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Foto Friday: Bathtime

Sunday Stills, the next challenge: Watershots Canon PowerShot ELPH 330HS iso 100, 1/60, F3.0 (camera choice) Taken with the new toy piece of professional equipment in Super Vivid mode. The textures are more interesting if you click on the photo.

Collision of Worlds II

Rodney modeling the halter that Alvin won at the last show [Report]. Fortunately, he Heard Something in the woods, otherwise I never would have gotten his ears up. Husband thinks this is a mean thing to do. My feeling is that if Rodney has a problem wearing another horse’s swag, he can bloody well goContinue reading “Collision of Worlds II”

I’m Baaaaaack … With Camera

What follows is a long rambler on why I left the Internet & why I came back. You may wish to wait until tomorrow for actual content, such as it is. Underlying Reason The blog is about my horse. My horse is a useless pasture potato. Many horses have a long and fulfilling lives asContinue reading “I’m Baaaaaack … With Camera”

More 15 Minutes

I’m not doing very well at staying away, am I? As with the previous post, I just had to say something. To understand my delight about this, allow me to provide context. Back in the dark ages of print coverage, Previous Horse & I occasionally did well enough at big enough shows to have ourContinue reading “More 15 Minutes”

Breaking Radio Silence

A helmet! I spotted a helmet at the World’s Championship Horse Show! On an adult no less! This is THE big saddleseat show, held in August in Louisville KY. To ride on the “green shavings” is the dream of every saddleseat rider. And one of them did so wearing a helmet! See for yourself: DougContinue reading “Breaking Radio Silence”

Hiatus

Getting off the blogging treadmill for a while. I’m tired of writing for free. I’m tired of scavenging posts from scraps of progress. I’m tired of falling back on post ideas about other people’s horses. I’m tired. Why now? Rodney was a twit, more so than usual. New camera arrived and has to be returned.Continue reading “Hiatus”

Boot Camp Bucks

[Explanation of saddleseat Boot Camp here.] This week’s Boot Camp lesson was on lanes. Lane 1 is on the rail. Lane 2 is a few feet in. Lane 3 a few more feet in. And so on to the center of the ring. At the top of the ring, a rider picks a lane andContinue reading “Boot Camp Bucks”