Groundwork – Page 14 – Virtual Brush Box

What’s In Your Wheelhouse?

I’ve been thinking about ancillary skills and how they affect riding. In Thursday’s post, Cur Tales talked about music [Talent]. Such pursuits have been on my mind latently. At the Alabama Phoenix Festival [FF: Push, Ghost, Yeller], I met the artist who draws The Devil’s Panties and discovered the world of webcomics. Now I wantContinue reading “What’s In Your Wheelhouse?”

How Do They Know?

Work: day off. Too distracted. Ramblings for the Day: This is the third (fourth?) time Mathilda has gotten injured on the weekend. My personal favorite was when I was out of town, called home on Friday night, and got, “Hi, can’t talk. The vet is coming up the driveway.” Having worked in an ER, GregContinue reading “How Do They Know?”

Ding!

Work: obstacle course, 1 lap in company. Report: Although only ~15 minutes, one lap is enough. I get exhausted. Today, he got excited enough to jump one of the logs rather than walk over but it’s hard to get annoyed. He’s so pretty when he jumps. Ramblings for the Day: From triumph (over 100 possibleContinue reading “Ding!”

Another Day, Another Set of Poles

Work: reverse poles, hither & yon, as Saturday. Report: workmanlike & unexciting, which is the point. Although I was tempted to go for the third & farthest set of poles, I am learning from past mistakes [Doom, Nevermind]. The plan is to solidify what works before moving on [Boredom]. Ramblings for the Day: I’m notContinue reading “Another Day, Another Set of Poles”

Somewhat Happy Kid With a Kinda Happy Pony

Work: as yesterday, with 2 sets of weave cones. Report: some binky (leadrope) chewing but overall pulled his socks up and went to work. Ramblings for the Day: I had planned to complain. Even though we are making progress this spring, it is so far from what I had hoped to be doing that progressContinue reading “Somewhat Happy Kid With a Kinda Happy Pony”

Going To The Dogs

Work: PM1 grooming, exercise [reverse poles – hither & yon]/PM2 grooming. Report: one set of poles near the barn, another set in the middle of the field. The only variable was the distance from the barn. It was subtle but I think he walked more confidently the second time we headed out. Ramblings for theContinue reading “Going To The Dogs”

More Tiny Rays of Hope?

Work: day off. Rain. Ramblings for the Day: Three new exercises introduced this week. Obstacle Course On Saturday, hubby suggested that we break up the laps of our walk with the weave cones or the reverse poles as we passed them. This went so well that on Sunday we created a second set of exercisesContinue reading “More Tiny Rays of Hope?”