Virtual Brush Box

Rodney Update

How has our intrepid hero fared while I have been stepping out with other horses? He’s missing a shoe at the moment but overall he is bouncy and happy. I might have good news about his mental state. With her newly floated teeth, Mathilda is likely to get more from each bite and therefore toContinue reading “Rodney Update”

Off-Topic: Fiction

I aim to keep an equine focus, but some days you just wanna stray outside the pasture. When writing the Versatile Blogger entry, I trolled my brain for an evocative turn of phrase. The search algorithm returned ‘share a lifeboat’. Here’s why. In October of 2011, Esquire had a 78-word fiction contest. (Winners.) My entry:Continue reading “Off-Topic: Fiction”

Alternative Uses For A Hayroll

My Second Blog Award

southfortyrocks: The crazy adventures of South Forty Farms has nominated Rodney’s Saga for a blog award. With the versatile blogger award comes the responsibility to share some information about yourself and pay it forward: •Display the Award Certificate on your website •Announce your win with a post and link to whoever presented your award •PresentContinue reading “My Second Blog Award”

Foto Friday: 7

The Sunday Stills challenge for this week is 7. Not seven items but the number 7. Extra points for the roman numeral VII. I foresee many clock faces and license plates. The second 7 is the back number from my last A-rated show. I don’t even want to contemplate how long ago that was. PleasedContinue reading “Foto Friday: 7”

Echoes

A hunter/jumper trainer is leasing space at the saddleseat barn where last weekend’s show was held [Report]. Not just any h/j trainer but one who had taught Previous Horse and with whom I had hoped to continue on Rodney. Back when, I had talked with him about shipping in &/or what it would cost toContinue reading “Echoes”

Lights, Camera, Canter

I hate the way I look in photos and I loathe how I ride in videos. However, So you’re feeling too fat to be photographed . . . by Teresa Porter points out that we are our own harshest critics. Our friends & family are interested in what we have been doing and how weContinue reading “Lights, Camera, Canter”