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Home Show 2014

Today is the annual local show at our barn. Guest Foto Friday: Trump Let’s hope I cover myself with more glory than last year, “It’s a bad sign when the judge comes over to tell you the rules …” [Ringmanship] 2013 Show Report 2012 Showing in The Sun Also, clinic this weekend. My first sinceContinue reading “Home Show 2014”

Foto Friday: Equipment

Remember the unsuitable camera that threw me into such a tailspin last August [I’m Baack: Precipitating Cause, saving throw]? Well it’s back. I had asked my shipping department to perform pack and return services. He decided to keep the camera for himself. The suitably-sized one that I bought instead does not have the different shootingContinue reading “Foto Friday: Equipment”

New Equipment: Weights

1lb weights to build up my fingers and wrists, per new riding paradigm [MSSP]. Riding does not require brute strength. I don’t wish to yank on the horse’s mouth with Hulk-like fists of doom. Riding requires endurance. The longer I can survive making subtle adjustments, the less likely I will be to start waving myContinue reading “New Equipment: Weights”

Mid-Week Rodney Report: Shoes

Rodney: New shoes! Feet feel much better! Yippeeee! Rodney is more inclined to gallop over for meals. Rodney: New shoes! My feet are weird! What? Rodney takes about a week to adjust to different. Sigh. He is willing, curious, and energetic. Quick? Not so much. __________________________________________________________________________ Gratuitous Stepping Stone Farm Dog

Pony Club Sins

Are you guilty? I was in a rush to get Rodney’s heat therapy started … … and forgot to change out of my street footwear. Somewhere, erstwhile USPC DCs, inspectors, & examiners are shuddering.

The Hunt Is On. Again.

Karmic balance at our house seems to be six cats, two dogs, two horses. If we have less, a candidate shows up. If we have more/try for more, something happens/we are unsuccessful. Now that June has arrived, let the horse shopping begin. In May, Chief Minion was kind enough to suggest that we start lookingContinue reading “The Hunt Is On. Again.”

Text Art: LEGO Business Card

Alabama Phoenix Festival & Magic City LEGO Users Group exhibition, Day 3. From