Virtual Brush Box

Sunset Years

After reading me go on & on about mare care for the last two months, a Loyal Fan suggested a post, “wondering what our geriatric years will be like as we watch our geriatric horses.” Here’s what I think: You will need help. Either that means having people who care or paying people to care.Continue reading “Sunset Years”

What’s In Your Wheelhouse?

I’ve been thinking about ancillary skills and how they affect riding. In Thursday’s post, Cur Tales talked about music [Talent]. Such pursuits have been on my mind latently. At the Alabama Phoenix Festival [FF: Push, Ghost, Yeller], I met the artist who draws The Devil’s Panties and discovered the world of webcomics. Now I wantContinue reading “What’s In Your Wheelhouse?”

Foto Friday: Gratuitous Kittycake

3 Reasons why I am having a hard time dragging myself to the barn or getting any work done these days. Rhyme, Reason*, and their unnamed sibling came to live with us last weekend. Hubby returned from the grocery store, placed the phone in my hand, put a phone number from the public bulletin boardContinue reading “Foto Friday: Gratuitous Kittycake”

Marketing 101

Inspired by Jean Abernethy‘s artist card picked up in a previous year, I designed (I use the term loosely) and home-printed this 1/4 page flyer to hand out at the American Horse Publications seminar earlier this month [Day 0 – Permanence, Day 1 – FF: Old Grey Mare, Day 2 – Magazines & Me]. SinceContinue reading “Marketing 101”

Grazing

Hand-grazing a horse is almost hypnotic. We stare blankly at the moving parts and listen to the sound of grass destruction. We look, but how much do we see? Having done this a lot lately, we have come to a few conclusions. Others more than I. 1) Constancy. Horse shovel the next bite in theContinue reading “Grazing”

The Nature of Progress

rogress is by definition measurable only in hindsight. Running a 7-minute mile is awesome if it represents a personal best. Less so if the runner previously lettered in track during college. So, is it a bad sign that M got stuck over the weekend [Debriefing]? Or a good sign that she was able to getContinue reading “The Nature of Progress”

Debriefing

Apologies for the cryptic post yesterday [CAST!]. On Saturday morning, Hubby was greeted by Mathilda flat out on her side. He’d heard her kicking at the stall, so he knew she was awake. She has rolled over and gotten herself stuck. In hindsight, it only took a few minutes and some maneuvering to get herContinue reading “Debriefing”