Virtual Brush Box

Rodney Gets A Gold Star

Show report delayed one day because I am so pleased with Rodney. We walked bareback for a handful of minutes on Sunday. The walk lacked sufficient animation for dressage. The pace was even too slow for western. Exactly as requested. We lapped the pen a few times. He slowed from my seat on the smallContinue reading “Rodney Gets A Gold Star”

$700 Giveaway

Free ecopy of this book to one lucky commenter: Further Adventures of the $700 Pony $700 Pony Chronicles Book 2 Kindle Edition by Ellen Broadhurst Half Halt Press 2008, Kindle 2015 Giveaway of first book and discussion by the author: Have You Met the $700 Pony? A Guest Plug First book excerpt: The $700 PonyContinue reading “$700 Giveaway”

Text Art: Fun with Gimp

Show Today: Winter Tournament 2015 #3, B&W Stables

Say what you will about my pursuit of ribbons, but a show this weekend and the potential for series awards later was the only thing that got me back to my lesson this week. After my annoying lesson the previous week [Skills Gap], I had yet more dental work on the tooth that took overContinue reading “Show Today: Winter Tournament 2015 #3, B&W Stables”

Art Foto Friday: Eyes

Thanks to Miss Mackenzie Kasparian for posing with Spotted.

Milton’s Miseries

The trailer break-away brake battery has arrived. Milton is auto-loading with a rope over his neck. (While I may be wading at the shallow end in the saddle, my horses behave on the ground.) We are getting ever closer to load & go. With any luck, we will get back to where we should haveContinue reading “Milton’s Miseries”

Skills Gap

Coach says there is no such thing as a bad lesson. That one always learns something. Well, I put that to the test. I learned that I was a weenie, but I already knew that. Last week, Natalie was violently opposed to something during my lesson. The dogs outside the ring? The green grass growingContinue reading “Skills Gap”