Author Archives: Virtual Brush Box
Interlude
Taking a break from Text Art to give you a mare update. Mathilda is ticking along. Last week, the blacksmith trimmed her front feet. We didn’t even try for the hinds. It’s amazing what removing a few millimeters of hoof can do for her balance and attitude. As soon as her pedicure was done, sheContinue reading “Interlude”
Off Topic: 2 + 2 = 4
Caveat: Today’s subject is not about horses. For more non-equine subjects, see my other blog, Off Topic. Rodney’s Saga returns to regularly scheduled programming tomorrow. (I wrote this dialogue a few years back as a paper for a graduate class in Modern Rhetorical Theory. Sidebar: at the first class meeting, we were asked to defineContinue reading “Off Topic: 2 + 2 = 4”
Foto Friday: Spotted Editing
Rodney’s Storage Posts: Spotted
Renewing The Offer
Increased mare care has led to an increase in barn books. These poor codexes (codexi?) have been taken to the barn and have suffered as paper naturally suffers in a barn environment. Condition ranges from almost okay to beyond sad. Some got read. Some are awful and I stopped. Either way, they are looking forContinue reading “Renewing The Offer”
Fine. So Far.
Mathilda appears to be approaching status quo ante. Basically, arthritis had made her stiff in her left hind. She compensated by putting weight on her right hind. Last week, she strained her right hind. Ya can’t compensate with both. She seems to be coming to a workable arrangement of weight distribution. It’s not elegant, butContinue reading “Fine. So Far.”
Cat Wars
Lo, the mighty have fallen. Arthur, King of the Kittens, used to be a bully. He’d grump at all the cats, but the Siamese boys mostly ignored him. Ghost would take it personally. Ghost takes everything personally. So Arthur would go out of his way to beat up on Ghost. Arthur regularly showed up withContinue reading “Cat Wars”
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