Note: I wrote this on Tuesday as a companion piece to Wednesday’s post [Universe]. In real time, I’m starting to get a handle on the monkeys. However, I have no doubt they will start screaming again. Therefore, I’m letting this post stand. After everything that has happened with Rodney, being bucked off Milton first moveContinue reading “So Be It”
Category Archives: Cats & Dogs
Back To Basics
The posting trot is the centerpiece of saddle seat, at least as long as one is three-gaiting. In equitation, you wow the judge at the trot and then try not to lose the class at the canter. However, it has been a red-headed stepchild in everything else I’ve done. In hunters & jumpers you trotContinue reading “Back To Basics”
Life Hacks: Can Opener
You have cats? Dogs? Critters who eat food from tins? Have you tried a safety can opener? I would have sneered at the idea as a useless fad until my father gave me one. I now use it on every can. If it is not to hand, I’ll tear the kitchen apart, ignoring our traditionalContinue reading “Life Hacks: Can Opener”
Mid-Week Rodney Report: Shoes
Rodney: New shoes! Feet feel much better! Yippeeee! Rodney is more inclined to gallop over for meals. Rodney: New shoes! My feet are weird! What? Rodney takes about a week to adjust to different. Sigh. He is willing, curious, and energetic. Quick? Not so much. __________________________________________________________________________ Gratuitous Stepping Stone Farm Dog
Causation
Rationally, I understand that stating, ‘I will go to a horse show this weekend’ will not cause … nope, I can’t say it, even at the cost of weak prose … bad things to happen. Between Mathilda, car trouble, and the weather, I missed one show and most of my winter lessons. I was fortunateContinue reading “Causation”
Interlude
Taking a break from Text Art to give you a mare update. Mathilda is ticking along. Last week, the blacksmith trimmed her front feet. We didn’t even try for the hinds. It’s amazing what removing a few millimeters of hoof can do for her balance and attitude. As soon as her pedicure was done, sheContinue reading “Interlude”
Cat Wars
Lo, the mighty have fallen. Arthur, King of the Kittens, used to be a bully. He’d grump at all the cats, but the Siamese boys mostly ignored him. Ghost would take it personally. Ghost takes everything personally. So Arthur would go out of his way to beat up on Ghost. Arthur regularly showed up withContinue reading “Cat Wars”