What Olympic-related books do you like? __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Back on the Homefront You’ve heard of a runaway? Earlier this week, I had a walk-away. Mathilda has three water buckets in her pen, cleaned & filled daily. Unfortunately, Giraffe-neck can reach across the barrier to the buckets. He dearly loves carried water. It is the exact sameContinue reading “Booking the Games”
Category Archives: Barn Life
Happy Horse
Freshly washed and having a snack. Is there any happier sound than a horse tearing up grass?
Foto Friday: Storm Damage
Talk To Me
My essay “Talking with Animals” appears in Horse Illustrated, August 2012. The non-compete contract says I have to wait 6 months to post. Go buy a copy. Bump up those circulation numbers. My issues will be so in demand that editors will clamor for my copy & I’ll get so popular that folks buy theContinue reading “Talk To Me”
Grass Buffet
When I graze Mathilda, my wants are simple. Is she about to roll? Am I downhill from her in the event of catastrophic system failure? If the answer is no to both, I go back to my book and let her get on with it. Hubby pays more attention [Grazing]. The most recent time outContinue reading “Grass Buffet”
Crush! Kill! Destroy!
I am a peaceful soul. I usher wasps back outside. I let spiders and snakes live. When we first moved onto this property, I went to check the barn. A slight motion out of the corner of one eye resolved into a humongous rat on a rafter above the aisle. Panning back revealed an equallyContinue reading “Crush! Kill! Destroy!”
Patient Management Update
Mathilda had a slight relapse on Thursday. Hubby was doing evening chores. She was fine – or at least status quo. He came down to the house. Five minutes later, he was back at the barn and she was unwilling to put weight on her bad leg. No idea what happened. We agree she tookContinue reading “Patient Management Update”
Virtual Brush Box 