Groundwork – Page 8 – Virtual Brush Box

New Occasion For Helmet

I wear a helmet when I longline. I do so because: I’m new to this. I’m usually alone (I also carry a charged cell phone). Most importantly, I’m near the kicky bits. As compulsive as I am about safety, I have not heretofore used a helmet for groundwork. The mists of time do not revealContinue reading “New Occasion For Helmet”

Meanwhile Back at the Ranch: Summer Suffering

Now that Mother Nature has cranked the thermostat, exercise is not possible during normal business hours. In the evenings, the bugs are unbearable. So, early morning workout it is. Work. Wait. Feed. Leave them to their hay. These two have adapted better than Previous Horse and Mathilda to pre-breakfast exercise. Flipping the order by feedingContinue reading “Meanwhile Back at the Ranch: Summer Suffering”

Text Art: M is for Mathilda

M = Mathilda, always and forever. Letter originally in Text Art: We Know Who We Are Alphabet 2015 L is for Longe Line K is for Kopertox(R) J is for Jump I is for Irons H is for Hay G is for Green Grass F is for Feed E is for Eventing D is forContinue reading “Text Art: M is for Mathilda”

Gold Stars All Around

Milton Trailered over to Stepping Stone Farm. Longed in covered arena. Came home. Easy-peasy. Rodney Has grasped the concept of couch. For those of you who don’t ride, couch is a complex maneuver wherein the rider and groundcrew converse while the horse impersonates a piece of living room furniture. For those of you who doContinue reading “Gold Stars All Around”

Text Art: L is for Longe Line

Longeing /ˈlʌndʒɨŋ/ (US English, classical spelling) or lungeing (UK English, informal USA). [Wiki: Longeing} Alphabet 2015 K is for Kopertox(R) J is for Jump I is for Irons H is for Hay G is for Green Grass F is for Feed E is for Eventing D is for Dressage C is for Caesar B isContinue reading “Text Art: L is for Longe Line”

Meanwhile Back at the Ranch: Current Work

Every wary of the jinx monster, I hesitate to say too much. Rodney Rodney is enjoying his easy lessons and coping with his hard ones. Hard being a relative term here. He is relaxing into the warm weather faster than we had hoped. Milton After a winter of Mr. Hyde, we are having a wonderfulContinue reading “Meanwhile Back at the Ranch: Current Work”

Referral Saturday: Adieu

Test run of a new feature. Where were you when? I was walking into the college commons when I heard that Reagan had been shot. At work, talking about the Challenger. At home watching the weather channel when all of the US airports where shut down on September 11. Tails From Provence is in largeContinue reading “Referral Saturday: Adieu”