“Carolynne Smith, PixelGraphic Design” November 2013 USDF Connection United States Dressage Federation A short interview with a graphic designer.
Category Archives: Horses
Who Me?
Pile the shavings bags by Rodney’s stall, he says. Rodney won’t mess with them, he says. Toys! Rodney says. I need both arms to pick up a bag. Imagine picking this up with your teeth & heaving it around the barn. This is one of two.
Foto Friday: Sparks
Foot Fashion
Rodney pulled a shoe. This is a temporary measure until the farrier comes. Now imagine a short, stocky, black mare with white bobby sox on her ankles. That is Mathilda’s daytime look.
National Academy Day 3+3: Still Napping
National Academy Championship Horse Show, Murfreesboro, TN, November 1 – 3, 2013. Short SitRep It’s not so much that I am tired, as tired of. My instructor’s voice echoes in my head like a bad earworm. I wake up during the wee hours in a panic that I must drive to Miller Coliseum. I haveContinue reading “National Academy Day 3+3: Still Napping”
National Academy Day 3+1: Horse of the Year Nomination
National Academy Championship Horse Show, Murfreesboro, TN, November 1 – 3, 2013. This is my standard apres-show post giving me time to recover – perhaps even more heartfelt than after previous shows. I will be tired. That’s what they tell me. Usually, my Academy shows are two or three classes in one day. Then IContinue reading “National Academy Day 3+1: Horse of the Year Nomination”
National Academy Day 3: Bright Lights, Big Horse Show
National Academy Championship Horse Show, Murfreesboro, TN, November 1 – 3, 2013. Today I am a) riding in one or two National Finals classes, b) sitting home in a huff, or c) still at the show, cheering on the rest of the barn, wishing I was home in a huff. I keep hearing that NationalContinue reading “National Academy Day 3: Bright Lights, Big Horse Show”