Dogs & Cats – Page 4 – Virtual Brush Box

Foto Friday: Lady

For this week’s Sunday Stills Challenge: Flowers and Wildflowers. There was a lovely moment of a black horse amid the yellow flowers. Given Mathilda’s camera phobia, I couldn’t take the picture.

Yee-Ha, Y’all When a friend won her puppy class of one entry, I cheered and clapped. I was accused of trying to embarrass. Why no. I’ve been showing saddleseat. We hoot & holler. We make rafter-shaking, screamy noises for barn riders at the slightest provocation. ASB ringside is one of the few places I’ve foundContinue reading “Spotted at the Dog Show II”

Spotted at the Dog Show

Note the canine spotted at the head of the line. Open to Interpretation For Dragon*Con, I splurged on science-fiction shirts as my costume: Alice in Wonderland, Dr. Who, Harry Potter, and so on. I justified the expense by promising to use them as barn shirts. So when I dashed over to the dog show thisContinue reading “Spotted at the Dog Show”

Ready For My Close-up: Percy

Unintended Benefits

A saddleseat whip makes an excellent cat toy. It’s shorter and stiffer than a dressage whip, so it moves in a darting. mouse-like fashion. (New footing in the barn? Check. New floors in the house? Eh, eventually.)

Foto Friday: A Study in Fur

Feeling Young

My birthday was last month. Didn’t mention it because I was trying to ignore it. Why is an zero-year no different than any other number, but so psychologically fraught? I spent the day with friends… ……………………………………………………………………………………………………. … and found a goal for which I am underage, the Dressage Foundation’s Century Club, from the inspirationally cuteContinue reading “Feeling Young”