When Rodney arrived, he was intermittently head shy. Hands and towels were okay. Brushes were not. To address this, we went out of our way to fuss with his head: patting, touching, fiddling with his upper his lip, and so on. [Head Games, Progress] Initially, I would hold his chin and give raspberries on theContinue reading “Nose Kisses”
Category Archives: Horses
Letter Art: X is for Xerophagy
The root xeric in xeriscape come from the Greek prefix xer-, which means “dry.” There aren’t many English words that use the xer- prefix. Xeroderma is dry skin, xerography is a type of dry printing, xerophagy is eating dry food. Grammar Girl: Zeroscape Versus Xeriscape Note on methodology: Instead of using a pre-existing X,Continue reading “Letter Art: X is for Xerophagy”
Latest Batch of Postcrossing, October 2016
If you send a postcard, you will receive one back from a random Postcrosser from somewhere in the world. Postcrossing The rest of the Russian caption is covered with text, which Postcrossing requests not be displayed. Photographer/photo source are illegible/in Cyrillic. Postcrossing Main Page My Postcrossing Postcards Wall RS Postcard Gallery & Posts There’s JustContinue reading “Latest Batch of Postcrossing, October 2016”
Show Photos, Alabama Charity Championship 2016
Alabama Charity Championship Horse Show October 15, 2016 Celebration Arena Priceville AL, USA Alternative title for last photo: Resting Zombie Face. Web images purchased from Terry Young Photography. Previous Posts Show Report, Alabama Charity Championship 2016, Driving Show Report, Alabama Charity Championship 2016, Riding Thank you for reading, Katherine Walcott
Show Report, Alabama Charity Championship 2016, Driving
Alabama Charity Championship Horse Show October 15, 2016 Celebration Arena Priceville AL, USA 96. Academy Driving Katherine & Alvin Ailey, 1st of 2 Greg & Callaway’s Sweet Daddy, 2nd of 2. Thank you to the Wamble family and Courtney Huguley for their divine driving horses. (Alvin went on to win both 9-10 WT classes andContinue reading “Show Report, Alabama Charity Championship 2016, Driving”
Show Report, Alabama Charity Championship 2016, Riding
Alabama Charity Championship Horse Show October 15, 2016 Celebration Arena Priceville AL, USA With Callaway’s Sweet Daddy 100. Academy Showmanship WTC – Adult, 3rd of 5 101. Academy Equitation WTC – Adult, 1st of 5 104. Academy WTC Championship, 4th of 10. Highest placed of 3 adults Thank you to Courtney Huguley for the incredibleContinue reading “Show Report, Alabama Charity Championship 2016, Riding”
Motivating Me
What gets you going? A friend of mine tells stories about a trainer who would yell at challenge his students, causing them to dig deep and excel. This would not work on me. If yelled at, I collapse like wet toilet paper. If likely to be yelled at, wet toilet paper. Back in the darkContinue reading “Motivating Me”
Virtual Brush Box 