Since the designer is giving away the image for free, I have assumed that he will not mind my snurching it in order to show you what is available for download from Pixtus. On the page, scroll down for low & hi res. The Photography Cheat Sheet If you know these already, I envy you.Continue reading “Off Topic: Foto Freebie”
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Other Writing: USDF Connection March 2013
“Behind the Scenes: Fox Village Dressage Software” March 2013 USDF Connection United States Dressage Federation A short interview with a computerized show-database specialist. (Okay, how do I write that sentence to make it clear that the database is computerized, not the specialist? #English be hard.) Update. Article on the company website: What’s New
Service to Reader: Horse Comics
As with the annual calendar of national competitions [post & page], all comics from this post and comments will be consolidated into a page for future reference, see Pages on sidebar. The first two comics are by artist I have worked with. The rest are in no particular order. Fergus the Horse. Fergus is drawnContinue reading “Service to Reader: Horse Comics”
Spring Whine
The bad tooth is out [Hi], Rodney might be turning a corner [Update], and I’ve been to a horse show [Report]. I haven’t whined at you for days, weeks even. Time to fix that. As you might expect from my record, the fussing is about Third Horse and shopping for same. The past week hasContinue reading “Spring Whine”
Dressage Art
The USDF has an annual contest for art or photography, Deadline July 1. Three age categories. The subject does not have to be dressage but the artist must be a USDF member. One of last year’s winners was Melanie Eberhardt, whose work includes the horse cartoon NickerDoodles(TM). I may have to buy me some artwork.Continue reading “Dressage Art”
Collision of Worlds
At last weekend’s show, a friend came along to cheer. Picture it this way. On one side, a woman I had ridden with back when Hector was a pup. Our world had been hunters, eventing, dressage, and jumpers. We had swapped horses, gone on roadtrips, and fencejudged together. On the other side, a crowd ofContinue reading “Collision of Worlds”