Virtual Brush Box

Foto Friday: Stepping Stone Farm Photo Safari

Photo class: field trip at the barn. Objective: learning to look at the world in terms of potential photographs. Thank you for reading, Katherine Walcott

New Equipment: Zilco Harness

Driving Thursday Milton’s new-to-us driving harness. I remain dubious but supportive.

Saddle Seat Wednesday Two horses from Stepping Stone showed at the World’s Championship Horse Show this year. Go Team Awesome! No ribbons 😦 but folks were psyched to be on the green shavings :). [Why Green?] What is it about these iconic places? Even I, saddle seat heathen that I am, experienced a frisson whenContinue reading “Louisville 2016”

Summer Doldrums

Is anyone else fighting weird seasonal weather? Our temps have been in the high 80s/low 90s, which is cool for an Alabama summer, but accompanied by off-the-charts humidity. Plus the daily afternoon thunderstorms which seem to be more ferocious than usual. Granted, the boys don’t work terribly hard in the general course of things. However,Continue reading “Summer Doldrums”

There’s Just No Pleasing Some People

When people IRL ask me about Rodney & Milton, I don’t want to talk about it. When people IRL don’t ask me about Rodney & Milton, I get annoyed that they are being overlooked. My Gordian Knot of social interaction. ~~~ Gratuitous Cat Postcard via Postcrossing Thank you for reading, Katherine Walcott

Letter Art: The Sporting Life III, Host Cities

Rome (1960) Rio (2016) Oslo (1952) LonDon (1908, 1948, 2012) Nagano (1998) LakE Placid (1932, 1980) TokYo (1964) ‘ St. Louis (1904), St. Mortiz (1928, 1948), Stockholm (1956), Squaw Valley (1960), Sapporro (1972), Sarajevo (1984) Seoul (1988), Sydney (2000) Salt Lake City (2002), Sochi (2014) Stockholm (1912, 1956) Atlanta (1996) Grenoble (1968), Garmisch-Partenkirchen (1936) AthensContinue reading “Letter Art: The Sporting Life III, Host Cities”

Birmingham Style

Remember last year when a local blogger went national? Cover Girl We – liberally employing the geographical we – did it again. The 2016 Real Women Style Award Winners Share Their Secrets to Dressing With Total Confidence Bertha Hidalgo, PhD, MPH UAB Faculty page Blog: Chic in Academia Instagram, with her outfit of the day:Continue reading “Birmingham Style”