At Stepping Stone Farm, Miss Lace is allowed to roam at will. The perks of royalty.
Author Archives: Virtual Brush Box
Shopping: Saddlebred Fancies
ASB bling for my two annual ASB banquets. From Saddlebred Fancies. Disclosure: No advertising. No discounts. No advance arrangement with the artist. Bought it. Liked it. Put up a post.
Text Art: High Point
Winter Tournament banquet today. More ribbons for getting ribbons. To hyphen or not to hyphen in the title? ASHA: High Point. AQHA: High-Point. USEF & USHJA: Horse of the Year. Went with the Saddlebreds on this one.
Show Today: CALMHS, Montgomery, AL
I’m going to a horse show today. It’s a live show. It has horses. It doesn’t have live horses. Okay, enough cuteness. I will be competing in my first model horse show: Central Alabama Live Model Horse Show. It’s a “live” show in that people bring their models to a physical location. The alternative isContinue reading “Show Today: CALMHS, Montgomery, AL”
Art Foto Friday: Fencing
State of the Blog: Lightning in a Bottle
[End-of-the-month commentary on blogging. List of previous.] Posted earlier this month, Why I Ride by Katie Wood is now my second most popular individual post, according to the WordPress stats. It was by far the most popular on Facebook. In WP hits, it takes a backseat only to Watching the Tevis, July 21, 2013. ItContinue reading “State of the Blog: Lightning in a Bottle”
Bits From Hell
Saddle seat bits give me the creeping horrors. Performance horses show in standard double bridles. The length of the shanks on the curb bits are midway between dressage and western, putting them midway between the two in severity. The bits on the work bridles for suit (performance) horses and on the everyday bridles for lessonContinue reading “Bits From Hell”