Author Archives: Virtual Brush Box

We are having trouble coming up with Milton’s “color” [Barn Colors]. Blue – A appropriate color for a competition horse. Milton has already inherited some of Mathilda’s blue gear, e.g. grooming slip. OTOH, shouldn’t he have his own color? White – His serving bucket is white. OTOH white in anything other than plastic is impracticalContinue reading “Text Art: Flash Cards”

Continuing to repost the entries from my previous monthly blogs Back To Eventing and Back To Riding. This was originally posted on the USEA website 2010-12-01, archived with editor’s introduction here. Back To Eventing: Part 4, New Horse Blues (The author returns – eventually – to eventing) [HA! Sorry. Interjection from the future.] by KatherineContinue reading “Repost, BTE 4 of 9: New Horse Blues”

I sit on a log. Rodney stands next to me practicing couch. Milton works. Sky and clouds arrange to be scenic. Update: I’m told this post wandered from artistic out into vague. Here’s what was happening. My top hand is brilliant at lungeing, long lining, etc. While Milton is doing his circles, I am holdingContinue reading “Foto Friday: Nothing But Blue Skies”

Don’t worry. I won’t get on without help. However, I have to I WANT to get on. Right now, not so much. The problem, per usual, is Rodney. I suspect I would handle this latest reversal of fortune with far more aplomb if I was not already deeply marinated in frustration. I’ve done the OTTBContinue reading “New Equipment: Mounting Block”

Frankly, I think it would be easier to use the truck. But I’m not the mechanic who has to get the truck started. ~~~ End of the month State of the Blog covered mid-month, Sine Die … Or Not. Previous S of B posts listed here.

We all know Caveat Emptor. Google says lector = reader. At the end of last week, I had a long talk with Coach about the rest of the fall show season. I gave her right of refusal, given the current scrambled state of my psyche. I offer you the same deal. I’ve been in aContinue reading “Caveat Lector”