Category Archives: Horses

Fit To Ride Awareness of the outside world. The ultimate political divide. A high tide raises all boats. If you win, I win. VERSUS Life is a zero-sum game. The only way for you to win is for me to lose. It’s hard to see a middle ground between these two. Either you cheer forContinue reading “Places and Parks, August Walks I”

Horsekeeping Awareness of the outside world. Tokyo 2020: Equestrian Paralympic Schedule & Results. Check out the Grade I, walk-only tests, FEI: Para Dressage Tests. Imagination fails me; I have enough trouble with a single diagonal. Paralympics started yesterday (got bumped for Covid news). While I am still dubious about the wisdom of gathering in largeContinue reading “Shoeing Dilemma”

Riding Awareness of the outside world. Yesterday. U.S. Food and Drug Administration: FDA Approves First COVID-19 Vaccine.~~~ Pfffttt. Well, THAT didn’t work. less than five hours after the post on bell boots went up, we came out to the barn to find that Rodney had pulled one of his shoes, without disturbing the bell boot.Continue reading “Milton Takes Point, Virtual Tevis, 55 & 48 Miles, 31 Days”

Horsekeeping Awareness of the outside world. UC Davis: Feeding Cattle Seaweed Reduces Their Greenhouse Gas Emissions 82 Percent, New Long-Term Study Could Mean More Sustainable Burgers, by Diane Nelson, March 17, 2021, UC Davis. ~~~ I did not know that cows came with Appaloosa paint jobs. Rodney’s Diet Secret, Cow TV Stay safe. Stay sane.Continue reading “Now Appearing on Cow TV”

Images Awareness of the outside world. Andrea Animates: Cooking With Wool.~~~ Wednesday, BucketsThursday, Bell BootsFriday, BreyerSaturday, Birmingham Not planned. Just worked out that way. Process notes: Inkscape for scaling & rotation. Finished in GIMP. Started as a sketch! Therefore feeling tres artistic. On a related noteWhen I was a kid, I had trouble telling theContinue reading “The Week Brought To You By The Letter B”

Thoughts Awareness of the outside world. Birmingham Hammerfest supports the Lakeshore Foundation. “To encourage and provide opportunities for people with disability to live a healthy lifestyle through activity, research, advocacy and health promotion.” LF: About~~~ Credit where credit is due. When I moved to the Birmingham area in the mid-90s, I was appalled to findContinue reading “Giving Birmingham Its Due”

The Horse World Awareness of the outside world. AL.com: Alabama doctor says he won’t treat unvaccinated people: ‘COVID is miserable way to die’. Gore. Aug 17. Hard to argue with “I can’t watch them die like that.”~~~ “Say what you want about content and fan-engagement, Breyer is a business. Their prime directive is to sellContinue reading “Where The Clicking Is Easy, Virtual BreyerFest 2021, Haul I”