Horses – Page 155 – Virtual Brush Box

U is for Underhill

Graphic Design, Alphabooks Driving Horse-Drawn Carriages for Pleasure: The Classic Illustrated Guide to Coaching, Harnessing, Stabling, etc. Francis T. Underhill Dover 1989/2014 Originally published in 1897, back when carriages were the cars, trucks, & buses of the day. Recommended by Robin Bledsoe, Bookseller. For serious carriage enthusiasts out there, Bledsoe has, or had,Continue reading “U is for Underhill”

What I Did While I Was Away, Instagram Through May 2018

Instagram from @rodneyssaga Previous Instagram recap [February 2018] Individual Instaphotos with commentary, as promised [Back to Blogging]. View this post on Instagram A post shared by Virtual Brush Boxx (@rodneyssaga) One of those that was cuter IRL. He looked like a kid in a tree fort. View this post on Instagram A post shared byContinue reading “What I Did While I Was Away, Instagram Through May 2018”

Hoofprint

Random Snaps This is what happens when your roommate has a case of frolicking feet and you don’t duck fast enough. Update: This is the underside of Milton’s neck. Next time there is a body part involved, I will include a wide-angle shot of the whole horse for reference. Thank you for reading, Katherine Walcott

Road to the World Cup, Traveling for the Team, Guest Post

Adventures in Saddle Seat Stepping Stone Farm rider Reagan Upton is on the U.S. Saddle Seat World Cup Team. She is sharing her story. Welcome Reagan. Part 1 [Have Saddle, Will Travel] Part 2 [First Team Practice] Part 3 [Three-Gaited & Five-Gaited] Part 4 [Do I Miss Equitation?] Not many of us have the opportunityContinue reading “Road to the World Cup, Traveling for the Team, Guest Post”

Pony for a Gift

Random Snaps, Combined Driving What do you get as a thank you gift for a person who has helped a lifelong competition dream to come true [Show Report: Indiana CDE 2017] and more [Nashoba, scroll down for 2017 season links]? Money? No amount would be enough. In-kind equipment? I wouldn’t begin to know what toContinue reading “Pony for a Gift”

Seeking Summer Schedules

Home Team Milton This year, we had two competitions in mind for Milton. Having attended them last year with Bliss, we were hoping to return with our own horse. 1) The MTCC mini-CDE [Show Report 2017]. After Tennessee [Not a Post], this became unlikely. It is in two weeks. We are not going. & 2)Continue reading “Seeking Summer Schedules”

V is for Van Tuyl

Graphic Design, Alphabooks A Special Kind of Courage The Bonnie Books (Book 6) Barbara Van Tuyl CreateSpace 2013 Fiction Inkscape, Stars Giveaway I ended up with two copies. First one to speak up in the comments gets the book. US or APO addresses only. Any Julie Jefferson fans out there? Thank you for reading, KatherineContinue reading “V is for Van Tuyl”