Category Archives: Horses

Perseverance

Part 3 of 3 [Part 2: Hindsight] [Part 1: Clean Cups!] Did we keep plugging away at Milton’s issues from strength of character? Not really. We got stuck. Actually, I got stuck. My steadfast support staff maintained that it would work out. Partly in self-defense. He didn’t want to be living with me if itContinue reading “Perseverance”

Clean Cups!

Part 1 of 3 “`I want a clean cup,’ interrupted the Hatter: `let’s all move one place on.’” Alice in Wonderland Milton is a different horse. Changing his feed has finally addressed the what-the-hell factor that has plagued us since the beginning. To quote Buffy Bourbon [again Patterns], emphasis mine: “My best guess for MiltonContinue reading “Clean Cups!”

Same Word, New World

You’ve heard of horse rescue? Dog rescue? How about plant rescue? Last week, I attended a talk at the Birmingham Botanical Gardens on identifying native plants (inset). One of the plants we saw was a “rescue”. When a property is to be developed, plant folks swoop in to dig up, transplant, and save the greenery.Continue reading “Same Word, New World”