Author Archives: Virtual Brush Box

New Equipment: Saddle

The saddles for Previous Horse and Mathilda have been retired. I decided to start with an inexpensive – in saddle-speak – synthetic saddle while I figure out what I want for my new forever saddle(s). Internet trolling and personal preference settled on a Wintec 500, close-contact, with flocking. When I stopped by my local tackContinue reading “New Equipment: Saddle”

Something Completely Different

Ask and ye shall receive. On Friday, Joan said. “What an impossible jigsaw puzzle that would make!” [Warm-up Ring]. Voila! Click here: Foto Friday Jigsaw Courtesy of Jigsaw Planet I chose the mid-range (150 pieces), classic puzzle shape, no rotation. To customize the puzzle, hover over the photo on the Jigsaw Planet page, hover overContinue reading “Something Completely Different”

Life in the Country

Next to my front door. Had to go horizontal to catch the full spread of the antennae. Didn’t want to intrude, so I left. When I came back, the white was gone. Fell? Eaten? “A grasshopper molts, shedding its outer layer (exoskeleton) and leaving a hollow shell (exuviae) behind.” Encyclopædia Britannica – exoskeleton: grasshopper moltingContinue reading “Life in the Country”