Category Archives: Horses

Images Awareness of the outside world. Today is World Ozone Day. This year’s theme, UN: Montreal Protocol – Keeping us, our food, and vaccines cool.~~~ The original subject for today’s post is still under discussion. Well, not really, but I’m giving it one more day. Meanwhile, here is a cute trend I just noticed. CabotContinue reading “Clever UPCs”

Riding Awareness of the outside world. BBC: Upside-down rhino research wins Ig Nobel Prize, Amos, 10 Sept 2021. Improbable Research: Ig® Nobel Prize Winners, For achievements that first make people LAUGH then make them THINK.~~~ While Rodney worked … … Milton supervised. Back to Full Circle Horse Park for more cross-country kindergarten. Round 1. WalkedContinue reading “Bunny Hops On The Bunny Slope, XC Schooling”

Riding Awareness of the outside world. Whatever: An Actual Party of Death, Now, Sept 10, 2021. Whatever: How Bad Should We Feel When the Willfully Unvaccinated Die?, August 9 2021. Tomorrow, I promise to recognize some other current crisis.~~~ Getting ready to ride at Full Circle Horse Park. Milton is almost done with his 100Continue reading “Milton Leads Into The Home Stretch, Virtual Tevis, 95 and 81 Miles, 52 Days”

Horsekeeping Awareness of the outside world. WhiteHouse.gov: Remarks by President Biden on Fighting the COVID-⁠19 Pandemic. 9 September 2021.~~~ The shoeing schedule around here has entered the realm of the absurd. Rodney pulled a shoe. Got reshod. [Shoeing Dilemma] Since it was only three weeks in, Milton was nowhere near ready to be reshod. Blacksmith would haveContinue reading “Shoeing Schedule”

Images Awareness of the outside world. Art Of The Horse: Horseshoe Art, by Shya Beth, 2014.~~~ Last weekend, when I was coming up with art ideas for this week, horse shoes were on my mind. [How Not To Start A Three-Day Weekend] More on the subject tomorrow. What’s a photo shoot without a furry photoContinue reading “Barn Art”

Awareness of the outside world. In light of Covid and the the 20th anniversary of 9/11, I had originally planned to say something profound about how news effects us. Nevermind. Enough people will be/are pontificating today. Have a cupcake. [Speaking Out]~~~ Dear Laura: VorpalCon is coming up. Remember the year we cosplayed fallen angels andContinue reading “Email from the Moon, VorpalCon, Fiction”

Horsekeeping Awareness of the outside world. Mycophilia by Eugenia Bone (Rodale, 2013). I admit to starting but not finished the book. Yet. Tsundoku.~~~ Pardon the poop. Delicate little mushrooms growing in the pasture. Over-exposed dime for scale. Photos made early in the morning. When I went out in the afternoon to get better pictures, theContinue reading “Mini Mushrooms”