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New Yeller

Alabama Phoenix Festival Day 3 Another guest at APF was Dr. Osborn, a balloon artist who ran around the convention making astounding sculptures on request, everything from a Ghostbusters’s proton pack to a T. Rex skeleton. For Rodney’s Saga, he made a horse. He told me it was free but I had to clean upContinue reading “New Yeller”

Ghost Who Walks. Horse Who Racks.

Alabama Phoenix Festival Day 2 One of the Guests is The Phantom, the one on the right in purple. Hero, the horse of the 21st Phantom, is portrayed by Bud, a racking horse. Alas, Hero did not join us at APF. The Phantom blog The Phantom wiki The Phantom tv movie Who is your favoriteContinue reading “Ghost Who Walks. Horse Who Racks.”

Foto Friday: Push-button Horse

Alabama Phoenix Festival Day 1 My LUG is exhibiting. While LEGO is not inherently F&SF, it fits in with APF’s mission of “a celebration that spans the realms of creativity and imagination and shows how the impossible is possible for us all!” Plus, the Venn diagram intersection between the two publics is close to aContinue reading “Foto Friday: Push-button Horse”

TLC

Mathilda and I may have stumbled on a minor medical miracle. I am still out at the barn way too much, but now I am keeping her from doing something stupid. Before, I was keeping her company. She seemed to like it. She’d lean up against the wall & I’d sit at her head readingContinue reading “TLC”

Multi-tasking

A more evolved person might be able to occupy her mind by being full in the moment as the beautiful black horse grazes in the lovely green field under the sunny blue sky. Me, I need a book. Since she has proven that I dare not put down the leadrope, I need to find aContinue reading “Multi-tasking”

Strike that. Reverse it. Thank you.

The reason it is easier to back up a firetruck than a horse trailer. I want these on my truck. Previous FF Posts New Toy Here’s Your Ticket, Pack Your Bags Manic Monday [Can you name that movie?]

Life Lessons from a Horse

For two decades, one of the underlying principles in our barn management has been Trust the Mare. We could rely on her common sense to run the pasture. Lately, not so much. For 18 years, we left Mathilda in charge of where she and Previous Horse spent their time. Answer: out for storms, in forContinue reading “Life Lessons from a Horse”