Virtual Brush Box

Let The Virtual Games Begin

If the Olympics can start 2 days before Opening Ceremonies [Women’s Soccer/Football], then so can I. Main site Equestrian Schedule Facebook Olympics on Facebook TV NBC NBC Equestrian Internet Coverage HorseChannel.com Photography Arnd Bronkhorst, Equine Photographer: “Like us on facebook for horse photo updates from the #london2012 Olympic Games,” Blogs discoverhorses.com: Fran Jurga’s Discover LondonContinue reading “Let The Virtual Games Begin”

Training Types

Enjoy The Rest Previous Horse was best on the first day back. I often gave him the day off before a show. Steady Worker Mathilda improved as the week went along. We only showed once [see comments] but I always arranged dressage lessons so that we worked for several days beforehand. Seesaw Horse If RodneyContinue reading “Training Types”

Inching Foward

Over the weekend, Rodney worked farther with less hysteria. Progress. Not enough to celebrate but enough to keep me from wallowing. IF this works, I’m hoping for a Hellen Keller moment wherein he realizes that he is a big, tough horse who can handle whatever dreadful thing the world asks of him. But we mayContinue reading “Inching Foward”

Happy Horse

Freshly washed and having a snack. Is there any happier sound than a horse tearing up grass?

Horse Hunt Progress Report #3

My horse shopping hit a patch of despair and skidded into the Slough of Despond. First, there was the theory that sitting on a horse, any horse would stop me from psychically imploding. Thus the idea of a saddeseat lesson. It’s been over 3 weeks since my successful exploratory visits to the barn. The saddleseatContinue reading “Horse Hunt Progress Report #3”

Foto Friday: Younger Days

Why Bother With It?

Been feeling a bit head vs. wall about the blog, the horse, the horse hunt, pretty much everything recently. Not for any sensible reason, just a lack of traction. Whether you believe in judgment day or the eventual entropic heat-death of the universe, asking ‘why bother’ will eventually drown you in your own personal TotalContinue reading “Why Bother With It?”