I have the world’s most amazingly wonderful husband. What else can you say about a guy who will take three days of his four-day holiday weekend to renovate the barn so his wife’s oversized Thoroughbred can have a bigger stall? This is more in the nature of a Facebook post than a blog post. I’mContinue reading “Salute”
Category Archives: Horse Care
Donation Strategies
Two recent horse-related misfortunes are using the Web to raise money. In the first, a young lady was badly injured by a drunk driver. She will be away from the barn for a while. Supporters have set up a charity site specifically to cover the cost of caring for her horse: board, feed, farrier bills,Continue reading “Donation Strategies”
New Rule
The good news: Mathilda is getting stronger. The bad news: so is her willfulness. The blacksmith was here on Tuesday. Just because she could hold her own weight didn’t mean she wanted to. She was on her worst behavior for shoeing since her injury. We finally had a kerfuffle that sent the people running forContinue reading “New Rule”
Diet Change
Rodney is fat and exuberant. A little too f&e. We have finally admitted that we need to cut his feed. His joie-de-vivre is not the toxins-boiling-out-the-ears that he had when he was first here [Square One]. This is more the natural result of green grass and a digestive supplement [Tiger Whistle]. He gets more caloriesContinue reading “Diet Change”
Oops
This is me sporting Rodney’s 2 oz. lunchtime dose. I pulled back the plunger to clear a blockage in the nozzle. The rubber piece was less stuck than anticipated, Voila.
Foto Friday: Hand Tools
For Sunday Stills Challenge
We’ll See
The good news is we have lovely new fencing around the field [photo]. The bad news is built-up dirt along the fence line has sent all the water towards the driveway and the barn. The good news is the gravel raised most of the flooring above the water line. The bad news is the entrywayContinue reading “We’ll See”
Virtual Brush Box 