of 2

We are messing with feed again. We are now feeding Triple Crown Naturals. When I got back from Nationals [Show Tweets], I noticed that Milton had become NQR while I was away. He was super itchy, his skin felt every so slight inflamed, and one of his bumps had sprouted a bump. Something wasContinue reading “Feed Adventures, Part 1 of 2”

Letter Art: Z is for Zoonoses

The term zoonosis (plural zoonoses) means a disease that can be transmitted from animals to humans. The name is derived from the Greek “zoi” or “zoe,” meaning life, plus “nosos,” meaning disease. An equine zoonosis is a disease that humans can contract from members of the equid family. “Shared Diseases” by Katherine Walcott andContinue reading “Letter Art: Z is for Zoonoses”

Clydesdale Humor

For someone who is ambivalent about alcohol, I’m certainly giving corporate PR icons a lot of blog space lately [Foto Friday: Horses in the City & Hitching The Clydesdales]. But they’re such cute PR icons. The top photo is a repeat from Tuesday. I wasn’t sure how many people saw it at the bottom ofContinue reading “Clydesdale Humor”

Foto Friday: Weaving With Light

Original Taken while playing with long exposures in a tunnel at Sloss Furnaces during a photo lesson [Foto Friday]. ~~~ Methodology Progress 15 layers, a record for me. Using “new from visible” instead of flattening by saving as jpeg, & reopening. So much easier. Bonus lightbulb moment. Dreading placing individual squares, each on theirContinue reading “Foto Friday: Weaving With Light”