Virtual Brush Box

I Got Nuthin’

You know when you go out to the barn and your conditioning program calls for dressage or flat work or some version of concentrated athletic effort and you say ‘Verb it. I’m going on a trail ride’? It’s like that. This is my brain on a trail ride. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ (Picture looks better enbiggened.)

Face Off

Rodney engaged in a Death Ray staring match with a new neighbor. [WCOW]

I Love My Cats. Really.

After last weekend’s show [Report], I tossed my jodhpur boots into the bathroom to be washed. In the course of the day [Nevermind], my gloves had gotten wet. I tucked them into a boot to remind me to give them a once over. Fast forward a few days. I hadn’t gotten around to cleaning eitherContinue reading “I Love My Cats. Really.”

Foto Friday: Post and Rail

For this week’s Sunday Stills challenge: White. Originally taken to start a photo essay on patterns. With white fence & white flowers, how could I not use it?

Diet Change

Rodney is fat and exuberant. A little too f&e. We have finally admitted that we need to cut his feed. His joie-de-vivre is not the toxins-boiling-out-the-ears that he had when he was first here [Square One]. This is more the natural result of green grass and a digestive supplement [Tiger Whistle]. He gets more caloriesContinue reading “Diet Change”

Rain, Rain, Nevermind

It was a dark & stormy day. [Bulwer-Lytton] For a rainy day show, last Saturday [Show Report] was the deluxe version. I’ve suffered enough of the basic model to be deeply appreciative of these features: Covered show arena Arrangements for covered warm-up. Performance classes were allowed in the ring for a one-minute warm-up before eachContinue reading “Rain, Rain, Nevermind”

Show Report: Dixie Cup, Conyers GA

The Streak Breaks Two blues! Two great rides! First, Sam was in a terrific mood. A big-time suit rider showed him in Performance classes earlier in the show. In my class, he was still pumped from strutting as a fancy show horse. All I had to do was sit up & stay out of hisContinue reading “Show Report: Dixie Cup, Conyers GA”